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1. 'compromise', in Mother's world, translates to; 'I'm going to do what I want, so there'.
- I mean, okay, it is HER pension money, but seriously; is it so wrong to ask her to spend it on HER, rather than on other people?
- well, you may think you've won, but watch this space, Mother, because I 'aint done arguing the toss yet...
2. there is a simple, easy way to prompt a computer to print pictures from web pages that it doesn't seem to want to.
- thank you, Geoffrey, for that.
3. no matter how many problems a friend has disclosed that she is having - physical, financial, familial, general, or all of the above - the correct response upon being told that she is pregnant for the second time is NOT a gasped "oh, no".
4. it is possible - somehow - for my beloved Mopping Machine, Petal, to suck pieces of debris up into her tank that are far bigger than the circumference of her pipes.
- I also learned that this practice can cause a lot of problems later on.
- I've grown to hate the fact that on Saturdays, someone else drives Petal. Every time I come in on Monday morning, something - usually small, always preventable - has gone wrong that I have to fix.
5. it turns out that I didn't know how to spell 'circumference'.
- I thought I did, but I didn't.
6. 'BEQ' is Library code for; 'this item has been reserved'.
7. I want a rabbit.
- I am not going to GET a rabbit. I have neither the space nor the time - or money, for that matter - necessary to adequately care for a rabbit, and so I shan't get one. But nevertheless, I still want one.
8. the main character of The Story has turned out to not be who I thought it was. Or at least, it IS, but it isn't.
- still, everything is now clear and established and I now have a clear insight and feel for where The Story is actually supposed to be going, so I am very pleased. Now I am getting somewhere, and can start to make some real progress.
9. in order to have a chance of working in a school environment - as a Librarian or anything else - I am going to need to get some experience working directly with children.
- at my request, the Library manager is looking into options that might fit around my current working hours, as is the nice lady attached to Kidderminster College. I'll probably have to wait until I know how much time I'll need for my course in January, though, before I make any definite decisions.
- in any case, what with the course, and my volunteer work plumping up my CV, I have high hopes for finding a much better job in 2017.
10. one of the members of Store Staff fancies me.
- it's a man, unfortunately, but still.
11. when talking to someone that struggles with English, I do what everybody else does and raise my voice - whether I like it or not - as though it will help.
- thankfully, with effort and patience on both our parts, I managed to resolve the man's problem and get what he needed converted into a savable and printable form.
- I didn't get to practice my new 'reveal all' trick though, as it wasn't do-able in the format I had to work with. But, oh well. We managed in the end.
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And that's it.
For now, at least.
The week's not over yet, after all...
B.C.B.F.L.B x
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