It's been a while ....

Sorry folks...it's been a month since my last post and to be quite honest it's been pretty much same old, same old.  Remember I started my new job?  Well, it didn't last long - I decided that yes the money was good but the job was pretty boring so after a whole 9 days I left the place!  But it's not all bad - I phoned the agency and managed to get a job doing complaints for my old company (the one I was made redundant from!) so after all the 'checks' were out the way I eventually started yesterday.  It's familiar in a way bcoz I know the systems and some old faces but I'm in a new building with loads of new people but it's temporary as my plan is to leave around early to mid-August.

So that's the job sorted ... next was a holiday - a holiday I hear you cry!  Yes!  Why the heck not, eh?  Last week I booked a 7 night/8 day hol to Austria with Ria where we're staying in a typical Austrian hotel in Seefeld.  That way we can visit Innsbruck, Neuschwenstein (fairy-tale castle) and Salzburg, of course as Ria is in love with the Sound of Music and Julie Andrews (60's Julie) so we depart on 31st May and we're pretty excited

Talking of Ria we've been seeing each other quite regularly - I went to her's a couple of times and went to the seaside - amusements a must!  Then the weekend just gone, we went out for a meal with her family and I had the best sirloin steak I have ever tasted and then the following night we went to a club and paid an extortionate amount for a few drinks so we left there and went into a Casino where we played roulette for a while.  It wasn't like Las Vegas though - I mean I won there didn't I but this time I broke even, although we did have some fun and the drinks were cheaper too!

On a sadder note though today has been quite a horrible one - it all started from the time I tried to get to sleep last night.  I could not sleep for some reason and then after about 5 hours of broken sleep I woke up with a headache which luckily passed but then I got scalded in the shower.  Then I came home for lunch and found out from Sara that an ex-colleague of ours who we knew had breast cancer was taken into hospital on Friday night and is now in intensive care with a rare form of cancer that is incurable.  I believe that she's only a year older than me and although we aren't close I can completely understand what she was going through, until now that is.  To be diagnosed with cancer is pretty damn terrifying - I should know coz I've been there and even now although I moan about all of my scars I realise how lucky I've been to come back from something so aggressive.  I was lucky - there's no doubt about it but this girl isn't so lucky and I'm sending my love to her (telepathically).  Sara is seeing her tomorrow so I'm waiting to find out more

Also, I just read on my friend Carly's blog that her cat passed away today, although we knew it would happen eventually bcoz she had cancer but you just never think it's going to happen so quickly.  What a day today has been - I'm just glad there'll never be another 1st May 2008!

But......... where there is sadness there is also joy and on a happier note I'm still enjoying my Auntie role - I even changed a pooey nappy a couple of weeks ago!  Ahhh, shock! Horror!  She is so adorable though and everytime I see her she seems to have grown just that little bit more.  It's 1 month today that she was born.  In a way I want her to grow up so I can turn her into a tomboy and play football with her yet I don't want her to get any bigger bcoz she is so cute!  But.... life goes on and of course so must we .... til next time....