So I know it's been ages since my last post. I have no excuse for it really... I just thought though that I'd like to start up again and also jot down some of the things that have occured since I last wrote.
We went to Edinburgh for Hogmanay. Needless to say, it was epic and my not-so-secret love affair with Auld Reekie continues :-) The street party was so good, we spent the night at the Scottish Stage dancing to traditional folk-pop-rock fusion type music which was great. The fireworks also did not disappoint, they really were amazing! I feel another trip to Edinburgh coming, maybe the film festival or the military tattoo. Maybe both.
We are settling into the new place quite nicely. More decorating must be done and we really must buy a washing machine. Soon. It's very annoying to keep having to take washing round to my mum's. We do really need to think about the storage situation too, as there's not much space. Loft boards are required methinks as we have a teeny loft space currently not in use. The neighbours with the horrible dog have moved out and we now have new people living next door. I haven't even seen them yet! We're hoping to get our cats soon too :-)
The job. Now, I'm having a conflict in my head about this. I only really realised it when I was talking to one of the other girls at work about it. I like what we sell, some of it I absolutely love and now we are entitled to full discount I intend to take advantage of it! Some of the problem is with the company itself. They have managed to mess up my tax code so I'm not being paid correctly, so obviously I'm not impressed with that. Before we went away, my days off for that week got missed off as my manager counted holiday as days off, so I'm now owed an extra day, and because of other people taking holiday this week and next week, I've ended up with a seven day stretch with no days off at all :-s Not happy. But I think my real problem is that I don't particularly like serving customers. And unfortunately this job is very customer focussed. On a good day, I can manage fine and be nice to people. On a bad day, I do my very best to offload customers onto the other girls so I can do something else, like rearrange a display. I like that side of things, and I think I'm ok at it. I'm getting that niggly feeling that retail is not for me. At all. I thought that getting out of the cafe was the key, and it kind of was. It has worked; I'd rather be where I am now than be back there! I just think that I'm meant to do something else. The girl I was talking to at work is the only other member of staff who has been to university and I think she understands my issue - that I didn't spend three years in higher education to stay in retail. I told her that my ideal job is to stay at home, writing on my laptop. Then I'd never have to deal with customers again :-) So on that note...
I am starting to re-write my novel that got lost when my old laptop died and I realised I hadn't saved the last draft to my USB stick. I have an older draft to work from, then I'm going to modify, edit and continue it until it's bloody finished this time instead of arsing about saying I'm going to do it then doing a bit and leaving it for months without touching it. This is a Plan. I'm also going to look for an agent. I am going to make my 'sit at home with laptop' plan a reality.
Also, I think I ought to mention that a little over a year has passed since I started this blog. I should probably comment about how the first year of the thirties has been for me...
1. People continue to disbelieve my age. For this I am grateful.
2. I put my lack of ageing down to early use of eye gel and a good cleansing routine. Never too early to start!
3. I have moments where I forget how old I am. Then moments spent with people under 20 who weren't even born when Take That split up bring me back to reality. It's slightly depressing.
4. Mostly, I don't think about it.
The thing I do think about is doing things I want to do before it's too late and I actually am too old! I have a couple of things I'm thinking about that may be discussed here in the future. Keeping it under wraps for now though...!
So, dear readers, expect more posts here and hopefully some good news :-)
