Dear God how did I ever accumulate so much stuff? Packing and Packing and Packing. I wish we could get to the new house and have done with it so I could find places for everything already. Its exhausting and frustrating.

Ahh, my life is changing. First, got made redundent from new and wonderful job. For those non anglos out there it means that the compnay has deemed my job unnecessary or too expensive and are cutting costs by letting me go. Its a nicer way of saying you are fired. I was pissed and hurt and cried on the bus ride home. Dan of course was wonderful and ( Read more... )

Things are so quiet here at work I am reading the Spark Notes on Catch 22. Very sad. After my lunch break I will be going through the cupboard and checking ALL the wires and cables to test if they work. Fun ( Read more... )

Ahh another yucky rainy day in England. At least its Sunday and I can relax in my pjs and do very little. Since Dan plans to watch Formula One Racing today I may go to a film or get my hair done. Actually, I need to nurse my feet. I went and bought a couple pairs of flats and he edges of my feet feel torn up breaking them in. I was wearing one of ( Read more... )

We started pet sitting for Emma Jayne or The Sausage on Sunday. Many reasons to be happy. Cute but pushy dog, cute but occasionally violent cat, very good library and all the American junk food I could ever want. Bad but ohhh so good. Polli, the owner, is so sweet. She gets Army Base priviledges which means PX food. Shes makes the rounds and finds ( Read more... )

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges ( Read more... )

As in I am now not living off savings! On friday I got THE call that said if I was free on the third then I had the job. I was so thrilled I almost cried. Its a position as a conferencing assistant with MLS Business Centers. Its a pretty big but private company with about 70 locations all over the UK. Basically its a reception job that also means I ( Read more... )

Working today. No not a perm job just a temp. Jobs ok. People are a little rude but they disapear for hours and I get to play surf the net for any thought that strolls acorss my brain. Harvey Nash on Bruton Street. From my viewpoint I can see some random art gallery and the Stella McCartney store. Plus just on the corner is the Bentley store. Very ( Read more... )

I can't stop sneezing and I can't sleep. Reading a little. Fatherland by Robert Harris. Disturbing dectective, what if book. What if WW2 never ended and Hitler never died? Interesting but Pompeii by Harris was much better ( Read more... )

Looking for jobs, some successes, some rejections. Drifting in and out of an all encompassing depression. It comes on like a seizure and grips my mind and chest so I just lay down and try to ignore it and let it pass. I go outside in this miserable London weather with my Ipod cranked to an almost deafening level to drown out these thoughts. Since ( Read more... )