Sunshine, lollipops and...?

There’s been a lot of ‘creative blogging’ (as I like to call it) this week, and while I’m sure I have thrilled you with my poetic abilities, I have also neglected to keep you up-to-date with other things going on in my life.
Well that’s because there hasn’t been much really. Philippa and I have settled down into a nice sense of regularity and domestic happiness. She stays here three or four nights a week, and we’re looking forward to getting a place together, but we’re also realistic about the current financial climate and we’re not gonna saddle ourselves with a mortgage just so we can have a place to call ‘our own.’ Plus, Hannah and Nathan are making plans to co-habit, so if she moves out Philippa can move in and that’s the job done.
Work is, how can I put this… ok. As you may have noticed, I get to spend quite a bit of time on my own in the office. The hours change every week, but that’s more than compensated for by the fact that I’m earning more than ever before as I’m on Deputy Manager wages. I’ve already been spoken to about doing more courses and training up to be a Department Manager, then maybe a Shift Manager, than maybe - hold me while I shiver with excitement - a Store Manager. I’m not sure I’ve got those in the correct order, and I’m definitely not sure that’s a career path I want to chase anyway, but its nice to know they’re pleased with what I’ve done so far.
The LoveMachine is about as reliable as a drunk working in an off licence, but she’s mine, and I love her dearly. I’ve already been offered fifty quid more than I paid for her, but I’m keeping her now, unless someone wants to swap her for a brand new Mini Cooper? (isn’t it funny how quickly an inanimate object like a car becomes a ‘she’ rather than an ‘it’?)
Apart from that, life continues to tick along quite uneventfully, which believe me is better than the chaos I used to exist in.
I hope you are having a good week too, and I look forward to sharing more of my life with you tomorrow.

Yours faithfully

Rory

RC 27-8-11