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Okay haven't updated in about 6 weeks and not sure I've actually logged into LJ at all in that time either! I seem to have drifted away somewhat. Probably a combination of living-at-home reduced net use, other stuff keeping me busy and no Who or any other LJ fandom stuff really going on to keep me checking in on a regular basis. I may drift back in the near future as things change or just log on now and then, but thought I'd better reassure anyone who may have been wondering where I was that I'm not dead. Sorry flist!
Quick update of life: after a summer of fruitless job searching and signing on as unemployed, helping at a local hospice charity shop, crocheting and attempting to teach myself to type properly I now have a job. It's a six month maternity cover as a case officer with Ofsted up in Bristol - working in the regulation of childcare bit not the schools bit. It pays well and it's a lot more interesting than most paralegal jobs so even though it isn't completely law related I'm pretty darn happy. That should keep me busy while applying for training contracts to start next September. I start next week and I'm staying with friends for a while until I arrange a 6 month let somewhere in Bristol. First real work that isn't a thankless summer job or temping for my mum so I'm hoping I don't screw it up!
As well as a job I now have a car to help with the getting to Bristol and back and forth travel - a lil' red Corsa. I've been t-cutting and polishing away today when not helping my dad paint our kitchen ceiling. Thus my arms hurt quite a lot now. So a job and a car - now I just need a husband, kids and a mortgage! Or maybe not... ;) Sister is still in Peru and says she's bought me a toy llama called Julian. She's coming back in two weeks so I'm a week early moving away, but I may yet have to drive to Heathrow and pick her up so that llama could be mine soon. Muhaha! She's managed to avoid anymore earthquakes and her only horrible tropical disease was from a dodgy chicken sandwich, not frolicing with monkeys or swimming in polluted rivers. Plonker.
Hope all are well and I'll try to pop back on again a bit sooner than mid-November! ;)
Quick update of life: after a summer of fruitless job searching and signing on as unemployed, helping at a local hospice charity shop, crocheting and attempting to teach myself to type properly I now have a job. It's a six month maternity cover as a case officer with Ofsted up in Bristol - working in the regulation of childcare bit not the schools bit. It pays well and it's a lot more interesting than most paralegal jobs so even though it isn't completely law related I'm pretty darn happy. That should keep me busy while applying for training contracts to start next September. I start next week and I'm staying with friends for a while until I arrange a 6 month let somewhere in Bristol. First real work that isn't a thankless summer job or temping for my mum so I'm hoping I don't screw it up!
As well as a job I now have a car to help with the getting to Bristol and back and forth travel - a lil' red Corsa. I've been t-cutting and polishing away today when not helping my dad paint our kitchen ceiling. Thus my arms hurt quite a lot now. So a job and a car - now I just need a husband, kids and a mortgage! Or maybe not... ;) Sister is still in Peru and says she's bought me a toy llama called Julian. She's coming back in two weeks so I'm a week early moving away, but I may yet have to drive to Heathrow and pick her up so that llama could be mine soon. Muhaha! She's managed to avoid anymore earthquakes and her only horrible tropical disease was from a dodgy chicken sandwich, not frolicing with monkeys or swimming in polluted rivers. Plonker.
Hope all are well and I'll try to pop back on again a bit sooner than mid-November! ;)