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Where have the last few weeks gone?????????
First is first, the Cabaret Evening was a brilliant success, people are already asking to dance again next year (guess it won't quite be that one-off then! Haha!) and we raised over £900! Yay!
I was dancing at another charity event down in North Queensferry last weekend, which was another fabulous night. Funny thing happened, though. There's a dance group from Edinburgh called Twisted Tails and I was dancing right after them. When I went to hand my music to the DJ, I noticed that there was a CD sitting with "Sweet Dreams" written on it. I asked the DJ who had given him the CD and he pointed out Susan, who is the lead dancer of Twisted Tails.
I gave the DJ my music, then wandered over to Susan. The conversation went something like this.
Me - Susan, what version of Sweet Dreams are you dancing to?
Susan - Emily Browning's from Sucker Punch...
Me - (trying not to giggle) Erm... Guess what? I'm dancing right after you... and I'm also dancing to Emily Browning's Sweet Dreams...
Cue much hilarity!!!! Susan decided not to tell the other girls in Twisted Tails, to let it be a surprise, but we warned the DJ and the girl who was doing the MC for the evening. Best laugh was, NO-ONE NOTICED!!!!! (apart from the Twisted Tails girls!)
I'm dancing at another event in Dundee, in June, and have been assured that no-one else is dancing to the same music as me! :D
In other news, the pay issue has been resolved and Highlands and Islands Airports have agreed to harmonisation: which means that within three years, I will be earning exactly the same money as every other ATCO in the HIA group. At the moment (because we were taken over by them) I'm earning £8,500 less than every other HIA controller - some of whom are working less aircraft in a year than I do in a MONTH!
It's an incredible success! I didn't think they would agree to full parity in the present economic climate, but they did! My hat is off for the union rep who fought for this for us.
In other-other news, I'M GOING TO TITANCON in Belfast!!!!! I'm terribly excited. I've not been to a convention in ages!!!!!
*happy dance*
First is first, the Cabaret Evening was a brilliant success, people are already asking to dance again next year (guess it won't quite be that one-off then! Haha!) and we raised over £900! Yay!
I was dancing at another charity event down in North Queensferry last weekend, which was another fabulous night. Funny thing happened, though. There's a dance group from Edinburgh called Twisted Tails and I was dancing right after them. When I went to hand my music to the DJ, I noticed that there was a CD sitting with "Sweet Dreams" written on it. I asked the DJ who had given him the CD and he pointed out Susan, who is the lead dancer of Twisted Tails.
I gave the DJ my music, then wandered over to Susan. The conversation went something like this.
Me - Susan, what version of Sweet Dreams are you dancing to?
Susan - Emily Browning's from Sucker Punch...
Me - (trying not to giggle) Erm... Guess what? I'm dancing right after you... and I'm also dancing to Emily Browning's Sweet Dreams...
Cue much hilarity!!!! Susan decided not to tell the other girls in Twisted Tails, to let it be a surprise, but we warned the DJ and the girl who was doing the MC for the evening. Best laugh was, NO-ONE NOTICED!!!!! (apart from the Twisted Tails girls!)
I'm dancing at another event in Dundee, in June, and have been assured that no-one else is dancing to the same music as me! :D
In other news, the pay issue has been resolved and Highlands and Islands Airports have agreed to harmonisation: which means that within three years, I will be earning exactly the same money as every other ATCO in the HIA group. At the moment (because we were taken over by them) I'm earning £8,500 less than every other HIA controller - some of whom are working less aircraft in a year than I do in a MONTH!
It's an incredible success! I didn't think they would agree to full parity in the present economic climate, but they did! My hat is off for the union rep who fought for this for us.
In other-other news, I'M GOING TO TITANCON in Belfast!!!!! I'm terribly excited. I've not been to a convention in ages!!!!!
*happy dance*