Hate to break it to you....

But I've moved.

I'm now on Tumblr

I'm sorry Blogger-lovers.

Hopefully I can still keep this one and save all my old posts.

Enjoy

Rejection, Teetotalism and Fi

Hello Blog.

Ah I love you. I feel that I can talk to you, fill you with all sorts of crap, stories, whinging and woe, Blog, Just promise me you will never send me an email telling me I'm not good enough? that you'll use my name, or at least my nickname and never call me by a reference number?

Rejection eh? sucks big style. I've been watching my emails like a hawk and applying for jobs left right and centre, even one's that I don't really want, I mean a job is a job, I just need something to fill a gap until I get back into youthwork. But all I've had this week is rejection emails. seriously like 3 in one week. and they all say the same thing, but at the same time don't say ANYTHING.

'Dear Applicant 5*566,
Thanks for your application, we've received a large amount of applications for the position of: 'Shit Shoveller'
Unfortunatly, other applicants were either more suited to the role or your application was judged unsuitable.
Sincerely, shit shovellers r us.

P.s. do not reply to this email, we cannot provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

 In other news,

The my vow to give up alcohol for lent has gone really well so far, although I totally could have had a drink after my third rejection.

I was watching a band in the pub on Friday, Ska Face, they're really cool ska type cover band, did lots of jumping about and arm waving and water drinking. This couple were sat next to us and they looked at me funny and asked 'Are you really on water or is that a pint of Vodka?' and gave me a funny look. So I told them about going teetotal for lent and they looked so confused. Then they started telling me how they only eat meat on the weekend, So I told them I've been Vegetarian for 16 years. hah.

So now, another week of applying, being rejected and not eating crisps.

It's all good.

Fi x

Lent day two

I don't do New Years resolutions but I do try to do Lent,

So, got back on Monday and I have been DOING constantly, not useful tick-off-my-list stuff but I've been spending time with friends etc, all very essential. It just so happens that Lent has given me the perfect opportunity to change my ways, and kind of have my very own new years.

So Shrove tuesday I didnt actually have pancakes, fail I know. you see I was going to make them for breakfast, perfect, but then dad said he was going to make them later, so I never made them, then I just pottered about and went for a bit of a social call.

Wednesday, I got a fab new hair cut, I went to see my friend in class who studying hairdressing at college and helped her get a few assesments ticked off while being pampered for a few hours with head massagey hair washing and cutting and layering and cutting some more. She did a super job and I got an amazing new hair style, AND tips on how to style it dead easily for a small donation towards materials. Seriously go and check out a hair college near you (I went to Blackpool and the Fylde college), I've always been like, ugh, I don't know what to do with my hair... so I pretty much gave her free reign to cut away

So while having my 'do' done, I was contemplating and discussing what to give up for lent... drum roll please.......

I am giving up Crisps and Alcohol. and taking up Pilates.

So far so good.

feeling very refreshed x

Back in from the cold!

I'm back, from a really chilled out two weeks in Grindelwald, Bern, Switzerland. Chilled out in many senses of the word!

It was work, which I shall get onto, however I was thinking on my 17 year long journey home from the airport yesterday, I can't think of one moment when I was stressed or angry or annoyed. Happy days! 

While I've been away I took a couple of books with me, one is called 'Destructive emotions and how to overcome them'. Sounds like a self help book, it isnt. It's a narration of one of a series of incredible sounding seminars between the Dalai Lama and loads of scientists, physiologists, phsycologists theorists written up by Daniel Goleman, I've already raved about one of his other books, emotional intelligence in one of my other posts. 

It's a good read, really interesting and I am seriously considering buddism or at least a bit of meditation. I took it to babysitting one night while I was away, the parents came back, and theyre always quite surprised to find you reading instead of slobbed out in front of the telly or on the laptop, but the parents came in, I was sat with this book in my hand about destructive emotions, with my goofy reading look on and wearing my uniform which makes me look really butch and slightly like a lesbian. Well they looked a bit like they were thinking, 'shit, who have we left our kids with? a phsyco bitch? I hope that books working' Funny. 

young love

So yes, Grindelwald is beautiful. I've been working with a 'luxury family holiday operator', which are painfully expensive and exclusive, as a creche assistant, which entailed working with another lady looking after the grand total of...... 3 children in creche, and taking one out to ski lessons every morning, then babysitting every night. it's not a bad job, with us we had 3 people in charge of the older kids and 4 ski guides in charge of the bigger kids (i.e. adults). I'd definatly say I had the least demanding job of all being in the creche. but I'm not going to complain. 

I took to my skis for the first time a few days after we flew out and didnt have much chance after that. I got really frustrated with myself, how hard is it to learn how to move differently? I kept on and on, side stepping up the littlest hill and whizzing down again and I. Just. Didnt. Get. IT. 

until I did, after 5 hours and the help of one of the local ski instructors (a friend of a girl we were working with) who was an actual godsend and taught us on her day off. so then I snow ploughed the life out of that tiny hill and finally worked up the courage to go on the tiny magic carpet up and do a little bit of a run a bumpy bit. it was great fun, I can't wait to get some more ski time. However I am desperate to try snow boarding, it looks so much cooler. 

I have so many things I want to blog, but if at all possible I'm even less organised than normal and I have a suitcase full of washing and bed room that needs tidying, mail to open and all the other things your supposed to do as a sensible adult who's just back from a trip away.

I shall return soon and regale you with stories of love, lust, adventure and humorous stories, or I may just blog some more... 

x

And a special mention to my beautiful, amazing friends who created this amazing cake as a welcome home present! If I could cry, I would have. made my day.