Friday Thoughts

 

Hello everyone! I am back on solid ground, freezing my butt off again and ready to get back to real life after a wonderful week at Plaja Es Canyer in Ibiza, Spain. It was a great holiday and I can't wait to show you some of the photos I took and give you the royal rundown next week. But, as it is Friday, it's time for my weekly Friday Thoughts post. As usual, please do share your thoughts in the comments or over at your own blog (and make sure to let me know so I can come and check them out!)

Currently loving my dryer. It's so not environmentally friendly but with a suitcase and a washing basket full of stuff, I need to get everything clean and dry as soon as possible.

Currently thinking about a little side project I've been working on. Without giving too much away, it's a small "businessy" type blog that I'm part way through working on. I'm still umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether I want to go ahead with it now as I have a fair bit of stuff going on outside of blog land and therefore not sure if I can give it the full attention that it needs.

Currently anticipating my start date for my new role! My agent called me on my first day in Ibiza to let me know that everything had been approved and I had a firm verbal job offer. I finally went and sorted out all of the paperwork involved and my references are being checked today so I hope that I will be able to start Wednesday next week!

Currently watching nothing. The Antipodean Man is home sick and has been watching TV on the computer since we got home on Tuesday, so I have been without my usual entertainment, so instead, I've been re-reading Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Currently wishing that I could be back on the beach. It was a lovely 22 - 25 degrees back there and it's averaging about 7 degrees here in London. Brr!

Don't forget - this post is, as usual, my submission to Glow's Flog yo' Blog Friday which will be moving to a new home very soon!

Friday Thoughts (on a Saturday)

 

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I am such a naughty blogger! You can blame The Antipodean Man and his insistence that we stay up late and watch trashy TV for me not posting my Friday Thoughts last night as I had intended to! As usual, please do share your Friday Thoughts in the comments or at your own blog. Unfortunately, I've missed out on Flog yo' Blog Friday but do remember, it's the best link up of the week, so go and check it out!

Currently loving my morning coffee expeditions! This week, I've been catching the train with The Antipodean Man to the next suburb (or actually, it's a village) and treating myself to a huge coffee. It not only forces me to get out of bed in the mornings, which I'm struggling to do at the moment, but it also gives me a feeling of what it will be like to get back to the real world, once I'm employed again.

Currently thinking about my work situation. Still. The latest update is that it should be official next Thursday. After that, there's still reference and credit checks that need to be done. I'm hoping I might be able to start by the 30th.

Currently anticipating my week's holiday in Ibiza! We are leaving on Wednesday morning and I'm so excited! We go every year, to the same little beach side town and we have a week of doing not much at all. The party season doesn't start for another six or so weeks, so Ibiza is still a sleepy little island in the Mediterranean Sea where the most important thing to worry about is what side of the beach gets the most sun and has the best cafe.

Currently watching Friends. It's been my "ironing" show for as long as I can remember and I've had a lot of ironing to do this week!

Currently wishing that we could hurry up and get to summer, pay our big deposit on the flat and get a firm date on completion.

Friday Thoughts

I originally saw this posted on IROCKSOWHAT, who actually got the idea from another blog, Sometimes Sweet and I think it's a great way to keep track of the week gone by and the weekend ahead and I'd love it too if you'd share your currently's as well in the comments or on your own blog.

Currently loving popcorn! I can't get enough of the stuff lately. I've always loved salty snacks but this week I've been hoovering packet after packet and I honestly can't get enough of it. Thank heavens for the 99p store and their mega packets of popcorn.

Currently thinking about my work situation. I wish I had a definite answer on that job. I know patience is a virtue and all that, but the extra money would definitely come in handy and it would be nice to feel like I have a purpose again.

Currently anticipating prices being released in the development where we are looking to buy an apartment. We have been waiting for about a month now and it looks like there is only one more two bedroom apartment to be bought in the current section before they can release our prices, so hurry up, prospective apartment owner! We've got our deposit and mortgage (gulp!) all ready to go.

Currently listening to Adele, Glee Cast & Nicki Minaj. I've also got something rather musical lined up my sleeve for early Sunday morning.

Currently watching Downton Abbey. I was so late getting in to this series and I really only started watching it because it because all of my other shows were on their mid-season break but I'm so glad I did. My favorite character is the Dowager Countess, closely followed by Carson.

Currently wishing everyone a safe & happy Easter weekend.

This post is my submission to Flog 'yo Blog Friday, hosted by the very lovely Glowless @ Where's my Glow. Please do go and check out all of the other blog entries there, because you can be guaranteed a good read.

P.S. I have some very exciting news to share with you over the weekend. I'll be scheduling a post for the early hours of Sunday morning and I hope that you'll all come and join in the fun.

Unemployment

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Poor Antipodean Man, he's not feeling well. He slept horridly with his monitor attached on Thursday night and he asked me to meet him for coffee after my agency appointment on Friday afternoon. I convinced him to come home early and he's slept pretty much the whole weekend.

Meanwhile, let's talk about the job hunt, shall we? I have been unemployed since last October, my last day at Le French Company was just after my Grandparents arrived on their six week visit to London. About half way through, we decided that I'd go back to Australia with them for a few weeks so I could see my parents new house in Brisbane. In December, I extended my holiday again by another month so I could spend Christmas at home. I got back to London on 23rd January. It's now almost April. I am still unemployed. There have been a few "almosts" and too many doors shut in my face to count. We are not struggling financially but we are not on easy street either and with a mortgage on its way, those purse strings are getting tighter.

At first, it was fun and I enjoyed all the free time I had. I dread the phone ringing because I just cannot be bothered to answer it in case it's just another knock back. I have one opportunity on the horizon that seemed promising. It has been a whole week since I had a proper update and I am getting ticked off now. People are on holidays and I am in jobseekers limbo.

I am frustrated, sad and scared but most of all, I am bored.

P.S. I wrote this post on Friday afternoon whilst I was at the park with the dog and have this addedum to add:

I had a call on Friday afternoon whilst I was sitting in the park where I take the dog each day and it was an update but not one I wanted to hear.

Someone else had been offered my job.

The company still wants me, but for something different now. It means I have to wait longer to have HR sign off on my new position and they cannot make a firm offer with the all important pay rate until this has happened. I was hoping to be able to start at a new company by April. The rate that this is going at, it will be May before I even set my foot in the door.