Welcome to Mamamia ‘s best and worst of the week. It’s pretty straightforward; we share our best moments and our worst moments from the week that was. Doesn’t matter how big or small your best and worsts might be – everything counts.
I have had the week to beat all weeks, so I’ll kick off for you all…
Best: It’s been such a fun week at Mamamia HQ. Tuesday saw a bunch of us head along to the Target “TOTES AWKS” Christmas party which was just… amazing. It takes a lot to get the whole Mamamia Team to a party (busy, busy) but this one had it all: Christmas carols, Baileys, arancini, Santa sacks full of presents, and dress-ups.
This happened:
And this happened:
(Second from the left in the above pic is Kate Pasterfield – the newest member of the Mamamia Team. We love her sense of spirit already. Also – if you want to take your own awkward selfie, head to Beach Road in Bondi today. You get a free hard copy!)
I left the party pretty early because on Wednesday morning, I had to appear on breakfast television. I know, I know – it’s such a rough life. You see, Wake Up on Channel Ten kindly asked me to come on and talk about this Mamamia post.
Here I am, chatting away to Natasha and James:
Loved being there. Loved every minute of it. The view from the studio is beyond stunning and the vibe is so relaxed. Under the table, Natasha was barefoot (they’d just been filming on the beach). You can click here to watch my segment if you like.
And finally… on Thursday, I went to another epic event (two in one week! Who would’ve thought it?) for adidas on behalf of Mamamia. It was all very hush-hush – I didn’t know what I was going to be doing. All I knew is that I had to travel somewhere by seaplane, and that it had something to do with the new adidas miCoach Smart_Run watch (the most advanced running device currently on the market – think GPS/watch/heart rate monitor/music device/personal trainer, all in one device).
The event was amazing (Boat House at Palm Beach, anyone?). The watch is amazing (more on that later). The national park where we ran was amazing. LIFE IS AMAZING.
Worst: I now want to travel everywhere by seaplane.
And finally, the team at Mamamia want to let you know about a new competition we’ve got running. It’s called Back Seat Heroes and every week, we’re asking you to use social media to share details of the special moments you have with your kids in the car. Each week we’ll give one first place winner a $750 cash card and tge runner up a $250 cash card. And after four weeks, an overall winner will score $2000.
To enter – check out this Mamamia post and just make sure you hashtag all your entries with #backseatheroes.
And here’s are some of our entries from this week where we asked you about the awkward questions your kids ask in the car. (And there’s still time to enter this week!)
How was your week? What’s on your mind?
Top Comments
Someone on here was so unbelievably kind to offer me money for my beautiful furry girls medication which I've had trouble paying for due to the stalker losing me my clients. Sadly my beautiful girl who I just adored so much died a few hours ago, it was very sudden complete shock.
I want to thank the very kind people on here who have helped me get thru the past few horrendous months.
Best- lovely chat with my 6year old niece on her birthday. But ...
Devastating worst - after 20 years in my chosen field, my industry and organisation are going through a major change. Fair enough, I didn't keep a job in my organisation but have a good work ethic, transferable skills and have been applying widely. Nine interviews so far, haven't been successful for any, so reviewed everything, got feedback, kept trying. Friday afternoon I was contacted again to say I was unsuccessful, but the recruiter thought that she should tell me why. Great application, I nailed the interview, but my referee gave me such a bad reference that I could not be employed. I'm devastated. This was someone who I worked for over 4 years, with nothing but positive feedback, and who only a couple of months ago said that they would be happy to be a referee for me and would give me 100% support. I can't even guess what he could have said that was so bad that it made me unemployable. I'm going to have to sort this out with him, but what do I do about the other applications out there with his name on it, and all the recruiters to date in my industry who I assume have had equally bad feedback but haven't mentioned it yet? And while I have other people who I can still trust to give me a fair reference, they are out of the immediate industry now while he is still there and respected - where I have not listed him as a referee ( because that particular job required other skills), I have been asked whether the recruiters could contact him and have - foolishly - said yes.
Just devastated. It's been a hard year and I've been working hard to stay positive, but I feel terrible now.
What a low blow! No doubt you are gutted!!
All i can offer is sincere sympathies & hope you can sort this out.