Firstly, apologies for not blogging in so long; let me briefly catch you up to the present day.
- I never found out who the Brazillian woman was, and to be honest I don't care.
- Christmas happened! I thought it was one of the best ever, although I encountered the paradox of having a full-time job and yet having less money than when I was a poor, poor student. I put this down to personal spending sprees, so I'm really sorry if I got you a naff present, I'll do better in 10 months time.
- Vicki's birthday happened! Vicki, Sarah and I headed into London to watch We Will Rock You which was brilliant and I bought a t-shirt, although I wish Sharon D Clarke had been playing Killer Queen. We did various things the next day including taking Archie for a walk in at least a foot of snow (that's a lot in England, ok!), went to PetsAtHome for ages (it's great, I recommend spending the day there, 50% of which should be spent watching degus), and did late Christmas presents and Vicki's birthday presents...or was that the day before? I forget, but either way I got the Dangerous Book for Boys Board Game from Vicki, which my whole family loved despite even the Scouts among us having forgotten all our knots and nobody knowing the constellations, and the Biggest Ever Book of Paper Planes from Sarah, which was not, in fact, a big book with many designs, but a huge, thin book with a few designs for huge planes, which was just as good, if not better. I've made 5 so far and have no idea where to put them. I think I'm beyond the phase of hanging things from my ceiling, so I'll have to figure something out.
I, uh...I think that's everything. I lead a very dull life. Apart from the past few weeks! It's all kicked off, or so it seems.
- I'm getting there with the driving. I found a book with all the answers to the theory test, which feels a little like cheating but at this point I don't care. My main motivation for getting my licence has become the thought of not having to pay out for driving lessons. That's probably not good but if it gets the job done...
- I had an interview to do some work experience at the Archives. I really hope I get one of the available spots, and I think the interview went well so I'm optimistic, which makes a nice change.
- I had both a Training Day and an Induction Day for work, the latter of which happened earlier today. They were, essentially, the same thing, although the Induction Day had a more general outlook compared to the Training Day's more location specific teachings. There were tiny sandwiches and silly group activities galore, plus a whistle-stop tour of BP. That place has got some high ceilings, I'm telling you.
- I should be getting baptised sometime around Easter. When classes were announced the other week I realised that there were no more flimsy excuses from stopping me, and also that it would be a really good thing for me, so I went for it. It turns out I'm the only one taking the classes, but I like it this way, I can have real personal chats with G, our pastor. My first class was earlier, and they're weekly.
- Rob finally sorted out the SingStar evening I've been pestering him about for months now. I wasn't the only one! It was a very popular suggestion. Anyway, it's in about a month, so I'd better get practising. Doe, a deer, a female deer...
Blogged to the sound of: Cosmic Egg, Wolfmother.
PS: I'm hooked on Tic Tacs, which as everyone knows are a gateway mint. Before you know it I'll be wolfing down Fisherman's Friends and Trebor Extra Strong.
