Helloooo to all my beautiful family and friends :) had a bit of a rough start to the week, but you will see all gets forgotten ....
Monday 23rd, hmmm think I need a trip to the Dr's, nothing major to worry about, but when I was at the Yoga Workshop or either when I came home that night, I got bitten by something :( I had a huge welt on my leg and a massive lump, when I woke up, huge red area :( and looked like it had a centre core. It was quite painful, couldn't really lay on it and walking even hurt, so thought I best get it checked out? I was able to get my Dr to check it out and she was quite surprised, we both a a bit of laugh as Brits have this thing about coming to Australia and being met with all nasty kinds of things i.e. Spiders and snakes etc and here I was, never been bitten by a spider, come to England and get bitten by one! Now I'm on huge horse tablets for a week, you know the ones that make you gag as soon as they hit the throat and smell fowl!
Monday afternoon, all my pain was forgotten when I received a phone call for an interview, yayyyy I knew that I may get one, as the Agency had forwarded my CV, so I was thrilled to actually get the call saying I had an interview wed 10am :) I also had a phone call from one of the Temp role's asking me if I could go in for an interview and yes you guessed it, both the same day!
Wednesday was interview day, not only for one position "Business Support Co-ordinator but also in the arvo for Sales Administrator, so all went well with the morning interview, met up with a lovely woman who's position I was to take on, as she was going on maternity leave. For confidentiality reasons I can't tell you the names of the company's but I felt very comfortable meeting the first team of people, they seemed very down to earth, friendly. One of the ladies made me smile, she was wearing a wedding vail (not sure how you spell that?) with her normal work clothes haha it was so cute, she wasn't that young either, but I just loved how she had it on and all the staff were teasing her, but in a playful way, making her last week a memorable one.
Looking around the office, spot two tins of lollies lol I can see that they have a few morning and afternoon treats :) note to self, "on the positive side - close to home, friendly staff, good pay and Lollies!"
Ok time to head into Bath, as I just headed to Odd Down Bus Park and Ride, about to run to the Bus, grabbing my purse, quick quick, need £3.20, bugger not a penny in my purse lol not getting the bus then am I! I was going to head into Bath, relax and have some lunch and then head back out and to next interview which is in the industrial area. Ok plan B, I will have to start driving into Bath, I get to one of the main roundabouts, oh good, there is the Red Lion Pub, I shoot in around the back which has free parking (perfect!) I go inside, it was 11.30ish about this stage and there were a couple of guys talking and running around trying to sort things it seemed, looks like they have just taken over. Hmmm maybe not the best place to stop for lunch? I sit down and then I found myself talking to one of them and I appears that he is an area Manager and he was checking the walls and he says to me "do you know Bath very well?" I had to have a bit of a giggle inside, I am starting to look like one of the locals :) anyway he was looking for an Argos shop, or a similar furniture shop, I was actually able to direct him to the main mall in Bath :) most impressed with myself! Then when he was moving around the room, I pulled out my iPad, did a quick check, found the address for Argos, in about 30 secs and when he came past, I said oh if you won't to know wher Argos is, it's .... He was well impressed. So I took advantage of this moment, as I knew they wanted staff :) next minute, he calls the Bar Mnager over to meet me, then he got him to reel off all the vacancies. He was happy for me to go back and have a chat with him. He knew I was about to go for another interview, so he said good luck with your interview.
I had a good interview in the afternoon as well, so it was really good day all in all. I was glad to get home though, put my feet up.
I was called on Thursday morning for a second interview for the first offer :) I was to meet up with the Line Manager. Yayyyy I was feeling quite relaxed and when I got into the office, they seem such a nice bunch :) had a really great interview, to the point of being offered the job in the interview! I was really shocked! As I was still waiting to hear about the other job, I asked if I could give them my answer tomorrow as I had explained to them, I had been for two interviews and I needed to make sure I was making the best decision for myself. The line Manager was very glad that I was very honest and she was happy to give me a little time.
I tried ringing the other firm, emailed them, and the next day, tried contacting her, but she was in a meeting, so I had to make a very quick decision. Sooooo the outcome is, I am now employed!!! I made a decision to go with the first offer and the company are over the moon that I have accepted :) My position is "business support co-ordinator", which is a varied role which I think I will love. It's only for six months, but it means I will not have to walk the streets, looking for work through the colder months and have to worry around Christmas, which is a huge relieve!
After making the decision, it was such a relief and it was a great end to the day :) I actually went shopping and celebrated by buying myself dinner, went home and poured a cider and relaxed with a nice soak in the bath :)
Friday morning, note to self - 1 bottle of cider, too much Alana, feeling head, decide to get up, make myself a nice cup of tea, nurofen and guess what? It's back to bed for this black duck! Three hours later I emerge, ready to start the day over again, this time ready for anything :) it was so refreshing to not HAVE to look for work, so I had a great walk today, had a nice chat to the neighbours.
