Well, quite a lot actually - well If I don't keep myself occupied I keep worrying and it's starting to really get me down now. I still haven't heard from work or anyone regarding the situation so still don't know what the problem is!
So, having nothing better to do on Tuesday I trotted off to the Library to see if they had the Haynes manual for the car - yep, so that was good... incidentally I got to drive my dads car... ok so all I did was move it forward so I could get mine out.... but he still let me drive it... the fact that he was on the phone and working might have had something to do with it but never mind!
So, armed with the manual I set about diagnosing the faulyts my car has... dodgy spark plugs being one of them. Wednesday was then set aside to mend my car - silly idea - who'd choose to be outside on a day like wednesday! But car now has new spark plugs, replaced the second of three gear linkages and hopefully if the bandage thingy worked cured the blowing exhaust!
Today though I are mostly feeling like shite... to be honest I've been feeling like shite all week... i've got a cold which isn't helped by the lack of sleep and the probable streess I'm under not knowing what's going on at work! Had I have meant to have been in work today I would more than likely have rung in sick!
Just spotted a good job in a paper so rung them up for the form... won't say where tho... just in case!
Anyway... off for a nice long soak in the bath to see if that makes me feel any better!
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Friday, February 02, 2007
Panto number two...and...why I blog...
Yesterday evening saw the beginning stages for my second panto of the year starting... well I say the beginning stages... it's not actually the beginning stages of the panto it's just the start of my involvement in it...
This time it's Mirfield Parish Church's rendition of Dick Whittington and his Wonderful cat... and the rig we are running is (for us) extremely simple. The whole kit taken was just the one car load... well ok so that's a lie... i took the spots separate in the car today but other than the spots everything else went in Bens car!
The fit up was as simple as can be as well… Got to Bens about 3 yesterday and was home by 7.30pm! For a get in and fit up that was bloody good work for just the two of us!
In other news - this week has seen the Guinness Fridge and the Guinness turning up - much joy and drinking to be had then!
I've also been thinking today why I actually "blog".... many people blog, I'm just one of them. There are many different reasons why people blog - some people do it for the fun, some to keep people informed on what's going on. Me... I keep a blog as a way of venting my thoughts and feelings; I keep this blog as a way of expressing my ideas, thoughts and as a way of letting people into just a sice of my life. I also keep this blog as a way of documenting what I do in life - the ups, the downs, the fears, the ambitions and the excitement n my life. I'm probably not alone in using a blog as a way of venting my (sometimes secret and very revealing) thoughts - I for one find it easier to know that people can read my thoughts without me having to tell them. I have often used my blog as a way of telling people things and getting things off my mind without actually telling people in real life. Yes, people I know do read this blog but as those that know me will testify I find it a lot easier to say things in writing than I do face to face.
Over the years that I have been blogging (looking back I realize that I’ve been blogging in one way or another for nearly four years now) I’ve found great solace in the knowledge that I can express myself in a way where nobody will judge, nobody will shout at me and nobody can cut me off in my train of thought. Many a time I have posted something to my blog purely so I can get my mind sorted. Like Dumbledores pensive in Harry Potter, this blog is my way of storing things for later use allowing me to concentrate on the present.
Anyway, tis getting a bit deep is all this and my glass is empty… so must go re-fill it!
This time it's Mirfield Parish Church's rendition of Dick Whittington and his Wonderful cat... and the rig we are running is (for us) extremely simple. The whole kit taken was just the one car load... well ok so that's a lie... i took the spots separate in the car today but other than the spots everything else went in Bens car!
The fit up was as simple as can be as well… Got to Bens about 3 yesterday and was home by 7.30pm! For a get in and fit up that was bloody good work for just the two of us!
In other news - this week has seen the Guinness Fridge and the Guinness turning up - much joy and drinking to be had then!
I've also been thinking today why I actually "blog".... many people blog, I'm just one of them. There are many different reasons why people blog - some people do it for the fun, some to keep people informed on what's going on. Me... I keep a blog as a way of venting my thoughts and feelings; I keep this blog as a way of expressing my ideas, thoughts and as a way of letting people into just a sice of my life. I also keep this blog as a way of documenting what I do in life - the ups, the downs, the fears, the ambitions and the excitement n my life. I'm probably not alone in using a blog as a way of venting my (sometimes secret and very revealing) thoughts - I for one find it easier to know that people can read my thoughts without me having to tell them. I have often used my blog as a way of telling people things and getting things off my mind without actually telling people in real life. Yes, people I know do read this blog but as those that know me will testify I find it a lot easier to say things in writing than I do face to face.
