I suddenly have all these new responsbilities all at (nearly) the same time. I'm mostly okay with Review Admin. I have been doing it for a while, which helps. I'm enjoying the ordinary, boring, day-to-day stuff. The rest can be scary sometimes when I suddenly realise I'm the one making decisions and knowing stuff that the rest of the membership doesn't necessarily know. It might be quite strange when it's my month off.

Then there's the president of Rotaract. I was on the execs of clubs at uni, which was fine, so I was happy being secretary. But when I was at uni I never wanted to be president of anything. I thought that about Rotaract as well. It got a bit scary last night when I realised I'd have to make decisions about things. Well, put it to the membership, but I'll have to come up with things to put to them. My first meeting's not actually till the middle of July, so in the meantime I just have to sort out president's night. Which is mostly done now, so I'm okay with that.

And then there's work. As of tomorrow I am in charge of the department till the end of the month. Most of the stuff I'll have to do I do anyway. It's just that it'll be constant (I assume, I don't really know how often I'll get people ringing up asking me complicated questions). And I have to go out and think about these things for myself, which I'm sure I'll forget.

The thing that has really pissed me off today is the IT bloke at work. I want to borrow my boss's computer because it's better than mine (which isn't difficult) and her desk is in a better location. But she has XP and I don't, so as far as her computer is concerned there are no programs installed on it. We've been on at the IT guy for weeks to sort it out and he hasn't. I'm just really fed up with having to restart mine every couple of hours.

The part that I don't understand is that my boss is going off to get married. So that was the chat in the pub this lunchtime. I don't understand why anyone would ever want to get married, for a start. But quite a few people at work have got married and then immediately had kids. Despite having lived together for years before getting married.

And they have to have church weddings, of course. I've only been to one (and don't plan to repeat the experience) but it seems so weird. I've found out that you have to have a reading from the bible and sing hymns, like you're back in school. But how is that related to marriage? And why would anyone want to bore themselves silly for an hour when they could get it done in ten minutes and then go for the party and presents?

My landlady has a boyfriend. I heard her talking to someone on the phone the other day, and she was saying he's the perfect gentleman, opening doors, pulling out chairs etc. I know I say how much I'd like a rich man to pay for anything but when it comes down to it I'd much prefer to be treated like an equal. I don't mind the opening doors so much, but it should be a mutual thing. And I refuse to sit on a chair someone else is holding, but that could be due to me thinking they're just going to pull it out from under me.

I just don't get some people, I really don't. The trouble with most of the people at work is that they're just too normal. I need some more weirdness in my life!

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