Today's been an unexpectedly productive day. I've done the chores. All my washing is done, the rubbish has been put out, the kitchen has been cleaned, I've been to Sainsburys, I've been to the bottle bank, I've sorted out a bike and have gone for a ride.
All footling little things I agree, but knowing me as well as I do, that's a minor miracle. No, scratch that, it's a pretty bloody major one.
So, yes, I've been off here for ages, for a variety of reasons, one of them is that almost every time I've sat down in this very spot, my network at home and associated gubbings have decided to spazz up and make the site unusably slow. I've also been flirting with having a social life, of which I'll probably go into more detail presently (or at least some aspects of it). I've also had that thing that I get where I sit in front of the computer for a while, start typing, 5 minutes later I read what I've typed and then quite sensibly, delete it all. I've only had bland banalities to say really, and it's better for me to stay quiet in those particular instances.
So what's been going on then? I'll try and separate things for easy reading.
Home.
The dynamic of my housemates has had to shift as Dave - one of the longest serving members of the house - has decide that he's moving out. That's gonna be a bit odd, for the last 18 or so months, he's been out of work. Somehow though, he's managed to accrue enough money to not have to claim benefit and not to work. As a consequence, he never left the house, unless it was to see his parents or go to the shop. So now he's moving in with his ex. Although she might not be his ex, but they're not moving in together as a couple, but maybe wit ha view to... I think. Yes, it's that kind of situation, it fills me with worry, I fear that it's going to go horribly wrong for him, as much as I hope it doesn't. But it means that it's just going to be three of us again. The rent will rise by about 100 a month, but we will have a new room to be able to hide all of our collective crap in.
I also have bed problems. My spine feels like it's been twisted into knots and my neck now hurts constantly because I was stupid enough to buy a very, very cheap mattress last year and now all the padding on it has disappeared and it's like sleeping on a sack of bones. Alas though, I have a lot of other monetary priorities to address before I can even consider getting a new one, so I'll have to think of some kind of interim measure, suggestions greatly appreciated.
Work.
I'm loving it, even the shifts. I do worry that I seem to be the most idealistic out of all the new people, but I think that's a noble enough reason to do it. still in training though, I won't take a live call for a while, but I'm learning all kinds of interesting stuff. Well, interesting to me at any rate. There's a girl there that seems to be giving me the kind of signs of interest that even I can't be blind to. I'm torn about it, there are a couple of downsides, firstly, she's a special constable. I do enough things that although not strictly illegal, they're not really legal either. Secondly, she's a friend of the boss - the big boss, who's in charge of the whole comms department. I can imagine that if there was anything to go on, when it inevitably ends, there's going to be all kinds of fallout. But on the plus side, she's reasonably attractive, seems to have quite good dress sense (When I first saw her in civvies, she was wearing a black pencil skirt and bright red high heels, the sight of which always does things to me) and also, she's expressing an interest in me, which is a new one on me.
Social life.
I've been going out. Odd that. But it's a novelty to be able to go out on a school night without worrying about my blood alcohol level in the morning. So I've been going to all the places that I can stomach in this town. I've even met a few girls. All of whom have blown me out - to which I'll never understand why someone would give me their number if they're not interested in ever meeting up or indeed talking to me. Ah well. But I've met some new people, renewed some old friendships and got mobbed by a huge gang of 7 year olds at my god daughters birthday party. Unrelated I know, but it was such a scarring experience I thought I'd share it.
so, that's kind of what's been going on in my little world. I'm sad that both Rome and Galactica have now ended, I only have 24 to look forward to now, and that's only got another 7 episodes to go. I'm going to have to find some new stories soon.
Right, let's hope my internet connection will stand up to me finding out what everyone else has been up to.
All footling little things I agree, but knowing me as well as I do, that's a minor miracle. No, scratch that, it's a pretty bloody major one.
So, yes, I've been off here for ages, for a variety of reasons, one of them is that almost every time I've sat down in this very spot, my network at home and associated gubbings have decided to spazz up and make the site unusably slow. I've also been flirting with having a social life, of which I'll probably go into more detail presently (or at least some aspects of it). I've also had that thing that I get where I sit in front of the computer for a while, start typing, 5 minutes later I read what I've typed and then quite sensibly, delete it all. I've only had bland banalities to say really, and it's better for me to stay quiet in those particular instances.
So what's been going on then? I'll try and separate things for easy reading.
Home.
The dynamic of my housemates has had to shift as Dave - one of the longest serving members of the house - has decide that he's moving out. That's gonna be a bit odd, for the last 18 or so months, he's been out of work. Somehow though, he's managed to accrue enough money to not have to claim benefit and not to work. As a consequence, he never left the house, unless it was to see his parents or go to the shop. So now he's moving in with his ex. Although she might not be his ex, but they're not moving in together as a couple, but maybe wit ha view to... I think. Yes, it's that kind of situation, it fills me with worry, I fear that it's going to go horribly wrong for him, as much as I hope it doesn't. But it means that it's just going to be three of us again. The rent will rise by about 100 a month, but we will have a new room to be able to hide all of our collective crap in.
I also have bed problems. My spine feels like it's been twisted into knots and my neck now hurts constantly because I was stupid enough to buy a very, very cheap mattress last year and now all the padding on it has disappeared and it's like sleeping on a sack of bones. Alas though, I have a lot of other monetary priorities to address before I can even consider getting a new one, so I'll have to think of some kind of interim measure, suggestions greatly appreciated.
Work.
I'm loving it, even the shifts. I do worry that I seem to be the most idealistic out of all the new people, but I think that's a noble enough reason to do it. still in training though, I won't take a live call for a while, but I'm learning all kinds of interesting stuff. Well, interesting to me at any rate. There's a girl there that seems to be giving me the kind of signs of interest that even I can't be blind to. I'm torn about it, there are a couple of downsides, firstly, she's a special constable. I do enough things that although not strictly illegal, they're not really legal either. Secondly, she's a friend of the boss - the big boss, who's in charge of the whole comms department. I can imagine that if there was anything to go on, when it inevitably ends, there's going to be all kinds of fallout. But on the plus side, she's reasonably attractive, seems to have quite good dress sense (When I first saw her in civvies, she was wearing a black pencil skirt and bright red high heels, the sight of which always does things to me) and also, she's expressing an interest in me, which is a new one on me.
Social life.
I've been going out. Odd that. But it's a novelty to be able to go out on a school night without worrying about my blood alcohol level in the morning. So I've been going to all the places that I can stomach in this town. I've even met a few girls. All of whom have blown me out - to which I'll never understand why someone would give me their number if they're not interested in ever meeting up or indeed talking to me. Ah well. But I've met some new people, renewed some old friendships and got mobbed by a huge gang of 7 year olds at my god daughters birthday party. Unrelated I know, but it was such a scarring experience I thought I'd share it.
so, that's kind of what's been going on in my little world. I'm sad that both Rome and Galactica have now ended, I only have 24 to look forward to now, and that's only got another 7 episodes to go. I'm going to have to find some new stories soon.
Right, let's hope my internet connection will stand up to me finding out what everyone else has been up to.
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nice to see you got that bike. We'll make a lycra clad, road warrior out of you yet
I can sympathise with the bad back. I've suffered on & off for the last 15 years. it starts to wear you down after a while
I'm not quite sure what you going on about with all the "social life" stuff. It sounds familiar but I can't seem to recall exactly what it means