Part IA, Part UP

UP: Got an interview for a contract position, and it's over the phone so no trekking across London, yay!

IA: It's for the language I'd like to move away from, not the one I'd like to move to. Plus the pay's lower than anything I've been paid in the last 2 1/2 years.

UP/IA: It's a 3-week gig, and I can work from home for most of it. (No commute, but have to deal with whiny cat at home )

At the very least, if I get it, it'll pay for my income in February, so that's a bonus.

IA:  Despite loads of practicing, I made lots of mistakes at open mic night last night.  Mostly because most of my practice time was spent on one piece I was determined to play, so the other pieces didn't get as much time spent on them.

The other reason was I was both nervous and excited (that means way too much adrenaline pouring into me) because....

UP:  There were TWO other harpers there!  Both my new friend I met last time and a gentlemen I actually met once before at a workshop.  Plus a friend of ours who hadn't been there in ages was there and she is quite an accomplished Irish flute player.

I'm sure it was great Andee. We're all our own worst critics!! 

I'm sure it was great Andee. We're all our own worst critics!! 

True, I definitely am a very harsh critic toward myself.

UP: We went to the Harrogate Turkish Baths as a Valentine's treat (Friday immediately following Valentine's Day) - where I learnt that my swimsuit has become too big for me - I had to keep tugging it up the upper back bit (halter-style tankini top) because it's not tight enough.

IA: Swimsuit shopping (albeit mail order...order & return, order & return, order & return...)

UP: We went to the Harrogate Turkish Baths as a Valentine's treat (Friday immediately following Valentine's Day) - where I learnt that my swimsuit has become too big for me - I had to keep tugging it up the upper back bit (halter-style tankini top) because it's not tight enough.

I thought you were about to say it fell off!!   

I thought you were about to say it fell off!!   

LOL - it would have if it had not been for the halter bit keeping it up around my neck in the front at least! 

LOL - it would have if it had not been for the halter bit keeping it up around my neck in the front at least! 

Nice to have such a great excuse for a new swimsuit! Well done 

UP: DS actually went and looked at a promising-sounding bungalow in our neighborhood.

IA: Although it looked good in the pics online, lots of things were less than satisfactory, e.g. olive green bathroom suite with no shower, 2nd bathroom (blue suite) had a shower but no adult could stand up in it, creepy built-ins in the master bedroom, gas fire in sitting room temperamental -- and vastly overpriced 

IA: A crappy day with work things

UP: This beer is going down preeeeetty smooth! 

IA:  Nasty skunk smell in the area when I took the wheeliebin to the street this morning.
UP:  My door-dashing cat had no piece of the action.

IA: Needing Lemsip


UP: Having Lemsip in the house and not having to wait until tomorrow to get it. 

UP: I got a job interview! My first one in the UK, very exciting and nerve wracking! I really want this job, not only because I need a job badly but because it's a brand I am really passionate about and it seems like a fun job. After six years working jobs I hate, I am really hoping it works out for me!

IA: It's not for another month! Which means if I am offered another job in the meantime, I have to make a big decision, to take the job I am offered or wait for the interview, which I may not get the job in the end  Ugh!

UP: I got a job interview! My first one in the UK, very exciting and nerve wracking! I really want this job, not only because I need a job badly but because it's a brand I am really passionate about and it seems like a fun job. After six years working jobs I hate, I am really hoping it works out for me!

Good luck!!!

Good luck!!!

Thank you!