Despite the fact that things are happening in my life (obviously, but you know what I mean) I find that I have little or nothing to say about them, so I will just make a brief annotated list to keep you informed:
- I’m going to start a ‘new’ job on 1st July. I will still have the same job title apart from one word and I suspect it’s going to be very like my current job (i.e. nasty and stressful) but with more responsibilities and more money. The extra money is obviously a good thing, but I really severely dislike my job and feel that I’m incapable of doing what I’m currently required to do, never mind a job with extra responsibilities. This make me feel inadequate and stupid and angry. I don’t think I will ever be able to do my current/future job unless I have a personality transplant, which is a bit unfortunate. Yes, I know. I am grateful to have a job and I am looking for a new one.
- The Library of Doom is no more, but I’m leaving writing about that to someone else.
- We (the choir) performed ‘Carmen’ last weekend, with the help of some real singers and a virtual orchestra. It was good. I don’t know why I don’t have anything much to say about it. I’ve tried writing a blog post about it, but I can’t make it sound interesting or exciting, even though it was both of these things and I enjoyed it a lot.
- I was going to have to have an MRI scan before having the pacemaker, but now I’m not. I’m having an ultrasound instead, so that’s a big relief. I still don’t know how far up the waiting list for the pacemaker I am, but I’m finding getting from A to B on foot increasingly tiring and difficult and frustrating. I think the situation with my heart is colouring the way I’m viewing the rest of my life at the moment and this is not good. I feel a bit like I’m under a big grey cloud a lot of the time.
- We are thinking of getting some hens. Our friends have just bought an Eglu and of course two hens to go in it. They are very cool and produce lots of eggs! I went to feed them today. They are quite friendly and sociable and seem to enjoy being stroked, which is nice.
- The garden is coming on. The beans are growing and the carrots have recovered. We have already had a few strawberries to eat. Yum.
- I’ve started to play my flute in church again on a regular basis, which is also a positive and good thing.
- Other good things include (in no particular order) getting my chartership portfolio handed in, socialising with friends, our new Sunday afternoon church gathering (which I will try to write more about some other time), going to see Hot Mikado and of course the lovely Mr C.
Good news about the ultrasound replacing the MRI. That must be a relief.
I do think that disliking a job is a real form of torture: we spend so long at work that it’s hell if it doesn;t make you feel good, or at least ok. I’m not sure money makes all that much difference, unless it’s pots and pots, perhaps.
At least the new boost up should give you a bit of oomph looking for a new job though.
I haven’t been over here for way too long, I apologize. I just read this post today and clicked over to the Eglu site and I want one. Only I wonder how many eggs I have to harvest before I break even on the 333 pounds it costs. That seems a trifle dear to me. However, I do want chickens in my yard, and this seems like a quick and effective way to provide proper housing and space for them.
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