* My first session as an Official SENSE Charity Volunteer went well. The people are really nice and I feel that I am doing something useful, therefore I am happy.
* Took the dog to the vets with a suspected recurrence of mange. Turns out he is fine, but may have allergies instead. Allergies! *sighs*
* Speaking of which, I must remember: I need to ask The Grandmama's permission to use her walk in shower so I can bathe Bingo with the special oatmeal shampoo the vet gave me. It's supposed to greatly ease any itching.
She never minds - she doesn't begrudge that dog anything, ever - but it's still polite to ask in advance; after all, it IS her shower.
* Tonight I go out for pizza: mother's treat. It is to say thank you for giving her computer lessons.
* Am giving mother computer lessons. The lessons are absolutely essential for her to continue working as a Relief Teacher, particularly one who has been offered an eight week continuous contract of four out of the five school days a week.
We have had two sessions so far. To go into full details as to why this is such a big deal will take far too long, but suffice to say that computers do not like her, nor she them. And while mother is a wonderful and like-able person and an excellent teacher, as a student; she's Hell. Absolute Hell. Believe me.
Two weeks to go. One lesson per day. *closes eyes*
* Still no sign of Eli. Her Blog still seems to have vanished, too. I wonder what has happened? I do hope she is alright: it would be horrible if she - or someone close to her - weren't.
And on a more selfish note: *sob!* I have lost my (only) fan! Oh, what a world, what a world!
...I do hope she's alright.
* Although it is still very cold for the time of year, Spring is on its way. Which is good. But I wish that just once Spring would arrive having magically found a way to stop me being allergic to everything it helps to grow: not only does hayfever - stupid name, considering that very few people are actually allergic to hay itself (although I am!) and especially as hay isn't around until late summer. But 'allergies' sounds so... *shrugs* - make one miserable, but the medicines necessary for one to go outside at all (for two thirds of the year, in my case) are expensive. Spring IS pretty, though.
* Did I mention that tonight I am going out for pizza? Because I am. And I'm not paying.
- Must see if I can persuade mother to buy me a milkshake while I'm there. Pizza Hut provide brilliant milkshakes. Truly. Try one and you'll see.
* Ordered a pair of shorts and a pair of jeans. They should be arriving over the next week. Size 24; should fit. I'm between a 22 and a 24, I think, or at least I was last time I checked. Anyway, the plan is that this way I have some shorts and jeans to wear in the summer that fit me as I am, rather than as I would like to be, which is a size 20. Not ideal, I know, but realistic nonetheless. And if I get my rear into gear and stop pigging out and drop a size or two over the next few months I'll just spend £5 or so on a belt. Simple.
Anyway, I hope to God they fit me. I hate sending back stuff I've ordered online; it's such a hassle and I always panic that something will go wrong, so normally I don't. But this time it worked out a lot cheaper ordering from Evans online rather than paying the train fare to Merry Hill (that's the very closest we have now that the Evans that used to be open in Kidderminster has closed down). AND there was a discount for ordering over a certain amount. If it works, I've saved almost £20 that I would have otherwise paid by travelling to the store and not having the discount, and that's a lot. And even if I have to send it back, I won't lose any money as there was no delivery fee. But I hope I don't have to. I hope it just fits.
* Am still having odd dreams. The last one was terribly rude. I shan't say more than that (I daren't!)
* I've found that the new version of Microsoft Word (2012, I think. 2013's hasn't been released yet) has confounded me. The damn thing has things missing and what is there makes no sense. I nearly screamed while I was at the library today (which is very much frowned upon), trying to find "save as". A simple enough command, no? Well, not according to Microsoft Word 2012: they've abolished it. Or hidden it. Either way, I couldn't find it and I tried everything I could think of. Bloody thing. Give me the 2003 version any day. I love that one (as does my computer, Niles).
* My holiday to Scotland is 5 months away. That means that in under half a year I will be touring the coast of Scotland and staying in a nice hotel and seeing lovely views and I will be (apart from the other people on the tour) alone and won't have to worry about making anybody happy except me. Oh, and there will be a boat ride in a glass bottomed boat and I may see sea-lion(s).
Just wanted to say that.
* I must, must MUST stop buying books from second hand stores. At least until I've read all the ones I have already purchased. Common sense dictates this, and I know it to be true, I do.
BUT; I see a book in the windows and I just get drawn in, and before I know it I've brought it, along - if I've the money in my purse at the time - with several others. And to make it worse, I keep getting stuff out of the library as well, so that the mass of stuff I am buying gets put on the back burner while I read the borrowed stuff, which I only have for three or so weeks before the library wants it back. And while doing that, I walk past a second hand store, see a book in the window, get drawn in...
*shakes head ruefully*
It seems that as well as being addicted to ketchup and Pepsi Max, I also seem to have a craving for buying books. Do they have therapy groups for that? And, even if they did, would I actually want to go??
Anyway!
That's it for the riveting progression of my daily life for now. I have a few things to do before I start out. Which reminds me:
Did I mention that I am going out for pizza?? Because I am...
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