The Importance of Being Idle

More Than Meets The Eye

Been a bit of a busy week really. Tuesday morning I casually said "well, if you want to see a cool alternative clothing place you should see the Oasis in Birmingham", and ten minutes later we were on the car, on the way to do just that. It was a trip worth making; not only did we have fun in Birmingham, but we came back with new clothes (for Ronnie) and lots of potential new suppliers, a couple of whom were actual new suppliers by Wednesday. Wednesday we went out to pick up a few bits and pieces for the stall (I decided to wear New Rocks as we weren't gonna be long) and ended up wandering around for ages until I was crippled, again (bloody New Rocks always do that to me, clearly I'm supposed to stick to Converse). Thursday another "quick" trip ended up in hanging out at the pub with a mate for a couple of hours, and today we ended up in a different pub (whose name I don't recall, but after being put off by the outside of it for ages, I was surprised to discover that it's really nice inside), then looking at coloured contacts (for a friends birthday party *sigh*), and then finally went to see the Transformers movie on the big screen! It was, predictably, awesome, with all the gorgeous robot on robot action you could hope for, but I believe I've raved about it already (if not, point it out and I'll rave about it another time). I was immediately possessed with a need to go to Toys'R'Us and purchase Blackout, but wasn't allowed. And to be honest, if I was spending money in T'R'U it'd be on the Mace Windu Master Replica lightsaber they have in there, for a surprisingly reasonable sixty pounds...
What else has happened? The weather has been lovely all week and we haven't done anything like enough washing, poor little Archie has had to stay inside a lot while we've been gallivanting about, although he seems to be making up for it by sneaking out of the front door to roll around on the front path at every opportunity. Oh yeah, and today I got a response to my appeal from Diligenta! Apparently my points have some merit, and I've got a hearing on Monday. I'm both pleased and excited about this, but also apprehensive. I kinda feel like if I don't get the job back now, if I don't get satisfaction, it'll be my fault; that it's all there for me to lose. God knows why I think like that, I should be thinking I've got them on the ropes and it's mine to win back, but I immediately look to the negative and see that it's mine to throw away...
Even with all the goodness of this week, I still haven't been sleeping well, with unpleasantly restless and active dreams. I've taken advantage of the holiday thing to stay up essentially as long as it takes for me to just crash out (I frequently read until I fall asleep and drop my book), but it isn't making any difference: my sub-concious brain just won't let me rest!

posted by BadMonkey @ 9:21 PM