I'm hoping very soon I can capture some pics of our resident deer, which live on the other side of the estate. With the weather getting a little cooler some mornings, you can sometimes see them outside our windows down near the edge of the carpark, my neighbour says they often come closer when it's snowing. I am about to embark on a photography group soon, I want to explore my camera more and learn some more tricks, so I can get even better results with my camera.
Saturday morning, first stop to the Dr's surgery, having a flu shot. (Another sharp painful thing!) actually I managed to relax the muscle in my arm enough, as the dr was jabbing the needle in, which I might add seemed to be thick as a darning needle lol Left dr's and headed off to Wells to meet a friend to head to the weekend markets and then have lunch and then head to how local shops at Shepton Mallet.
I'm celebrating today, a bit premature as I don't actually have my wage coming in as yet, but I think it's time to buy a microwave :) no longer will I have to boil things on the stove or heat things up in the frypan. I can microwave my porridge finally! I was using the boiled kettle and occasionally heating milk, but that was a painful experience every time, messy saucepan lol I prefer less mess.
I went all out, bit bold with the microwave, but I think it brightens up the kitchen
I also bought myself a slow cooker for a low price of £15 which I thought was a bargain. After shopping got home to set up my new purchases :) such small things, but I was really chuffed.
I have arranged to go out with Rani for dinner, we thought we might go back to Wells to Suss out the nightlife and see what was happening, but more importantly to celebrate my new job. We walked around the town a bit, to see where the action was, then picked the busiest pub and stayed there for a meal. I don't know where all the young people go, but we never found them, I think they might have been relieved not having us cramping their party! We enjoyed a nice meal and a drink and then we were probably ready to go for a wander down the street, doing a spot of window shopping. I never realised that Wells had 4 shoe shops all within a block of each other. Now how can I decide which boots I want? Too many to choose from!
Sunday morning, sleep in :) think I might have had a little too much Baileys last night! But I get up and feel very productive, put a selection of veggies in my new slow cooker, chicken on top and herbs and spices for a nice curry for tonight. I watched some tv, caught up with some friends on f/b and then decided to go for a walk. I remembered to take my phone and put my tracker on for a change, most days when I do walk, I forget to put it on. Ok I want to increase my 2 miles to 3, that was the target at least. I headed out Fosse Road, past all the gorgeous farm houses , a lot of them are made of stone, very old, very historic. I'm walking down the narrow main road, I get to 1.5 miles and I thought, I better turn around soon and head back, but then I find a little lane and see a sign for Nettlebridge, so off I walk down this lane way, but I didn't read the sign properly did I? It was 2 miles to Nettlebridge, I'm walking and walking, and then I find this public footpath which gets me off the lane and next to the fields, which was fine for a while, until ... I stumbled on a rock underfoot, next minute I grabbed a bush aggghhhh not that one!!! Too late, I had been stung by nettles, yes once again. I frantically look around for the Dr leaf, which is the leaf that takes the sting straight out and you don't feel like you have been stung by a wasp! If that weren't enough, I get to the end of this path, only to find I can't get out of the gate, look over in the field, cows, where is the bull? Open gate, bloody open! There is string caught up around the barb wire, I'm wrenching it, there is a small gap to get through gate but there is a massive nettle bush right there, so I can't fit through there, so I try and climb up on the gate, which I might tell you is about six foot high! I stand on the first run and see the the weight of me pull the fate down, which is not good, just imagining me half over the thing and my rear end for all to see and the gate come crashing down, me responsible for cattle getting out, not the best solution :( so I start pulling on the string again, bit by bit and eventually it leaves enough room for me to squeeze through, 100 calories burnt right there, with the stress of trying to get through the blasted gate! I eventually get back to the lane and then back to the A367 to head back home, last mile was the slowest, but wow I'm so thrilled with myself, I walked 4 mile today.
I got home and then I had to face the stairs, oh no! Got to the top, then could hardly walk, so I decided to get on the floor and do some yoga stretches, because I was in a bit of pain, I thought that to stretch would be a good idea :) yes that was a great idea, but whose smart idea was it to lay on the floor? Now I actually have to be able to get up. I have actually perfected this roll, I hear you laugh, but it's quite useful for us (mobility challenged) lol I do a quick roll over then onto all fours and then I can push my legs back to standing position. It's something I have had to do, to get in and out of my bed, seeing as that is on the floor lol
Well it's time for my bath to soak and then I'm going to fall into my bed. I start work this week on Wednesday, so it's going to be a short week this week, I'll keep you informed and let you know how it all goes.
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Until then xxxx love to you all.
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