I’m bad for updating this when things get hectic, I haven’t made it into a proper habit yet obviously!

Well I’ve started my new job and have been well and truly chucked in at the deep end (which I don’t mind really). It’s working for a hectic business mobile phone supplier, it’s a small very freindly company, 1 admin who started at the same time as me, has been and gone. The 2nd admin seems light years better and is much easier to get along with if I’m honest We’ll have to get along because as of next Tuesday 2 of the Directors are on holiday in Greece for 2 weeks, leaving us to it :eek: We do have backup, although it’s not constant, I have to admit I’m a tiny bit worried, but at the same time quite confident (if that makes sense).

Still looking forward, life is great at the minute, Mr F and I getting along great, the weather is getting better and it feels like there’s alot to look forward to!

I might get into this habit a bit more, when I get used to being a 9-5′er!

That’s how I feel, I’m elated and overjoyed, I got the job I can’t wait to start, I’m so excited, it means so much more than just getting a new job to me, hehehehehe

I’m off to drink pink bubbly with Mr F and try not to grin too much Have a fab weekend all xxx

I hate this waiting thing, I feel like all I do is wait at the minute… I’m not very good at it either, you’d think I’d improve with experience.

Anyway, I’m currently waiting for feedback from this afternoons interview (a good non-theatre permanent job in a small but growing company, they need people sooner rather than later so I should hear today if the interviews finish in time. Cue, me doing my best cat on hot bricks bit.

I just can’t settle, can’t concentrate on the photo editing I planned to do, I’ve had 3 cups of tea in the last hour, for something to do and all this is driving me insane. Aaaarggghhhh!

Anyway if I don’t get this job I still have work to go to on Monday, just a temp admin job, but it keeps the wolf from the door, so to speak. It’s working for an environmental drilling company, which looks interesting and they are a nice bunch apparently. I already turned down a glorified dogsbody job earlier this week and had 2 further agancy interviews, plus one for a 3 month theatre contract in Scarborough (which I haven’t heard from and am assuming I haven’t got). I also have a project for the a theatre doing outreach shows as a backup. It’s been a busy week of meetings and the like!

Other news is dull, we have a new shed roof, which has now been proven to be watertight (it’s been raining a bit here) and 2 chunks out of the back door frame, I’m hoping that means a new backdoor soon? *fingers crossed*. I’m still pondering life and hoping the job thing will point me in the right direction…

At least this filled in a few precious minutes and made me think about something else, must mean it’s time for another cuppa then

I feel like a total nosey neighbour today I feel like I’ve been giving the net curtains a right good twitch lately :-p Anyway, the story, the house over the road (no 11) and the house next door (no. are both up for sale. No 11 is a bit of an unfinished project (like ours) and has been for sale for months…. No 8 got repossesed about 4 weeks ago, it was all very much like homes under the hammer meets beat the baliff (tv shows). Cue lots of banging, a county court judge in the street and a locksmith along with 2 heavies and a van So it’s up for sale and a friend of ours who lives in the next street got curious, we got curious, so we made an appointment to see it…

Meanwhile, I get caught in my dressing gown answering the door at lunchtime to a very pleasant lady, who was interested in buying No8 (next door), not the best way to introduce yourself to a possible new neighbour, she also tells us about no11 that they had an offer in on…

We go in today, it’s trashed, it looks like they were living like pigs in it, yuck! It’s got walls half painted, needs so much work doing on it. There ends the idea of a quick buck between the 3 of us. At least we had a nice lunch (I cooked) in our back yard with the sun shining and all of us being astounded, discussing the houses. It turns out no 11 has subsidence, eek, thankfully ours & no 8 looks okay on that front (another reason for checking it out!)

So, tomorrow is the day for a bit more investigating We’re getting ours valued tomorrow, just curious to compare more than anything!

With that I’d better go tidy up a bit and clean the hall floor (joy)

Oooo, I almost forgot, I have another interview for a job on Tuesday

It has, I almost got out of the habit So a little update on whats been going on…

Last week was quite exciting, I got an interview for a job in Dundee, and yesterday I went up for it. The joy of leaving the house at 6.30am on a bank holiday and driving three and a half hours to be grilled in an interview! The place and people seem lovely and it would be a great opportunity for me, and as Mr F says I’d be crazy to turn it down. It would be a tough decision to make assuming I’ve impressed them enough. It’s a big move in distance and would make life very different in the short term at least. It seemed to go okay, not perfect, but okay and I’ll hear the outcome early next week, so not too long to wait, thankfully!

Either way it was a great drive, the scenery was stunning and Mr F & I had a great day just nattering on to each other, we don’t seem to get much opportunity to do that lately, sadly. We came home via Perth and had a great coffee and yummy millionaire shortbread, I could have eaten more of it. Then I did my usual and dozed off on the way back

Foolish mistake, it gave him time to think, it’s always a bad thing and now he has announced the thing I feared the most, he misses the whine of the supercharger, I hope it doesn’t mean another car swop, I hope it mean he’ll whine on about it for a bit and nothing, rather than drag me to look at things again (this happens a lot, can you tell?) I love the coop, it’s perfect for me anyway!

