1. 3xSessions Fashion Category Meeting - all FULL. I was particularly good presenting at the 2pm session which gave me good confidence. It was a testament to the relationships built in centre.
2. Having a laugh with S3 and M6. It was great to just poke fun at ourselves and each other after a stressful day.
3. O1 smiling at me once more. Who wouldn’t melt when he looks at you. Friends again - yay!

We started the day early with mum dressed up and ready to head to Eastwood. We both didn’t know where we were going so had to stop the car to enter the address on the Tom Tom. I am really not a morning person as I couldn’t fill the air with my idle chatter so I just turned up 2Day FM and listened to their idle chatter. Mum was laughing with a few antics by Kyle and Jacqui O and proceeded to tell me about her my dad letting her friend know about her problem. This was thoughtless and insensitive, my dad just didn’t think. He, simply thought that he can see a friend can spend time with my mum. She apparently was shouting at him. (It is insensitive) She sounded so hurt.

We were stuck at the top of Epping Rd. I forgot how much traffic is on Epping Rd in the morning and we crawled along through Jacquie’s O News, and some interview with a Hollywood star whom I can’t remember.

1. Driving with my mum to Eastwood and taking her to an appointment. It was lovely to be able to help her out even if it is just to drop her off. And even better to have breakfast with her, a great mother and daughter time. Best time of my day.

2. Sharing goss with M3. Finally I think she is loosening up and treating me more like a friend.

3. Being fed by Base. I called at 8pm at work and asked if she could feed me and she was ablt to and I spent a lovely night with her and her cousins. It is good to know I have a good friend.

Sitting down with D today at Blu Water Grill, was lovely. Having been used to the fashionable ladies I work alongside with in the centre, seeing her again was a breath of fresh air, she was the same dag and it was so good to see her. We bumped into M2 who looked very uncomfortable conducting small talk - both of them never did get on.

We sat outside away from nosy S who was sipping wine with his friends. She came to visit as her husband was having an all day bender in the city and she had an hour to kill whilst waiting for him which suited me just fine.

We exchanged goss and she looks well pleased. We were very honest with each other, sharing our wages, how it is $5K less than it should as our company is scaling down the wages of all marketing staff. We talked about potential movement and I went on about my disappointment about not moving to two centres. I didn’t correct her though when she said that my manager must have blocked my move. She didn’t, the deals just simply fell through. She did say that if I take over her spot, it would be a cool change and she didn’t want the enormous task of taking care of my centre.

All eyes of course are on a super regional centre as opposed to a local one. And that is the reason I work so damn hard.

1. Spending time with S2 in the morning, walking around the centre. I do miss having a friend to talk to on my morning walks to and from the barista and S2 was able to go to a couple of floors with me distributing flyers to retailers which passed the time nicely.
2. Having a quiet moment with Base, she had her development plan today which I helped her with last week. She was able to articulate what she wanted and how management can help her achieve it.
3. Receiving an email from RSM, joking about S3’s coverage on yesterday’s what’s on. He wanted the chocolates. It was nice to share a joke with him especially since I found him so intimidating when I started.

1. Going home to a home cooked meal of beef nilaga. Soup with intense beef broth, beef ribs, beans, green veggies, cooking banana and rice. The perfect anti-dote for an ongoing sinus problems and sore throat. I felt loved that M knew how sick I have been and to made sure I had a meal straight from my childhood that is not only nourishing but yummy to boot.
2. Sitting down with my boss who finally explained that she is being hard on me as directed by the regional centre manager and the general manager. A rift due to my misunderstanding of her intentions has been mended. I am being fast tracked to a higher level and this is the steps in which to do it.
3. The positive glow from security over a my ‘What’s On’ post, it was a mini-interview with our Afternoon Security Guard. He acted like he was a movie star for the day. In truth, it was as much fun for him as it was for me. I had a few staff members try to guess who will be featured next week. Score for trying to bridge the gap between staff and management.

I was coughing intensely and rushed into the T2 to start downing down some water. There was an Asian lady and a couple of her friends going through all the different types of teas that can be made by T2 and wondering which one she should buy. I recall being very impatient as I wanted to start our WIP knowing that there is a lot to get through that day. Choosing to have lemon and ginger tea instead of coffee we sit down on a table set that’s very narrow. I brought along with me my blue plastic folder and pencil case with three distinct colours but choose black.

L was going through the cluster comms which took less than ten minutes and we started talking about the stylist workshop i attended including the finance help I had with Lou. I wasn’t resentful or agitated like I normally am. I felt we were working together and I guess I was no longer working against her. She asked if I learned anything useful and I didn’t have the heart to say that it was a nice bludge day and that I knew most of what was being said. I guess i felt good that I didn’t take the afternoon off as planned and actually did something that was useful.

L then proceeded to tell me that at the meeting with the JK and TM, my name came up in the pool of potential new MM’s. This means that my development plan needs to be halved in time with the goal of being an MM within 6 months. L looked pleased and told me that she will be pushing me to make decisions. That I have to start acting like an MM now and she will be asking my judgement on why I had made certain choices. She then explained that she didn’t want me to think that she am shirking my job or that she was being horrible. Simply put she wants me to be an MM quick. So what are the top 3 things I need to improve now and what do I need to do to get there. 

As much as this news delighted me, I had way too much water at the start of the day and a pot of lemongrass tea. I was squirming in my seat most of the time she was telling me this good news and instead of asking many questions, I was thinking how am I going to stop myself from peeing as toilets in that part of the centre was non-existent.

She looked really happy, genuinely happy that this was happening for me. I think I have misjudged her. She did say that she is doing this because one day soon, she won’t be there for me to bounce ideas off from to which I replied - that is not true, I will continue to call you. This earned a smile. And a rift that was there through misunderstanding about her intentions was mended.