Yrae Chronicles

Tax return done! This year, I think due to my pay rise back in January, I'm getting about triple back what I normally get. This, plus the aforementioned pay rise itself, almost makes up for the extra $10 a week I'm now paying because they dropped the HECS* threshold. All that research and waiting and shitting myself to get that first pay rise in five years, completely wiped out in one fell swoop. Thanks, ScoMo**.

On the plus side, my back is all but healed and my computer is fixed enough that I can function as normal. Acrobat is one version behind but I reeeeally couldn't give a shit.





* Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now actually called HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) but screw you, it was called HECS when I got it so HECS it shall remain. Prior to last Monday, you didn't have to start paying it back until you were earning at least $55k a year. Last I heard they were dropping that threshold to $50k. It's actually now $43k, so I have to start paying it back.

** Scott Morrison, current PM.

So busy lately! Not with big things, just going up to Mum and Dad's for the footy/dinner (SHOWDOWN THRASHING YEAH~ I love the Crows) and having fun with Alex, who is moving to Sydney in, like, two weeks, so we're doing as much as we can before she heads off. I've been introducing her to Avatar. We've just met Toph 8DD Also saw Brave which I loved, went to lunch, had dinner, various things. Friday we'll prolly go see another movie. Or more Avatar, whatever works.

Soooo yes. My days have been full. Which of course means I want to write SO BADLY. I have IDEAS, MAN, but this is the first time I've been able to sit down at the computer since, what, last Thursday? Ish? Yeah. And all that time has been spent catching up on the interwebs of those intervening days. Sure as hell no writing time. Tomorrow night I get a bit of me-time tho, so we'll see if I can write then.

Work is hectic. I feel like I almost get a bit of breathing space and then three new things that need two hours' attention each jump on me in the space of ten minutes. Or I start doing something that should take ten minutes, like proofing a re-order of a business card that's only changed the phone number since last time, and I get that many phone calls and front counter people and production asking questions and salesmen poking me and urgent emails that I forget what I was doing and the damn drop-and-go proof takes an hour and a half. I'd be a wreck if we didn't have the new chick doing TAFE jobs. SO AWESOME.

Also, got one group certificate today! I have two this year because of the change of ownership in February, so as soon as I get the group certificate from accountant!boss, then I can do my tax and get monies back. Mmm. Monies.

BED TIME.

Tax lodged, wooooo government owes me money o/ First year I haven't gotten all my tax back tho, so that's annoying. Apparently I still don't actually earn enough to start paying off my HECS debt. That's... somewhat depressing.

Yay~ government's going to give me my money back. Really shoulda done this thing months ago, but eh. Such is life.