Hey everyone so I arrived home from Australia on November 21st. Australia is beautiful with gorgeous weather and it was just a breath of fresh air. For 3 weeks, I didn't think about work and was completely stress free!

I'll be making a few individual posts about my Australia trip but here's a little sneak peak of the beautiful country (in no particular order).




There's also been a development at work. Remember how I mentioned in one of my previous posts that they had fired my previous boss while she was on vacation? Well, they pretty much did the same thing to me. I was "laid off" a week after I came back from Australia because the company's "restructuring" which is a load of crap. They had already replaced me and my replacement (who is the guy that was replacing me while I was away) was sitting in my office doing my job a few hours after I was given the letter. To add insult to injury, they tried to make me sign a document saying that I won't sue them, ask for more money and I give up my right to be re-hired otherwise, they won't give me my severance pay, 4% and the money I'm owed for working that week. I refused to sign it since it's illegal and told them so (not exactly in those words). My ex-boss promptly got my cheques.


It sucks but I've been trying to cut my ties with that company since May and I wasn't happy there. It wasn't a good company to work for (as evidenced by how they treat their employees) and I couldn't advance any more. Now I'll have tons of time to focus on getting a job I want and at a company where I can advance. Or just become super desperate and end up with another dead end job. Who knows. ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)?۶

So now that the crappy news is done with, I also have good news. My boyfriend (of 8 and a half years) and I are moving in together. Woohoo! It would've been even better news if we got engaged but I'll take moving in together (✌ﾟ∀ﾟ). We've been talking about a few months before I left for Australia and we figured it's time. It's mighty freakin' expensive to buy a house in this bloody city so we decided that we'll move into my parents' upstairs duplex and save money until we have enough for a house. We spoke to my parents about it almost immediately after I returned and they're kindly not charging us any rent so that will definitely help.