what. a. DAY

i'm not complaining, but:
5:30am - wake up.
5:50am - put bedding (wool blanket, duvet and duvet cover) in the wash. the morning before i found out that the old-ass washing machine takes 90 min if you leave it on the regular settings (soak, wash, rinse, and spin on a regular cycle), but apparently it goes faster if you put it on gentle cycle, or take out the soak feature. i opt for letting it wash, rinsh, and spin this morning.
6:00am - check the credit on my phone. i have $20.20, perfect! i need to collect call the Government of Canada to let them know I didn't receive my GST cheque (even though i changed my address AND put in a request for direct deposit at the end of September). Search how to make a collect call from OZ to canada, go about doing that. The government number is busy, i say i'll try back.
6:07am - check credit: $18.10 ..... ok so a collect call still takes my minutes. shit.
6:17am - call back, get through, explain my situation (YES i am a resident for tax purposes!!!!!!) but get placed on hold cuz the guy can't help me. i explain that i really can't be on hold for that long, since the call is taking my old, crappy cell phone minutes and his snappy response is "well she (the international operator) asked if i accept the charges and i said yes so you're not getting charged, we are" i understand that, sir, but it's still eating my minutes!
6:20am - placed on hold
6:27am - get a beep on my phone, saying i have less than $9.99 credit left
6:32am - hang up and check credit (NEVER HAVING GOT THROUGH TO THE PERSON THAT CAN HELP ME): $5.80
6:40am - go down to check laundry, am greeted with an error message. ????? press a button and the machine continues, saying it has 23 minutes remaining (which really means 40....crap)
6:52am - check NAB bank balance, seeing how i deposited my catering paycheck on Tuesday and the bank teller said that because of the hold (who pays employees with a CHEQUE anymore??!?) the funds would be accessible thursday. morning? i inquired.. YES was the reply
6:53am - no funds. well that's perfect, seeing as i need $60 in order to take my RSA course that night (Responsible Service of Alcohol, which is required for my vodka promo job). I have $50 in my savings so i transfer it over, but that leaves me with $14 in my account. yes, i am living paycheck to paycheck because i've only been here three weeks and i had to pay $300 bond in order to secure my new room (which i'll get back once i vacate)
6:54am - try to call NAB, but they don't open til 7am
7am - make breakfast and get lunch ready, check laundry.....22 minutes left. oh did i mention that it takes between 30-45 min to get to my hospital temp job on the tram? and i start at 8:30am
7:15am - dressed and everything is packed. waiting on that laundry.....error message again so i shift things around and it continues (damn rinse cycle and low water pressure in the old old OLD house!)
7:25am - 22 minutes remaining with the laundry, i take out the duvet cover, ring it out the best i can and hang it on my balcony. the reason i'm doing laundry this morning is because it's going to be 25 degrees and sunny today.
7:32am - laundry still going but i gotta go too, but at least it's on the spin cycle so it should be done in about 10-15 minutes.....as i head out the door there is a tram that comes immediately so i get on :)
during the ride to work i text one of the housemates, john, apologizing for waking him and asking him to please please please take the two things out of the machine and hang them. we played a lovely game of gin yesterday so of course he says yes. i will pay him with beer this weekend.
8:20am - get to work! perfect because my RSA course starts at 5pm and i'd like to leave work a little early ;)
8:40am - call NAB. long story short: the cheque was denied. it bounced. it is a $400 cheque and i need that money!!! the guy that i speak to is very helpful, and over the course of the morning he rings me back with details, i end up verifying with another girl later on, and a bank manager rings me so that i don't have to go to the branch directly (and waste my lunch half-hour). The nice bank manager (OF COURSE his name is Dan lol) gives me temporary access to $150, expiring on Thursday (because the temp agency will direct deposit my pay for this week on Wednesday). PERFECT and i didn't even have to go there to get it done!!!! NAB are very understanding in that it's not my fault, and unfortunately being new to the country i have to live paycheck to paycheck until i get settled.
11am - after already ringing the catering company as soon as i got off the phone with the bank the first time, i ring back a second time but no-one is there to take my call. again. should i try sending an email? no, because my message is on the top of the list. have i mentioned that i'm never working for these jerks again?
12:30pm - well deserved lunch break in the warm melbourne sun
1:47pm - call the catering company a THIRD time, successfully! they had deposited a cheque they thought was gonna go through and there was a problem (I. DON'T. CARE. give me my money!) i suggest that they write me a post-dated cheque and i come get it tomorrow, since i don;t have the one i deposited.
3:50pm - i'm exhausted. how am i gonna sit through a boring RSA class for four and a half hours??!
4:20pm - leave work (OH and i did a LOT of work today. i'm in charge of the huge mailout for the annual client care report for the hospital, and i also did some executive-type things today as well. the best part was that they let me listen to CKOI very quietly and the Canadiens WON and they played 'Hymn à Montréal' by Éric Lapointe and it's SUCH a great song that i was walking around with a huge smile on for several hours afterwards)
4:30pm - hit up the 7-11 for a sugar-free rockstar energy drink
4:32pm - tram!!
4:45pm - arrive at RSA training, after having stopped at the bank machine. register, still have time left so i treat myself to a TimTam frostie thing at Gloria Jeans. you're right, Crys, it was delicious ;)
5pm - RSA training starts, and the teacher (Warwick) is HILARIOUS!!!! funny, insightful, knows his material, i didn;t need to have that rockstar cuz i am interested the entire time :) it's the last class he's teaching, so he's making it an open-book test. sweeeeeeet
8:30pm - class ends early, i now have my RSA
9:30pm - home. write blog. watch The League. go to bed. up at 6:30am tomorrow to FRIDAY!!!! :D

i'm glad this day is over, cuz it was jam-packed. there was a lot of stress in the beginning (i STILL don't know how i'll contact the government without spending $50 on phone credit!!!!) but it turned out alright.

gotta remember to always be positive. life is what you make it!

Souris. La vie est un fromage!

xo