The 30 day meme - introducing yourself in great detail

[rdfreak]

So yes, everyone is doing it, so I decided I might give it a go. i use to be an awesome writer, but unfortunately I have lapsed so much, mostly due to the fact I am unable to sit down and read a good braille novil as i use to so enjoy doing. So, following is the meme.
Day 01 - Introduce yourself
Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail
Day 03 – Your parents, in great detail
Day 04 – What you ate today, in great detail
Day 05 – Your definition of love, in great detail
Day 06 – Your day, in great detail
Day 07 – Your best friend, in great detail
Day 08 – A moment, in great detail
Day 09 – Your beliefs, in great detail
Day 10 – What you wore today, in great detail
Day 11 – Your siblings, in great detail
Day 12 – What’s in your bag, in great detail
Day 13 – This week, in great detail
Day 14 – What you wore today, in great detail
Day 15 – Your dreams, in great detail
Day 16 – Your first kiss, in great detail
Day 17 – Your favorite memory, in great detail
Day 18 – Your favorite birthday, in great detail
Day 19 – Something you regret, in great detail
Day 20 – This month, in great detail
Day 21 – Another moment, in great detail
Day 22 – Something that upsets you, in great detail
Day 23 – Something that makes you feel better, in great detail
Day 24 – Something that makes you cry, in great detail
Day 25 – A first, in great detail
Day 26 – Your fears, in great detail
Day 27 – Your favorite place, in great detail
Day 28 – Something that you miss, in great detail
Day 29 – Your aspirations, in great detail
Day 30 – One last moment, in great detail


Day 01 - Introduce yourself
OK, the name is Rachel, I'm 31 years young (I believe that's how i started my LJ bio, but anyway :)
I am currently inbetween jobs. I was working on the switchboard of the ANZ bank from Jan 2007 to Oct 2009 but was unfortunately made redundent due to not enough work. We had been due to move to the head office. I am largely glad I had the excuse to leave as my boss and I didn't get along at all. Of course, I know I didn't do anything wrong, but for whatever reason she couldn't stand me; it still makes me very sad writing about it. I largely have put it all behind me but she made my life hell especially when I was training in the head office. We think she was jealous of me, but for what, I have no idea; maybe my friendship with RB whom I think she really liked a lot, but who really knows; just glad it's over. -- I did get another job not long after at Insight (the school that was opening up for blind children to replace Burwood) but it never opened due to lack of funding. So, here I am, September 2010 and still no job. I have been looking, some days a lot more than others. I'm getting a lot of help now from the employment services at Vision Australia, and I'm positive, together, I'll find something soon.
As well as looking for work, I started up a woodwork class which is one day a week at VA Kenzington. I am getting heaps out of this course, more than I thought I would. After this, if I haven't got a fulltime job, I plan to complete level 2 of the course and hopefully do the Metal work course as well.
I am working my second guide dog Joy; have had her here at home with me for nine months now but it honestly seems like a lot longer; we bonded well right from the start. My first guide dog Heartly retired last November and is living with my parents though she does come and stay here occasionally.
I've lived out of my parents home for a bit over 8.5 years now and am just loving it. I'm renting off my parents but paying this off at the same time so it will be entirely mine eventually. -- It's a lovely two bedroom unit. The size does suit me down to the ground but I am finding as I'm accumulating more things, I'm desiring more room.
I'm in a great location, next to Safeway and a bus stop where I can catch a bus down to the station or walk there if I'm feeling motivated enough.
I do love life mostly and try and rmain positive and happy though it doesn't always work out that way.
I've been told I appear to have pretty high expectations when it comes down to my friendships but I am a very loyal friend and I expect the same in return. i love my friends and family dearly and will do anything for them.
Friendship is not a one-way street and I will not tend to tolerate that in someone who calls him/herself a friend.
I'm a very forgiving person as a rule; that is to say that though I may get angry pretty easily with people, I tend to get over it pretty quickly, forgive and forget. This is not always a bad thing, but sometimes it means I can give people chance after chance and therefore, let them walk over me time and time again. - In saying this however, I'm getting a lot better lately with not doing this. -- I likewise started to trust people way too easily but again, I've gotten better about that lately.
Lately I feel I've lost quite a few friends but this is not a bad thing; This may sound horible, but most of these people were no longer good for me, too me and were bringing me down.
I am a christian; I was baptized into the seventh Day Adventist church on the 9th of November 1992. I rarely go to church now, but I believe that does not define christianity at all. I just try and live life the best way I know how, treat people how I'd expect to be treated and be mindful of my sinning.
As most know by now (with the reference of guide dogs), I am pretty much totally blind; I do have light perception; I can see outlines of shapes and objects as well as shadows. -- I can vaguely see colour but I don't like to say so as I often get confused with the different shades of colour.
I was born blind and my sight hasn't ever changed in my 31.4 years on this earth and I don't believe it ever will (though the doctors have tried to tell me in the past that there may be an operation for me in my lifetime). -- My condition is unknown.
I guess a question on a lot of people's lips has often been if I get frustrated at all? Yes, of course I do and I have over the years. Despite the fact that I don't know any different, there has been times I'd give anything to be sighted for a day, just so I can see what it's like. My main frustrations over the years have come from ignorance. Most people certainly will do anything to help, but others have just made my life more difficult than it needs to be; discrimination is an evil thing.
Anyway think that's about all I can think of.

In other news, dad was just here and we both worked on reinstalling the Trippletalk drivers but that hasn't done anything. It's not the card itself as Dad took it out, cleaned it and put it back in. So I'll have to research this annoying problem further.
til Next Time, RdFreak

Comments

[carla-flydance.livejournal.com]

It always amuses me and is quite annoying when boses are treating their workers that way. It is awfully unprofessional.

I'm quite agree qith you on friendship, I have the same views.

[rdfreak.livejournal.com]

She was very unprofessional though she made out to be the opposite around everyone else. She was evil, just so evil and I certainly don't need people in my life like her. -- I would have probably ended up leaving anyway if I didn't get this awesome opportunity to do so; at least i got a payout.