the_muppet | { work and holiday and mishaps and stuff }

1) work: Work is still crappy, so nothing new there. One of our service users died 2 weeks ago, and I went to his funeral and burial last week. I was incredibly fond of Chris and it hit me quite hard.

2) holiday: Just had a long holiday from work (Weds 4th-Monday 16th) which is pretty unheard of for me; usually I just take a day or two at a time. The plan was for me and Peter to go to Devon for a few days to visit friends, but that didn't come off, so took the time anyway. Worked out pretty well and got a lot done, and I think the time away has done me some good.

3) cv: Have spent some of my time off writing up a CV for the first time in *coughs* years! Have also signed up now at 5 job sites so I get alerts if anything matches the job I'm looking for. It's going to be hard to find a job, for many reasons I won't bore you with, but at least I'm actively trying now. Fingers crossed.

4) mishap 1: I was peeling back an artex bubble on my lounge ceiling on Tuesday and part of the ceiling came down! Plaster everywhere! Luckily I'm friendly with the handyman guy who works for the freeholder of the building, and he's around this week, so he's going to come in and replaster it this afternoon for me for free. Lovely man =)

5) mishap 2: I fell down the stairs yesterday evening and have fucked up my ankle. Embarrassingly it wasn't even the main stairs (I live on the third floor) but just the three little stairs in my flat, that leads to the bedrooms. Still, I fell pretty awkwardly and it hurt like bugger, and for a while there I honestly thought I was going to pass out, which scared the crap out of me, as I knew that would scare Peter. Anyway, walking is painful, stairs are a bit of a killer (great when I live on the third floor), but driving is the least painful (just tested it). Only did a short drive in the car and although I can drive, it's really painful afterwards. Don't think anything is broken though, just hurts a lot. Peter laughed a lot (and is still laughing) and has taken to calling me stumpy. Great end to my holiday =)

6) medical: Have a lot of (non-serious) medical things going on right now, hence the absence. Trying to keep up with my flist though and hope you're all doing okay.

*love & hugs to you all*

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1) Good luck with the looking for work, must be tough during this period. And I'm sorry to hear about Chris, he sounded like he was someone that cheered you up when he was around

2) You know you don't necessarily need to go away to have a holiday. A relaxing time at home enjoying your company is just as good!

5) If it makes you feel any better.. I'm equally clumsy. I tripped UP a set of stairs and broke my thumb! I have learnt the value of opposeable limbs! Hopefully you start to feel better, and at least you got a good laugh out of it!

BTW i'm really sorry i didn't end up returning your survey.. by the time I'd realized you'd sent it, I had an exam the next week and I had full intentions of filling it out. but then, I forgot and by the time I had found it again, I figured it was too late. SORRY!

Thank you - I did adore Chris and he was one of the ones I had a particular soft spot for and was most fond of.

I'm not usually very good at taking too many days off and relaxing at home, but I did pretty well this time, plus got lots of things ticked off my 'to do' list, which is always good =)

Don't worry at all about the survey, not a problem at all =)

*hugs*

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