I'm amazed that my blog is still here. It's been nearly a year since my last post. I was just reading back and so much has happened in the time that has passed. However, I suspect that is probably true of anyone's life. So I guess I should explain why I stopped posting. I think it would be fair to say that last year turned into one of the worst years of my life. I alluded previously to some issues at work and these never got resolved and actually got a lot worse. Things were so bad that I ended up ill. So I went out and found a new job and jumped before I got pushed. Bizarrely once I'd resigned things got better again, but by then there was too much history to go back.
I’ve been at my new job for 5 months now - I started on the 2 January as part of a new year, new start ethos. I'm working for another high street retailer but this one is much bigger. To put things into context the 2 areas of the business I look after now, which are relatively small parts of the overall business, make more sales than the whole of my last company. The other big change is that I am now based in London so I'm a commuter now too. My job is interesting and varied, I work with some great people and I have a fantastic manager. My manager has unknowingly allowed me to rebuild my shattered confidence. Who knows one day I may be able to thank him for that!
Commuting has been OK - as long as the trains are running without any problems I can get door to door in an hour on a good day. It's actually also giving me a better work/life balance as I make sure I leave work earlier as I have at least an hour journey home. The time spent on the train is also quite good for unwinding from the day.
I finally moved into my new apartment just before Christmas, only 3 months later than expected... I'm really happy here and things are coming together now. It's a lovely place to live, so peaceful. I still have a distinct lack of decent furniture, but things are on order and will hopefully arrive soon. I'm still living on a building site which can be a pain, but the builders are making progress. I think they should be finished by the end of the year. Most of the heavy building work and hard landscaping around me has been finished now so it's not as noisy as it was. It took me ages to get a new laptop and my broadband access sorted. For the first few months I could only check my e mail once a week at my parent's house.
I've continued losing weight. I've been on a diet for over a year now, but have lost nearly 8 stone. I'm beginning to get tired but I think I don't have too much more to lose now. I haven't decided on a final weight as I've not been this thin my entire adult life so I have no idea what I will look after losing another stone. I'll stop when I feel happy - I'm not quite there yet as I still feel like a fat girl. I’m also back at the gym to help things along. The gym is on site so it’s nice to be able to pop in there for an hour. I’m also going to Streetdance classes there. I have no coordination and the memory of a goldfish but I enjoy it. It’s also quite funny as the class is full of girls like me 20/30 something white girl trying to dance like black teenage girls with attitude!
My family are all OK. My sister still hasn't got married, my parents haven't killed each other and my Grandad still looks like he is going to outlast us all! My friends are good. A few more have married or are engaged now. I will officiating as bridesmaid for friend Boopsie Venus in November. A few more babies are also on the way. As ever, I'm still a million miles from all that. I do have what I'm calling an appropriate crush. He's 34 and was single when I met him (unfortunately he's now got a northern fishwife who he's intermittently seeing) However, she is 200 miles away and he sees me sitting opposite him every day at work. The downside is that he's nearly, but not quite my boss and obviously we do work together. He’s proving slightly resistant to my charms, but as I’m taking in sweet decorated fairy cakes tomorrow (don’t ask) and he has the world’s biggest sweet tooth that should get me some credit...
So today I'm having a quiet one as I've been really tired recently. I haven’t taken much time off since I started my job and it’s showing now. I just have to make it through another 7 days at work and then I get my reward - I go on holiday. I'm off to Alicante with friend Kinky Malibu to get some sun and sleep!
I’ve been at my new job for 5 months now - I started on the 2 January as part of a new year, new start ethos. I'm working for another high street retailer but this one is much bigger. To put things into context the 2 areas of the business I look after now, which are relatively small parts of the overall business, make more sales than the whole of my last company. The other big change is that I am now based in London so I'm a commuter now too. My job is interesting and varied, I work with some great people and I have a fantastic manager. My manager has unknowingly allowed me to rebuild my shattered confidence. Who knows one day I may be able to thank him for that!
Commuting has been OK - as long as the trains are running without any problems I can get door to door in an hour on a good day. It's actually also giving me a better work/life balance as I make sure I leave work earlier as I have at least an hour journey home. The time spent on the train is also quite good for unwinding from the day.
I finally moved into my new apartment just before Christmas, only 3 months later than expected... I'm really happy here and things are coming together now. It's a lovely place to live, so peaceful. I still have a distinct lack of decent furniture, but things are on order and will hopefully arrive soon. I'm still living on a building site which can be a pain, but the builders are making progress. I think they should be finished by the end of the year. Most of the heavy building work and hard landscaping around me has been finished now so it's not as noisy as it was. It took me ages to get a new laptop and my broadband access sorted. For the first few months I could only check my e mail once a week at my parent's house.
I've continued losing weight. I've been on a diet for over a year now, but have lost nearly 8 stone. I'm beginning to get tired but I think I don't have too much more to lose now. I haven't decided on a final weight as I've not been this thin my entire adult life so I have no idea what I will look after losing another stone. I'll stop when I feel happy - I'm not quite there yet as I still feel like a fat girl. I’m also back at the gym to help things along. The gym is on site so it’s nice to be able to pop in there for an hour. I’m also going to Streetdance classes there. I have no coordination and the memory of a goldfish but I enjoy it. It’s also quite funny as the class is full of girls like me 20/30 something white girl trying to dance like black teenage girls with attitude!
My family are all OK. My sister still hasn't got married, my parents haven't killed each other and my Grandad still looks like he is going to outlast us all! My friends are good. A few more have married or are engaged now. I will officiating as bridesmaid for friend Boopsie Venus in November. A few more babies are also on the way. As ever, I'm still a million miles from all that. I do have what I'm calling an appropriate crush. He's 34 and was single when I met him (unfortunately he's now got a northern fishwife who he's intermittently seeing) However, she is 200 miles away and he sees me sitting opposite him every day at work. The downside is that he's nearly, but not quite my boss and obviously we do work together. He’s proving slightly resistant to my charms, but as I’m taking in sweet decorated fairy cakes tomorrow (don’t ask) and he has the world’s biggest sweet tooth that should get me some credit...
So today I'm having a quiet one as I've been really tired recently. I haven’t taken much time off since I started my job and it’s showing now. I just have to make it through another 7 days at work and then I get my reward - I go on holiday. I'm off to Alicante with friend Kinky Malibu to get some sun and sleep!