Well, in other news, I bought myself some camera treats, a bit naughty, but very nice! I bought a used sigma 70-300 and a canon 50mm f1.8, a few filters and a remote. I was playing about the thursday and snapped a cactus (which is in my flickr) a few MINI pics (it was a bit too sunny for filters a la Top Gear (nice graduated grey/tobacco numbers). I might pop out over the weekend and do some more trial runs, I’m really getting into it at the moment. Hopefully I might improve a bit too, as there is too much luck and not enough judgement when I snap away!

I reckon thats it for now, will try and write more and remember less, Happy Easter too xxx

Phew, what a week of job hunting, I’m wiped out, but at last, long last an interview for a fab job has landed! It’s a theatre job (winning the race at the mo), based in Dundee at a great theatre and I’m so excited I’ve just jumped about squealing for 5 mins

I was beginning to wonder if anything would come of the effort put in, but here it is, worth the wait! So wish me luck next Friday @ 11am

What a way to start the weekend!

I feel like I’m losing it. I feel I’m always waiting for people to get back to me with information at the moment, info on on work opportunities, where a large missing cheque has gone to, trying to set meetings up with people.. It just seems to be happening so slow and I must be losing it (patience that is):o

I was on the verge of having a rant at someone this morning for being inefficient. When I say rant I probably mean more of a poke with a big stick to gee them on a bit, than a full on rant.

I’m off to have a cuppa, learn my new mantra and try not to be so much a control freak

*Rome was not built in a day*

(maybe I should learn lines in the style of Bart Simpson?)

Edit: I think I’m just having one of those days…..

It’s not me going yet! We (Mr F & I) went to a property auction tonight, mostly out of sheer curiosity, plus we’d seen a cute little cottage in a wee village we both quite fancied the look off, (this one - http://www.pattinson.co.uk/Public/content/Buy/Estate-Agents/Property-For-Sale/47816.htm)

It made the dream of living in village with a pub, kids, a couple of dogs, long walks in the beautiful countryside a very affordable reality There were a few others, but not auction properties.

So we went…. The temptation to register to bid was there, although I’m glad we didn’t as it would have meant waiting ages, it took an hour to get through 19 properties never mind get to 119 Instead I agreed a to get a valuation on our property and results of the auction under the guise of “it can’t hurt to find out, right”? Last time we looked at selling we sold our unfinished flat on day 1 of selling, hmmm….

As MrF reckons it would mean cutting loose and upping sticks would be easier, all the DIY jobs could be put on hold we could rent somewhere less urban etc.

I’m not sure, maybe I’d like to change one one bit of life at a time, and after a day of 2 interviews and several phonecalls for new careers/work opportunities, it’s all seeming like a lot in one go? Maybe I need to get my new found bravery back? (See holes entry.) Maybe I’m feeling like a bit of a lost sheep at the moment, I’m not sure…. Maybe I need to take the place and stop wondering and worrying?

(ps. I have managed to swop earrings, although I reccomend not trying to toast crumpets at the same time - poked myself in the ear and burnt my crumpets!)

Woohoo, I’ve got my Flickr widget working After a cuppa and a bit of head scratching I’m into widgets at last. I guess it makes up for feeling like I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall all day…

It might spur me onto getting some piccies organised and moved onto my hard drive so my poor mac runs a tiny bit quicker!

Pics updated on the site at the moment are taken off tour, I was going through reports yesterday and this led me to the pictures I’d taken over the last couple of years of tour. It made me remember that touring isn’t so bad, at least you get to see some nice (and bad) bits of the UK, even if it means you can’t be at home all the time.

We’ve found some pretty good ways of making use of evenings off too The smashing pub in Salisbury with amazing food and the brilliant off license selling cider by the 4 pint carton. The Highlands recently took us to Strathpeffer with the worlds best belgian chocolate shop/cafe/makers (mmmmmmmmmm) and an ace brewery (www.blackislebrewery.co.uk I think?)

Still, must get back to the job hunt, then I can give it up for a couple of days with a bit of luck! It’s still a toss-up between sensible job here or theatre job elsewhere, we’ll see what wins the race I guess….

Finally a day off is here, I have a moment to breathe and write lists of normal people things to do like pay cheques in, pick up post from the post office, go shopping, catch up on writing some reports…. *ahhhhhh* thats better.

I’m starting to feel like a human again, with a life outside of work. I’m ready for the next batch of business, fingers crossed. Ready to start looking and chasing for work or a change maybe?

Roll on day off no 2 tomorrow, I’m looking forward to a few more of these, the bonus is some company in the form of Mr F too