The first day back at work always reminds me of the first day back at school. You know it's coming but you keep hoping something will stop it from coming round quite so soon.
My current gig is too painful for words to explain, but what I would say horrifies me most about it is the finance reporting. Whereas words and pictures excite and inspire me, figures make me want to lie down and take a long nap.
No such luck !
Wednesday, 28 December 2011
Monday, 26 December 2011
Boxing Day Dreams
Today for the first time in months, I didn't wake up to the sound of a fan heater, the hall light flashing into my bedroom or H's morning smokers' cough and it was... bliss !
My solo Christmas dream (which of course hasn't happened) came true today, even if it was for just one day.
I padded downstairs, had a cup of tea, made breakfast, lounged in a long bath and settled down to watch yet more holiday movies, wrote some more next steps lists, talked on the phone and generally chilled out.
Unbelievably my gym was open so I rocked up for a hot yoga class. There were just two of us there.
How long the new virtuous moi will last is anybody's guess :0)
My solo Christmas dream (which of course hasn't happened) came true today, even if it was for just one day.
I padded downstairs, had a cup of tea, made breakfast, lounged in a long bath and settled down to watch yet more holiday movies, wrote some more next steps lists, talked on the phone and generally chilled out.
Unbelievably my gym was open so I rocked up for a hot yoga class. There were just two of us there.
How long the new virtuous moi will last is anybody's guess :0)
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Winding Up !
While everyone's been winding down for Christmas, I've been winding up by landing two freelance gigs for February which were confirmed yesterday.
I have my fingers crossed they both turn into retained contracts, because my current gig is as boring as the hours are long. I swear I can literally feel ideas and thought cells evacuating my brain, through from lack of stimulation and anything resembling creativity.
On the homefront, I've already already received two responses to the ads I have placed for J's room in two great new websites friends have recommended.
I thought it was smart to try some new ones to get the person I want. All I have to do is firm up viewing times with them after Christmas. And even better, S shows up on the 6th to stay, while she looks for a new place to buy.
Having learnt from my last dodgy tenant advertisement, I have specified exactly what I wanted to the letter...
"Must be a non-smoker, no pets, energy conscious, lively and outgoing and a graduate in girl code"
and well...you can guess the rest :0)
Thankfully, I finished my Christmas shopping just in time for the dropping off to the family today in typical BB style.
I have my fingers crossed they both turn into retained contracts, because my current gig is as boring as the hours are long. I swear I can literally feel ideas and thought cells evacuating my brain, through from lack of stimulation and anything resembling creativity.
On the homefront, I've already already received two responses to the ads I have placed for J's room in two great new websites friends have recommended.
I thought it was smart to try some new ones to get the person I want. All I have to do is firm up viewing times with them after Christmas. And even better, S shows up on the 6th to stay, while she looks for a new place to buy.
Having learnt from my last dodgy tenant advertisement, I have specified exactly what I wanted to the letter...
"Must be a non-smoker, no pets, energy conscious, lively and outgoing and a graduate in girl code"
and well...you can guess the rest :0)
Thankfully, I finished my Christmas shopping just in time for the dropping off to the family today in typical BB style.
Monday, 19 December 2011
My Mind's Made Up!
...All I need to do is execute my decision and the BB gravy train is about to come screeching to a halt ! The first thing I'm rediscovering is my ..... - (yes my friends, you know what I am talking about!)
..bad arse attitude !
I told F today, who I've found out has been putting the hard word on one of my really good friends (I can't go into details but it was very, very unpleasant and has completely changed my opinion of him!.
I had no option, having 'sat' on my anger for last week, but to confront him and tell him exactly what I thought of him and his actions.
Sadly he didn't take it well and as of tonight, we are officially in stranded on an iceberg called feud! Well that's according to him. I can't be bothered. I just thought he'd be hacked off, but at least own up having behaved like a dick, but no such luck.
Then tonight J gave me notice to move out. No shock or surprise there at all. We are way, way too different to live together. We make chalk and cheese sound like the perfect combination.
I'm never home, am super active, either working or going out with friends. She's always in and sticks to doing the same things, at the same time, nearly every single day, usually in her dressing gown, whether she's inside or outside putting out the bins; and who treats her cat like a small child !
What's just happened is a definite lesson for me about getting, what you thought you wanted and then finding the reality is completely the opposite of what you'd hoped or thought things would be like.
The law of attraction is an powerful thing. Sometimes we forget that, focus on the things we shouldn't or don't need to, sometimes to a point when they drive us crazy.
My advice is to be very careful what you wish for, because you just might get it!
..bad arse attitude !
I told F today, who I've found out has been putting the hard word on one of my really good friends (I can't go into details but it was very, very unpleasant and has completely changed my opinion of him!.
I had no option, having 'sat' on my anger for last week, but to confront him and tell him exactly what I thought of him and his actions.
Sadly he didn't take it well and as of tonight, we are officially in stranded on an iceberg called feud! Well that's according to him. I can't be bothered. I just thought he'd be hacked off, but at least own up having behaved like a dick, but no such luck.
Then tonight J gave me notice to move out. No shock or surprise there at all. We are way, way too different to live together. We make chalk and cheese sound like the perfect combination.
I'm never home, am super active, either working or going out with friends. She's always in and sticks to doing the same things, at the same time, nearly every single day, usually in her dressing gown, whether she's inside or outside putting out the bins; and who treats her cat like a small child !
What's just happened is a definite lesson for me about getting, what you thought you wanted and then finding the reality is completely the opposite of what you'd hoped or thought things would be like.
The law of attraction is an powerful thing. Sometimes we forget that, focus on the things we shouldn't or don't need to, sometimes to a point when they drive us crazy.
My advice is to be very careful what you wish for, because you just might get it!
Friday, 16 December 2011
Friends In Need and Silver Linings 2
It seems that I am not the only one who offered a sofa to S. She's so popular, that she told me today she was 'booked' until the New Year, as the guest artist in several of our friends spare bedrooms and living rooms.
I laughed about that, because that's so S - what was super urgent is now not so much so and her own failure to realise just how important she and her well being are to so many people, makes her all the more adorable.
So that solo Christmas I have been craving is now good to go (Thank God I need some quiet uninterrupted BB time!)and I still get the plus of having S around in the New Year, to welcome 2012 in the most positive way possible.
I've already made my New Year's Resolution. Anything or anyone that is negative, draining and not positive is getting tossed. I refuse to be sucked dry by negativity in my world.
I laughed about that, because that's so S - what was super urgent is now not so much so and her own failure to realise just how important she and her well being are to so many people, makes her all the more adorable.
So that solo Christmas I have been craving is now good to go (Thank God I need some quiet uninterrupted BB time!)and I still get the plus of having S around in the New Year, to welcome 2012 in the most positive way possible.
I've already made my New Year's Resolution. Anything or anyone that is negative, draining and not positive is getting tossed. I refuse to be sucked dry by negativity in my world.
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