We’ve just lost our main transportation for a indefinite period. It really sucks since we have monthly subway passes and now we can’t use them (even if we paid for them).

As bad as that sound, it is fun to ride the bus in the morning, but only when it’s not crowded. Today, we were lucky cause we even had seats, but we were at work a half an hour earlier (because we left earlier so we wouldn’t catch the morning crowd). At least we had time to make coffee, read the newspapers and online websites without having to worry about slacking. Even so, it sucks changing your route to work, especially during winter time.

We can’t do anything about this strike and I think that the people that work at the subway are being unfair. They have the highest salaries in town and they still aren’t happy about it. Metrorex is one of the most profitable “business” in Bucharest and maybe even in Romania. They make a lot of money (and profit) since a lot of people depend on the subway to get on time to work.

The worst part, if they don’t get the raise they are asking for they intend on raising the prices for subway passes and that sucks. The subway is the fastest and cheapest way to get around in Bucharest. I would hate to have to go to work on a bicycle during winter time. And I don’t even have a bicycle.

Hope things get back to normal soon!

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What is there better than a relaxing weekend at home with your boyfriend?

I’m sure than there could be something out there better, but after a hectic week of work relaxing is the only way to go for us. And Johnny is doing a great job at it. In 5 minutes he already managed to go to sleep. I wish I could sleep so easily as he does, but I’m not that tired as he is.

Well, I did do some cleaning this morning in my room and, after throwing away two pairs of old shoes and a lot of old boxes, I found my old diaries. The oldest one dates from 2001 and it is filled with Pokemon and Harry Potter stickers (more with Ron than Harry). Thinking about it, I think I still have my Pokemon and Dragon Ball albums somewhere in my memories box. But I’m afraid to open that box because I might fell tempted to throw something and I might regret that later in life.

I still regret cutting my 4th grade picture with my classmates. I don’t miss my classmates but it was still a memory.

I’ve been asking myself these question quite often these past few months and I still can’t figure it out.

Lately, I’ve been feeling like hitting myself with something, hard preferably. Then I would have an excuse for having such bad headaches on a daily basis. And it’s not because of money, love, family or friends (problems). It’s about a co-worker.

Wow, what a shocker!

I know that everyone has one or two co-workers that are so annoying you could feel your blood rush to your head just by mentioning their names. But mine is worse. In fact I don’t think I ever met such a person in my entire life.

I try hard every day not to pay her attention. I don’t look, talk or even mention her name. But she still gets to me. I don’t know why or how, but she does. The funny thing is that if you meet with her after working hours she’s not such a bad person, but during the 8 hours a day we spend together she’s insufferable.

She badmouths anyone and everything. She doesn’t care (or is stupid enough not to notice) that other people are around (like me) and can hear her badmouth Mr. X with Mrs. Y, and after that, she badmouths Mrs. Y with Mr. X. And she can do that while having her lips really tight on everyone ass. But that’s nothing, compared with how she treats her husband.

She really doesn’t see herself as being a bad person. She say everything like it’s a joke, but she isn’t joking. That’s what she’s thinking. I’ve read a lot of articles on the Internet about how to handle bad coworkers but none of them are of any help. It’s like I’ve discovered a new species of “co-workers” and I’m suffering for it.

The worst part is, that unintentionally her husband kinda got me and Johnny together by asking him if he wants to work at our company. And I’m sick and tired of complaining about her. It’s like she’s the main topic of each workday. It’s getting tiresome and it feels like I’m a broken record, always talking about her with Johnny.

So how do people keep their sanity with people like that around them?

But that doesn’t mean movies suck.

You know, at the beginning of the year I went crazy (like most girls) and bought the first volume of Twilight (I got the second and third volume as presents).  I finished reading the first volume in a week or so, but I just couldn’t get myself to start reading the other two. I just lost interest in them. I know, shame on me.

But yesterday, something happened: I started reading Charlaine Harris “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” series, well just the first book anyway, “Dead Until Dark“. Around 10 PM, I was still in the kitchen with the book in my hands, laughing like an idiot when the book got to the “interesting” part.

*Cough* Anyway, after deciding to put the book down and to go to sleep, I found myself feeling very lively and in good spirits. It was really hard for me to go sleep.

I know, that if I stayed up late I could even watch “True Blood” on HBO, which is the television series that is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries. But, I’m just lazy like that and I enjoy sleeping more than watching TV. 

Even so, I’m happy that I’ve found something interesting to do, now that the days are shorter and the nights are longer (plus being bloody cold outside).

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It feels weird writing here again. Well we’ve been “away” and really busy, plus sick (from the common flu). Hopefully, we won’t get the swine flu.

I actually can’t believe that it’s already November and that the year is so close to ending. And I can’t believe that stores already started the Christmas madness. You can find everything you want except natural Christmas trees.

They are really ruining Christmas, not only for me but for everyone. Well, in a way I know why they started so early but it still sucks.

Anyway, right now we’re just busy with work and we’re just drifting slowly through every day, waiting for December when we’ll have a lot of fun and go ice skating.