Ok, so what have I been up to?

Wednesday I ended up working from 9 – 4 pm, which in one way isn’t as bad. However, because they were no longer sure whether I was going to work an entire day (they have a stupid rule that you need to to be entitled to a break), I wasn’t booked in for an official lunch. So I spent over five and a half hours staring at a computer screen without any kind of break. By this time I was moderately pissed off and managed to wangle a break from two of the guys I was working for. In the morning I spent some time testing programs in German, Italian and French :shock: Then I was told I’d be taught ‘implementation’, which was great. It consisted of filling out a page of fields (title, text, etc.), and choosing a template (showandtell, imagemap etc.), and then when I clicked ‘Create Page’, it created an interactive page of the program complete with template. I even got to use some HTML :smile:

Thursday I was supposed to be working, so I got up early just in case they called, but they didn’t, so we had the day free. Didn’t really do much as far as I can remember – probably spent most of the day playing computer games and sufring the net. In the evening we went to the local pub to see what their bingo was like. We were definitely the youngest people there. It was bizarrely addictive though :???: Then we came back and everyone else had a pillow fight but I was too knackered lol.

Yesterday We went to the nearby sandwich shop for lunch, yum :) I cleaned the conservatory, moved the bedside table from Phil’s room into mine and tided my room, as well as sorting out the laundry and doing some of that. Phil (our summer housemate) left yesterday, so the house seems really empty now, especially as Nika went to London for the weekend. Meh. So that’s all I’ve been up to really.

Today I need to go to town so I can go cash my cheques in. I’ve got Phil’s rent (£260), plus my first ever paycheck (it’s only £50 but I only worked a few hours), and my mum is sending my cheque for damage deposit from uni last year, so if that comes before we go it’s all good. Slightly annoying though as I didin’t break/damage anything in my room and yet got charged more than Nika who wrecked hers lol (I got £52 and she got £72). Grrr. Anyway, that money should pay off about half my overdraft :roll: I have so many bills – gas, electricity, water, hosting, Internet and phone to pay for. My Paypal account is practically empty *is scared* I also want to set up online banking today, it will be more convenient as the nearest cash machine is quite far away, and I can plan things in advance if I know exactly how much is in my account etc.

Oh – and I also cooked! *shockhorror* I was bored the other day so I made toffee and marshmellow, and white chocolate and raisin krispie cakes. Very easy and quick to make – just melt the toffee/chocolate in the microwave for a few seconds (contrary to my housemates’ belief, you don’t have to use a cooker), add cereal and marshmellows/raisins and stir. Then place into paper cases, leave to cool a bit, then harden them in the fridge :)