Lovely times

I intended to spend my reading week getting a lot of work done. being already ahead of schedule work wise, it was never going to be an intense week of work. It now turns out it was a week of zero work, but for a rather lovely reason.

Smokey was to be back in England for the week!!! And on top of this Tuesday through to Thursday he would be spending with me! I was now very glad I was ahead of schedule work wise, as any work I was planning to do I had now scrapped in sight of lovely times ahead.

So Tuesday, I went to work as normal. My little fruit and veg stall job seeming all the more enjoyable, knowing that in a few hours I could leave work, go for a celebratory afternoon tea at Oakley Court, and then on arriving home and knocking at my front door, since I had left the keys so Smokey could get in, the front door would then be answered by Smokey himself!

I'm lucky, he's lucky, you're lucky, we're all lucky!!

2 o'clock comes and i get my pay, and leave work for Jennies. As if the day wasn't going to be exciting enough, before i got to see smokey would be going to Oakley Court to celebrate Jennie getting into Reading for her PCGE

After some lovely sandwiches, cakes, scones, 6 pots of tea and me sliding down the banister of the stairs recreating like Magenta before they all burst into the Time Warp, I was in the car enroute home!

The next few days are a blur of loveliness. From snuggling up listening to Classic FM, seeing the King's Speech (such a good film!!) and going out for lunch and dinner (although the later of the two did give me a case of food poisoning. Note- don't go to Staines Harvester ever again!).

And despite me being quite sick most of Thursday, the thought of the lovely past couple of days together, kept a smile on my face...even though it couldn't be seen due to my head being down a toilet.

So today I am getting lots of work done, so when Smokey is here again tomorrow, we can snuggle up listening to Classic FM, eating Lindt, and not feel guilty.

A daunting prospect

I've been absent from here for quite a while. Uni work, Christmas, driving lessons, and Egypt (which was amazing), have all meant the time for posting has been lost. But it's 11.42am and instead of being in the dullest lecture ever, I find myself sitting at home in front of my laptop, twiddling my thumbs. So what better way to fill a gap in time then to do a long overdue post!?


Next week is reading week, and the realisation of how long i actually have left uni, which isn't long at all, is finally dawning on me. So on top of getting all my last pieces of work finished for the appropriate deadlines and learning how to drive, I'm also turning my thoughts towards the future, and getting myself a job as a journalist!

My CV all but done, all that is left to do is deciding who will be the lucky people to receive it! I recently purchased, what is probably considered the bible for wanna be journalists and writers. Daunting enough, the thought of sending my CV to numerous magazines and newspapers, and the thought of rejection, which I'm sure I will encounter some point, this book is huge! When I say bible, I really mean bible! So the daunting feeling I'm getting from actually applying for a job as a journalist is heightened when I look at this book!

Nonetheless, as I said, CV all but done, I will be sending it to Smokey to proof read over the weekend. And as he is proof reading that I will be making those calls and sending those emails to the people who will hopefully open the door for me into the journalists world...