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At least I don't think I am. I don't use the net as much when I'm back home anyway and it's summer and there's things to do and I keep composing LJ entries in my head but never quite get around to writing them...
Anyhoo, brief summary of life at the mo: drove sister dear up to Bristol yesterday where she stayed with her housemate and today they're off on a coach to Heathrow, where they'll get a flight to New York, then one to Pananma, then one to Lima, Peru and then a dinky one to Cusco, Peru. You can't fly direct to Peru from the UK and that was the cheapest option using some old airmiles as well. She's there for 9 weeks doing her required "elective" for med school, so amongst all the Inca Trail, llamas, altitude sickness and guinea pig & chips she should do a bit of medical stuff and learning Spanish too. Fun for her and amusing to see how much our mum was fretting. Now she's actually gone it should calm down a bit because she can only email her questions, advice and worries...
I had my second interview with a local firm last week and I'm waiting to see if they'll give me a job as a trainee solicitor. They had a couple more people to see so I've got to wait another week or two yet. If I don't get it then I'm quite screwed and not sure what I'll do then... In the mean time been volunteering at a local Hospice charity shop (my mum is a trustee so it's almost our family charity) which is quite fun and has been keeping me occupied. I like sorting stuff - I have that hoarding instinct which is conducive to sifting through bags of unidentified bits n bobs. I'm about 50 years younger than most of the other volunteers though so I get picked for all the heavy jobs too!
So that and the odd bit of sitting out in the sun reading now the weather is behaving is how I've spent my last few weeks. The Narnia books was the last set. I went to CofE primary school when I first read them and I still failed to see the (not even subtle) religious themes. The Last Battle is really quite odd with its seeming message that it's best to die young so you can get to heaven as soon as possible, and Susan not being let in because she's only interested in boys and parties... I think His Dark Materials might need to be next after that!
Anyhoo, brief summary of life at the mo: drove sister dear up to Bristol yesterday where she stayed with her housemate and today they're off on a coach to Heathrow, where they'll get a flight to New York, then one to Pananma, then one to Lima, Peru and then a dinky one to Cusco, Peru. You can't fly direct to Peru from the UK and that was the cheapest option using some old airmiles as well. She's there for 9 weeks doing her required "elective" for med school, so amongst all the Inca Trail, llamas, altitude sickness and guinea pig & chips she should do a bit of medical stuff and learning Spanish too. Fun for her and amusing to see how much our mum was fretting. Now she's actually gone it should calm down a bit because she can only email her questions, advice and worries...
I had my second interview with a local firm last week and I'm waiting to see if they'll give me a job as a trainee solicitor. They had a couple more people to see so I've got to wait another week or two yet. If I don't get it then I'm quite screwed and not sure what I'll do then... In the mean time been volunteering at a local Hospice charity shop (my mum is a trustee so it's almost our family charity) which is quite fun and has been keeping me occupied. I like sorting stuff - I have that hoarding instinct which is conducive to sifting through bags of unidentified bits n bobs. I'm about 50 years younger than most of the other volunteers though so I get picked for all the heavy jobs too!
So that and the odd bit of sitting out in the sun reading now the weather is behaving is how I've spent my last few weeks. The Narnia books was the last set. I went to CofE primary school when I first read them and I still failed to see the (not even subtle) religious themes. The Last Battle is really quite odd with its seeming message that it's best to die young so you can get to heaven as soon as possible, and Susan not being let in because she's only interested in boys and parties... I think His Dark Materials might need to be next after that!
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