A lovely day out

I had a wonderful day yesterday with my friend Cheryl, whom I've known for 7 weeks only but who is fabulous and great fun to be with. We ate at a vegan/vege place in Brum, the most yummy food, walked around the Bullring feeling bloated, chatted and had a really lovely time. In the course of 10 minutes in the shopping centre, I was offered eyebrow threading and a 2 minute makeover - I'm not sure what this is saying about me. However, this friendship is the one good thing to have come out of recent times and makes me feel slightly more positive about it all.

On a less reflective note, I've got an interview on 1 August, which is great news. That and my tax rebate are just about keeping me in the style to which I've become accustomed (sequin curtains - regardez the beauty). Since almost all my rebate will go on my share of the mortgage it seemed churlish not to get these when they were half price.

Something had to go wrong

With all that change - moving, leaving and starting jobs, going on holiday and getting quite ill, something had to go wrong. I can't really reveal what happened as that might be deeply unprofessional but something gave and now I'm much happier, although with a diminishing bank balance. It's always been important to me to work for a living and now I am having to adapt to spending a lot of time at home. This is all good given that there is DIY to be done - but being at home is unfamiliar territory for me.

Getting used to Harborne and Birmingham; still feels a long, long way from London and Essex. Things are different up here in so many ways, and I miss our lovely neighbours in Felsted, the church bells, Sellotape Man on his bike and the chafing call of pheasants in the morning.