The Importance of Being Idle

Weekend Round-Up

A lot has happened since the last time I had a few minutes for an update, so here we go:
We finally learned how to use the phones!
We finished our training.
We did our exams.
We spent Friday on the phones!
I suppose that is just how it's gonna be from now on. That's what we do, we sit, we receive incoming calls, we answer them as best we can, we go home. My first call was an absolute nightmare, it was a guy who had taken out his pension in the 70s and was repeatedly told by the call centre that it didn't exist and that he was mistaken! Maybe because I was fresh out of training, or maybe because I like to do my best for people, I remembered that there was a type of pension sold so rarely they weren't held on the system, and after a few probing questions I managed to find it for him! Yay! After that things got better. It certainly was better after lunch, things seemed far less confusing then!
Friday night me and Ronnie went to Beerfest. She goes every year, and this was obviously my first time. I was tired and had a headache from work, so I wasn't in an ideal mood to start with, but after we'd been there for a bit I settled into the swing of it! However I don't like beer at all, and I only slightly like some ciders, so there wasn't a lot there for me to drink, but then I suppose taking little samples of everything and then pouring them away is kinda funny! I'm sure one day I'll find a drink that I like (that isn't Coke; that was my favourite drink of the night!). Ronnie had a chocolate beer that she really liked, so at least she was happy! Our taxi driver on the way home was insane; he didn't seem to care what side of the road he was on, or how fast he was going on anything! It was kinda like being on a rollercoaster! We got home safe and sound though, which is more than could've been said if one of us was driving!
Saturday was a bit more relaxed, we slept in quite late, went and did some shopping, then I baked in the evening! For some reason Ronnie wanted mince-pies, and rather than bake them herself she taught me to do it! They were actually pretty good, although I don't think the pastry was thin enough; it made them more like biscuits than anything else! Still, not bad for a first effort!
Yesterday we went to the Thorney Music Festival. Thorney is the little village where Ronnie used to live, and every year they put on this charity show where local bands come and play, and everybody has a great time! Well, yesterday was just like that! There were a couple of bands I thought were excellent, especially Mesh 29, State of Freedom (playing their last ever show), and my faves were The Playful Rays! Admittedly the Rays lacked the polish of some of the others, but then they've only been together and year, and they are all just 15 years old! Look for them on myspace if you're interested! When we got home Ronnie decided she wanted to play a fighting game, so I introduced her to Soul Calibur II on the Xbox. This may've been a mistake, as her drunken moneky/button mashing style actually allowed her to finish arcade mode on her first try! She even beat me 7-3, although I should point out that the only time I used a character I'm familiar with I took her to school. Still, this could be the beginning of a regular humiliation for me...
And so to today. It's a Bank Holiday, the last one before Christmas, and so a much welcome break in routine. I've no idea what we're gonna get up to today either! All I know is that my alarm went off as normal, and once I was awake I couldn't get back to sleep, so here I am! Normally at this time in the morning I'd be just leaving for work, so it's nice that I'm doing nothing of the sort!

posted by BadMonkey @ 8:06 AM