Well first off I was home for a week, sorting things out for the wedding. It was seriously hectic for a week involving sorting out the suits for the men in the wedding, dinner with trish and ian, a night out with Abs and Alf, a severely ill me that night and a loving fiance looking after me, traipse back up home trying to pretend we weren't hungover, interview preparation, then on Friday, traumatic visit with the registrar to sort out the legal side of the marriage, (al forgot his passport and didn't have his long form birth cert depite being told numerous times!) on into Dublin for the interview, the interview, home, dissecting the interview with parents which is completely out of the norm for me, then back to england on Saturday.
the last week in work has been a bit manic as well, with disciplinaries and all sorts going on, but considering I'm actively looking for other work now, I can live with most of it. In other news - I did two things last week I'm proud of. I went to a running club - not to partake but to meet them so I would be less nervous tomorrow turning up. It's a 20min walk away from the house so a nice time and it will be new people to meet and they start a five week beginners course tomorrow. For £2 a week, that's not bad.
The other thing is I went to a comedy club with a bunch of strangers on Friday night. I saw this online thing called meetup that's well worth checking out if you're new in an area. The comedy was good enough - not fantastic and one guy in particular was a bit crap but the other two were worth paying for. Plus I spoke to two strangers and I am now thinking of signing up for one of their New Forest bike rides. And I've jsut bought a deal on Groupon for Ceroc which is a once a week thing but I will be meeting people as well. That's a dance thing so it should be good exercise as well as meeting new people. I'm doing well.
And then this weekend, I read an article recommended to me on here saying that waking for a few hours in the middle of the night isn't the end of the world and I should just relax and use it as meditation time.So for the last two nifghts, I've not taken a sleeping tablet and just let myself come awake and then go back to sleep when I'm ready, It's working, but it means I'm only waking at 7am instead of 6am......small price to pay maybe to be off the pills?
Plus I've scrubbed the kitchen this morning - I mean deep cleaned it. My kitchen is Mammy clean right now. I'm so proud. Just having a cup of peppermint tea for a sit down and then I'm tackling the bathroom. Since I've been away for a week, my housework has fallen by the wayside so the flat needs a really good clean out now and since it's a lovely sunny day, the windows are wide open letting the fresh air in and I'm just going to keep going with it.
Since we're now in the Lenten season, I've given up alcohol, chocolate and coffee (with the usual get-out clause for St Patrick's Day) and I've committed to going to Mass twice a week. So I have to go tonight now. The aim is to get the bathroom done, then load up the car with rubbish to take to the tip, do the living room and bedroom, do some study, have a bath and chill............
Like I said - busy few weeks..........
And, I've lost most of the weight I put on in January thanks to Amanda Hamilton - check it out, it's a really good website!!
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