Over the years that I have been blogging (looking back I realize that I’ve been blogging in one way or another for nearly four years now) I’ve found great solace in the knowledge that I can express myself in a way where nobody will judge, nobody will shout at me and nobody can cut me off in my train of thought. Many a time I have posted something to my blog purely so I can get my mind sorted. Like Dumbledores pensive in Harry Potter, this blog is my way of storing things for later use allowing me to concentrate on the present.
Anyway, tis getting a bit deep is all this and my glass is empty… so must go re-fill it!
Moving Panto Money
So, once more it's been a while since I last blogged on here... reason being? Well, for a start I have no reliable internet at home at the moment as I have disconnected the NTL account (I can still recieve incomming calls tho...)... I currently use the internet through a neighbors un secured wireless network connection. Shhh... don't tell him!
Only problem with this though is that it's not all that reliable and I have to sit with the laptop in the bedroom window for it to work well... not all that good! So all I've really been using it for is checking my email on an evening and listening to BBC 7 repeats on the internet!
As well as that it's also been the Collegians Panto over the last week or so and as such I've been a little bit tied up over the past two weekends and every evening. This years panto wasn't as good as normal - and it was far too long! Both acts were around the hour long mark, so we were lucky if we managed to get out of the town hall most nights!
Then, as if that wasn't a hectic enough schedule, what with work and the panto, I've spent all my free time (probably the time I should have been sleeping or catching up with my paperwork mountain..) I've been packing my stuff up in order to move back in with the parents... I'd say more about this but the aftermath of the last post regarding this has suggested that this probably isn't the best place to say such things... even if this is my diary!
I'm pretty much moved now, well, most of the stuff is up at the parents now anyway as I've been picking Robert up for the panto ever night. As I was going up to parents to pick him up it seemed a good idea to take a boot load of stuff with me at the same time. I'm going to spend some time this evening moving stuff back as well. All being well I should be moved and sorted by the end of the week. Probably going to spend an evening or two sorting stuff out at parents properly before I move for real so that things are just so...
The house looks looks like a bomb has hit it at the moment as I have bits and pieces all over - I tidied up before I started packing to make it easier but now I have piles of stuff here there an everywhere as I've been sorting through all the stuff that I've not used since I moved and throwing a lot away... it's a good job I have access to the skip at work.... I'd have probably filled the bin a number of times over by now with the ammount of stuff I've thrown away!
It actually felt quite good to throw a lot of the stuff away - I think I've picked up my dads habit of hoarding stuff "just in case" - or maybe it's something to do with Scouting? Saving stuff that might come in useful at some point. Problem is when you do find a need for what you've saved you can never find the "safe place" it was stored in!
Once everything is out of the house that belongs to me I'm going to absolutely blitz the house and give iy a real good clean so that Katie can have a fresh start... well... that and the parents want the Vaccum back... and it would be unfair to leave a house that needed a good vac and take the vaccume with me!
So what are my thoughts on moving back in with the parents? Well... I'm not particularly happy to be doing it, it's probably going to be a bit hard as I'm so used to the freedom that having my own place (which I sort of have had for the last 3 or four months really). On the other hand though I'm actually looking on the upside of things here - it's going to save me a hell of a lot of money so that I can begin to sort my finances out and get a stable financial platform so I can think about getting myself a house of my own somewhere... thought I'm not all that sure I can get a mortgage on my salary :( As well as the savings I'm going to make the board and half payment for all the appliances and bits and pieces we bought for the house will help a lot to get me back on track. I'm just glad that this months wage (payday on Friday!) has the overtime that was missed out on last pay day as well as all the overtime from the show week! This last couple of weeks has been really tight - it's Ok getting paid early for Christmas (we got paid on the 19th) but it makes it a long time between getting paid! That and blasted bank charges as well have made this month especially tight! I'm just glad I have people I can call on when things get tight (thank you Robert for lending me money!).
While I think it could be a bit of a shock moving back home it shouldn't be all that bad as I now have the car so don't spend as much time in and around the house as I used to do. I know I'm going to have to live to some tighter house rules than before I moved out but it should make things easier for me. Especially with the finance side of things - I'm not paying as much board as I was with Katie - and I won't have to worry about buying food and things ontop. I'll even get real meals and be able to cook proerly again. Cooking for one is not as much fun or as easy a cooking for five!
I think after this week I'm going to need a break... fortunately the parents are going up to Gearstones again for the weekend... depending on whether or not Matthew has another pot put on when he goes in on Wednesday I may be called upon to give Matthew a lift up on Friday (if he doesn't get a pot)... even if I don't need to give him a lift I'll still go up for the weekend and hopefully this time the weather will be suitable for walking in so I can get some "me" time!
