Summer is here!

I’ve had a hectic few days with various things going on, which is why I haven’t blogged. Mainly due to various work-related things that I won’t go into here, but sometimes the mind boggles. Seriously. It’s just mad.

Anyway, I went to Nottingham last weekend to see Joe So I had a nice weekend relaxing and shopping. I bought a couple of summer scarves and new tops and a new pair of jeans.

Recently here it’s been very hot and sunny, and it’s really hot today. So this morning I made a lovely frozen smoothie with berries, melon and banana and drank it as I walked to work, pretending that I wasn’t in England *cough* One of the things about getting into cooking and juicing after a while away from it is that you realise how much nicer things taste. I only cook simple stuff, mainly because I’m on my own and I can’t be bothered, but I made a stir fry with carrots, beansprouts, pepper, mushrooms, peas, cabbage, peppers and various other things and chucked some of Jamie Oliver’s Chilli and Tomato Sauce on it. I had to have it with spaghetti as I didn’t have noodles, but it was really nice. The sauce is a bit hot, but a nice change.

This lunchtime I went with Wirginia to the car wash – she’d never been in one before. Ever!! We were both freaking out and it was pretty funny. Silly work lunchtimes are fun

Next week I’m going back to Notts on Tuesday night because I have a job interview, so fingers crossed.

In other news, supplementing your income (or even creating it if you’re unemployed) is definitely a good way to beat the recession. I’m back into my paid writing, and also doing surveys occasionally. Also, I’m tutoring a 10 year old in English which will be fun, give me something productive to do in the evening, and look good on my CV. To be honest, I’m kind of missing learning new things and doing new things as I have been doing since I started nursery school…! I’ve finally found a master’s I’m interested in doing, unfortunately it’s at a terrible time. I would like to do it though and I’ve asked for permission, but I don’t want to have commitments here so we’ll see. I’d much prefer to be further north.

Generally, everything’s ticking along as usual. Tomorrow I’m meeting a friend in Reading and we’re probably going to have a meal, shop, maybe go to the cinema. I also have to sort out my lesson plans this weekend, and tidy up etc. Nothing too exciting, but at least it will be quite relaxing.

I also have random things happening over the summer, really far in advance, which is unusual for me. Em’s wedding is in August, Karen’s leaving party is in June, Faye’s work hen party is in August, my dad and sister are planning a family trip to go to Germany/France in June/July, Chrissy and Toni are having a flatwarming party sometime soon. Unfortunately there are things in Notts I’d love to go to but can’t, but then again I’m going to be travelling all over the place as it is!