**Blog post due today**
**Blog post due today**
**Blog post due today**
**Blog post due today**
On a weekly basis I have a reminder in my diary and phone to write up a
blog post. Every week it goes off, every week for the past month I have
acknowledged it and then forgotten about it. This week it ends!!!
So what I have been doing while I carelessly ignore my reminders? Quite
a fair bit actually! I have worked the most hours I have ever worked in my
life, I have quit a job and got another one, I have travelled to Iceland and
spent Christmas there, I have explored a bit more of London and have been
cooking more interesting meals. Oh and I also built some furniture all by
myself! J
After my last post I spent a week working just about every day for
nearly 2 weeks as 2 of our team members quit and I took up extra shifts. One of
our two supervisors walked off the job with a days notice leaving our other
supervisor having to fill in for their shifts as well. The manager was on leave
with his newborn and his wife so he was unfortunately unavailable. I showed
myself that I can, if I need to, work 100 hours over 2 weeks. It might not
seem a lot to some people, I know some who work 60+hrs in a week however for
someone who has never worked more than 40 hrs in a week I felt like it was a
big achievement. I also handed in my notice that week as I had quite a few
issues working there and decided that it was best for me to leave. It was
definitely for the best.
After I finished my last shift I was to go home and leave for Iceland!!
How exciting! This was the plan…
2am – get home from work
finish packing, have
shower and food and call cab
3am – take cab to train station
3:30 – Train to airport
4:00 – arrive at airport
check in, security,
find gate, eat, relax etc
5:45 – Board plane
6:15 – leave
How it actually went….
2am – get home from work, pack, shower, food, call cab
3:00 – cab to train station arrive
3:15 – get to station go to buy ticket, however the strike has started a
day early and this service no longer runs. There is a train at 4:00 the takes
45-50 mins that I have to take. Buy ticket and wait for train. Board train at
3:40.
4:00 – train not leaving….
4:10 – a lady got off, had an argument with staff came back on board and
told us this train was not leaving either and we had to take cabs to the
airport.
4:15- about 20 people order ubers to take us to the airport
5:15 – get to the airport, at the wrong end of the airport
5:25 – arrive at other end of airport after taking shuttle train
5:30 - baggage drop and RUN!!!!
5:35 – get caught at security because of I forgot to put a liquid in the
clear bag!! Ahhhh so not gonna make my flight!!
5:40 – Run through duty free, up the escalators and dodge all the
people!!!
5:45 – BOARD. JUST. IN. TIME.
So I did make it to Iceland..just! I think it was definitely the most
nerve wracking and anxiety provoking experience I’ve had. The worst part was
the uber ride to the airport from the station as there was nothing I could do
but look at the time and come up with a plan for if I missed my flight.
But anyway, made it safe and sound to Iceland which was an amazing
experience. I shall do another post all about Iceland as I got up to so much I
think it would be too much to write it all now.
New Years came and I went with one of my flat mates to her friends’
party just outside of London. It was a lot of fun and I met quite a few new
people, we had a few drinks and sat around talking and watching fireworks as
they were set off. It was very cold though, different to spending it on the beach
watching the fireworks that’s for sure!
I have been on the look out for another job since I quit my last one and
I have an interview on Monday for waitressing, which hopefully will go well. It
is with an agency which I think is good for me at the moment as it allows me
flexibility with when I work and how much I work as I would like to travel more
this year and with make up assisting.
Speaking of Make up assisting, I have done a fair bit of that in the
past month or so, the most exciting was this week when I spent 6 hours with 3
other people using crystals to create drag make up on a drag queen. It was
pretty amazing. When I get photos I will share them J
I have a Pt. 2 to this post which will be up tomorrow....actually! haha!
For now that is all, ta-ta!
:)
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