As well as that, this week should see the Guinness Fridge being delivered to me so woo!
Anyhow... I've avoided doing any real work for a while now so I suppose I ought to get back and do some real work...
O
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Current Mood - Feel like s**t to be honest.... not enough sleep, too much work over weekend!
Current Music - radio 1 in the background on one side, some lesson or other on the other side!
Current Drink - black coffee!
Only problem with this though is that it's not all that reliable and I have to sit with the laptop in the bedroom window for it to work well... not all that good! So all I've really been using it for is checking my email on an evening and listening to BBC 7 repeats on the internet!
As well as that it's also been the Collegians Panto over the last week or so and as such I've been a little bit tied up over the past two weekends and every evening. This years panto wasn't as good as normal - and it was far too long! Both acts were around the hour long mark, so we were lucky if we managed to get out of the town hall most nights!
Then, as if that wasn't a hectic enough schedule, what with work and the panto, I've spent all my free time (probably the time I should have been sleeping or catching up with my paperwork mountain..) I've been packing my stuff up in order to move back in with the parents... I'd say more about this but the aftermath of the last post regarding this has suggested that this probably isn't the best place to say such things... even if this is my diary!
I'm pretty much moved now, well, most of the stuff is up at the parents now anyway as I've been picking Robert up for the panto ever night. As I was going up to parents to pick him up it seemed a good idea to take a boot load of stuff with me at the same time. I'm going to spend some time this evening moving stuff back as well. All being well I should be moved and sorted by the end of the week. Probably going to spend an evening or two sorting stuff out at parents properly before I move for real so that things are just so...
The house looks looks like a bomb has hit it at the moment as I have bits and pieces all over - I tidied up before I started packing to make it easier but now I have piles of stuff here there an everywhere as I've been sorting through all the stuff that I've not used since I moved and throwing a lot away... it's a good job I have access to the skip at work.... I'd have probably filled the bin a number of times over by now with the ammount of stuff I've thrown away!
It actually felt quite good to throw a lot of the stuff away - I think I've picked up my dads habit of hoarding stuff "just in case" - or maybe it's something to do with Scouting? Saving stuff that might come in useful at some point. Problem is when you do find a need for what you've saved you can never find the "safe place" it was stored in!
Once everything is out of the house that belongs to me I'm going to absolutely blitz the house and give iy a real good clean so that Katie can have a fresh start... well... that and the parents want the Vaccum back... and it would be unfair to leave a house that needed a good vac and take the vaccume with me!
So what are my thoughts on moving back in with the parents? Well... I'm not particularly happy to be doing it, it's probably going to be a bit hard as I'm so used to the freedom that having my own place (which I sort of have had for the last 3 or four months really). On the other hand though I'm actually looking on the upside of things here - it's going to save me a hell of a lot of money so that I can begin to sort my finances out and get a stable financial platform so I can think about getting myself a house of my own somewhere... thought I'm not all that sure I can get a mortgage on my salary :( As well as the savings I'm going to make the board and half payment for all the appliances and bits and pieces we bought for the house will help a lot to get me back on track. I'm just glad that this months wage (payday on Friday!) has the overtime that was missed out on last pay day as well as all the overtime from the show week! This last couple of weeks has been really tight - it's Ok getting paid early for Christmas (we got paid on the 19th) but it makes it a long time between getting paid! That and blasted bank charges as well have made this month especially tight! I'm just glad I have people I can call on when things get tight (thank you Robert for lending me money!).
While I think it could be a bit of a shock moving back home it shouldn't be all that bad as I now have the car so don't spend as much time in and around the house as I used to do. I know I'm going to have to live to some tighter house rules than before I moved out but it should make things easier for me. Especially with the finance side of things - I'm not paying as much board as I was with Katie - and I won't have to worry about buying food and things ontop. I'll even get real meals and be able to cook proerly again. Cooking for one is not as much fun or as easy a cooking for five!
I think after this week I'm going to need a break... fortunately the parents are going up to Gearstones again for the weekend... depending on whether or not Matthew has another pot put on when he goes in on Wednesday I may be called upon to give Matthew a lift up on Friday (if he doesn't get a pot)... even if I don't need to give him a lift I'll still go up for the weekend and hopefully this time the weather will be suitable for walking in so I can get some "me" time!
As well as that, this week should see the Guinness Fridge being delivered to me so woo!
Anyhow... I've avoided doing any real work for a while now so I suppose I ought to get back and do some real work...
O
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Current Mood - Feel like s**t to be honest.... not enough sleep, too much work over weekend!
Current Music - radio 1 in the background on one side, some lesson or other on the other side!
Current Drink - black coffee!
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