You put your arms around me and I’m home

A month or more has passed and I haven’t blogged. I can honestly say that the main reason I haven’t done so is because I’ve been getting in as much overtime as I could get so I could bank 40 hours so I have an extra week to take off when I want. I thought that I was only a few hours short of 40 hours about 2 weeks ago but it seems the dumb ass who does the wages decided to pay me for the full shift instead of banking my hours so I only got half the amount of money I thought I was going to get. So I’ve decided that for the next few weeks I won’t be doing overtime. I had last Monday and the Friday before off and I had yesterday and Monday off as holiday. I’m going to make sure that I enjoy my time away from work because this is my last long weekend until I decide to book some holiday.

 

On the subject of work, I’ve moved to a different line and made a couple of new acquaintances. One of which is a guy called Mark whom is continually talking about sex and anything related to it. Some of the people who started at the same time as me have been training to do different jobs, yet I’m still stuck on the line packing. I’m a bit miffed about it but at the same time I’m enjoying it because I don’t have to switch shifts for a week to get trained.

 

Last Sunday was Mother’s day and I bought my Mum a Me to You bear holding patchwork letters that say Mum on it. She really did love it. I had no idea what to get her because she has an endless supply of shoes, clothes, hand bags and perfume.  I would have liked to have gotten her a gift card for her favourite clothes shop but because she’s on a diet and is losing weight, it would have been pointless. Later on that day we went to Asda (Wal-Mart) and bought some bits and pieces and came out with some flowers for my Grandma’s grave. My Mum doesn’t usually go down to the grave because she gets super upset. She tells me that her and her Mum weren’t like mother and daughter but more like best friends. I was never lucky enough to meet my Grandma as she died 6 months after I was born from cancer. We struggled to find the grave because usually it’s a bright white marble book but when we finally did find it, it was absolutely dirty. We decided that on Monday we would go down and scrub it clean. On Monday we went down and we did scrub it, but because it was so dirty it wasn’t bright white. The side I was scrubbing had all the letters on it and they kept dropping out or lifting out so I just pulled whatever I could out and put them in a bit of carrier bag. I later gave them to my Grandad and said do whatever you want with them. He’s gunna see how much it’ll cost to have it all redone. Whoever does it will probably want too much.

 

I’m without my car again as the passenger window shattered when I picked George up from work. He went to close the door but it never even shut and just shattered into a thousand pieces which I heard cascade onto the floor. I called my Dad and asked what I should do. He had a go at me and told me to drive it to theirs. We stopped at ours first to pick up George’s cigarettes and coat. He also decided that while he was upstairs getting them he would bring down a dust pan and brush to sweep the glass out. So my poor wee Fonze is sat in my Dad’s garage waiting to be fixed tomorrow. So I need to call my Grandad at some point in the next couple of hours and ask if he’ll take me to see my horses – if he doesn’t then not only will I be upset that I can’t see my babies but they’ll be upset that they’re not getting to see me and get fed. I get really narky when I don’t get to see them because they’re my everything. In fact they’re the reason I’m here, without them I’d have no reason to get up and face the day.

 

I have decided that for my 27th birthday in May, that I’m going to treat myself to a 27″ iMac. I was going to buy a 21″ but why settle for that? =P I usually buy myself a new mobile phone for my birthday but I’m still very much in love with my iphone 4 so why bother to waste money on a phone I don’t like/want/need?! I really can’t wait (: it’s the only thing that I’m looking forward to in the next few months. I can’t wait to finally have the one thing I’ve wanted to own for the last 5 years. George keeps saying ‘Why don’t you buy yourself one of those new iPads?’ and I’m like why do I need one when I have my iPhone that does pretty much the same thing? On the whole ‘Apple’ thing. I got sent a £10 iTunes gift card in the post yesterday for answering surveys and I’m only about £3 short of getting another one, or I might opt for an Argos or Amazon voucher instead.

 

I just downloaded Christina Perri’s album ‘Lovestrong’ and I have to say that I’m really enjoying it. I’m currently listening to the song ‘Mine’. Whilst she’s not someone that I’d usually listen to, I’m glad I did. I really need some new music to put on my iPod. I already have 402 songs of different genre but I get bored of hearing the same tracks over and over. So if you have any suggestions then feel free to leave them. If I listen to them and I like them, I’ll give you a plug in my next entry