What would Brian Boitano do?

Today has left me with quite a quandry. I realised at work that I'm totally sick and tired of things going wrong at the place. I've gotten to the point that I am pretty confident with most aspects of my job and am able to assist 90% of customers. However, in reaching this point I have realised just how thinly stretched everything is: I have to rely on so much coming together and this rarely happens smoothly, meaning that I am left looking like a fool with no idea what I'm doing. It's definitely no fault of the manager; he does an awesome job; it's mostly down to there not being enough staff for separate tasks. And we don't have them because the budget won't allow for it. Everyone is doing various jobs in addition to their own, meaning everything gets done, but either hurriedly or late, and certain spur-of-the-moment tasks are unavoidably postponed. From this I feel like I should be looking for another job, but I do genuinely like the job for the challenges it poses and I am interested in the things I work with. Also, as I've mentioned before, the people I work with are awesome. I worry that if I do find another job, I'll be stuck either with monotonous, boring tasks, or with people that I don't get along with. For the time being I really think it's best that I stay where I am.

I got home today to find my Provisional Licence has arrived. I think that once I get driving I will be much happier with my job as well, because I can't stand relying on buses and having to wrangle times constantly. Obviously whatever job I have this is going to be the case. I am going to start lessons ASAP.

Lastly, this evening I watched Avatar with my family. I am pleased (even relieved) that it stand up under all the following conditions; at home instead of at the cinema, on a repeat viewing, and in 2D. I still loved it and the 150 minutes flew past once again. My main thought from the film is that the very final scene is one of the best endings of a movie; not for the plot ending, just the way it is filmed along with the massive crescendo in the music and the way it perfectly sums up how the movie "ends" in a matter of half a second. Cue the screen filled with the Avatar logo and you've got a major pay off to an incredible film.

Tomorrow is work again; I might be less bitter about being there after talking myself into staying at the beginning of this post. I guess I can't complain too much; I AM getting paid and everything, and without that I have no chance of getting driving.