And so it Begins

Well I’m back to university and back to blogging again. Hooray! Got back Sunday afternoon, spent Monday doing all sorts of food shopping and other necessities such as a replacement baking tray, a bowl, a can-opener that opens cans...(very useful that one).

It’s only been a few days, but already time has sped up once more to an unreasonable rate. It feels like I arrived back today, yet 4 days have passed. On top of that, the pressure from all sides has begun to manifest itself in multiple ways. Firstly I have been given my first mini-essay assignment for English Language and Communication to be handed in and submitted by week 7. Yes, it may sound like a long way away, but refer to my earlier comment on time and you’ll see why that’s a problem.

Also causing stress (and utter confusion) is finding a house to rent in the second year. It makes me despise adult life. Remember a time when you didn’t have to worry about anything like that? Happier times indeed. Now we have to deal with estate agents who spout crap about things until you have no idea what they’re babbling on about. Saying that, however, I spoke to a friend on my Creative Writing course today who mentioned that we should steer clear of estate agents and scour the papers for private landlords instead. Makes sense to me…

Next on the list is what you could call “self-made stress” in the form of various new year’s resolutions. Maintaining a sensible sleeping pattern, eating things which actually have some form of nutritional value, going to the bleedin’ gym and making big changes to my time management (more work, less play). I’m just about juggling these things at the moment, although I did drop the ball last night when I stayed up until half midnight. Nobody’s perfect right?

The final form of stress is literally…a form! One which we must fill  in to decide on our modules for next year. There are limited places allocated on a first come first served basis which should make life much more fun. Needless to say, I’ve filled in the form already only 5 minutes after receiving it and plan to drop it in at the student office first thing tomorrow. Better to be safe rather than sorry.

Work Excitement

Yes, yes, I realise I’ve been a little bit slow at updating my blog lately, but when all you’ve been doing is working what’s essentially full time and will be until the end of the month, there really isn’t much to write about in a blog, however, I have in this post endeavoured to highlight some of the more exiting/interesting to read events that have taken place at work lately:

1.) Today I got stuck in the main goods lift at work! The bloody thing is so temperamental that it was bound to happen sooner or later. Well, I say “stuck”, but I was more sort of stuck. Basically I was taking some grit and shovels in a trolley up from the warehouse so I could go and grit the BLOODY car park for the 350 millionth time and once I’d gotten into the lift, I pressed the button to go to the shop floor above. I waited and once the lift had stopped, I opened the inner sliding door, but the outer sliding door wouldn’t open! Also I noticed the lift hadn’t quite made it with a couple of inches between the floor of the lift and the shop floor. So, rolling my eyes, I shut the inner door again and pressed the button once more, however, the lift started shaking and began to progress downwards again…incredibly slowly. After about 2 minutes of waiting and still able to see the outer door of the shop floor, I finally gave in and pressed the alarm button. After talking to the people in the main office over the intercom and waiting 10 minutes, the lift eventually reached the bottom floor again. Well, not quite, but enough for me to get out.

2.) Considerably less “exciting”, but as I was sat on one of the small tills on an incredibly long and boring shift recently with very little to do, I noticed a very familiar looking green and white zip-up jumper which is often worn by a certain friend of mine poking around the corner in the bread section. I eagerly peered craning my neck to see if it actually was him, but once I saw the balding head with streaks of grey, the beard and the glasses, I realised it wasn’t Lewis after all. Oh well…

So there you go! Yet another exciting working day!

Happy 2010

So, it’s the end of the “Noughties”. To be absolutely honest, I had no idea at all that the decade just passed was called that until 2 days ago. I’m obviously good at keeping up with the times! This year I decided to have a quiet New Year’s Eve spent with Nichola at her house (love you Nichola!) while most of my other friends went and partied.

We had a thing…erm…I can’t actually remember what it’s called. It’s a bit like a fondue, but with a miniature grill where you cook little bits of chicken, sausages, bacon, vegetables and cheese. It was lovely! While eating we watched the second Pirate of the Caribbean film on Sky HD and then watched the Graham Norton show before the countdown. It was very close and I thought I wasn’t going to make it originally, but I did manage to stay awake this year!

I’m planning to meet some more of my friends tonight, but it may be tricky as I’m having up to 7 people round and my parents want us down in my room. Oh dear…

Anyway, I’ll leave it a short one this time. Happy new year everyone!