The End

I have been very bad at this blog, in fact I can't even bother to check when I last posted which says a lot in itself. Excuses I have none except that I have 3 laptops which barely function but it boils down I guess to that I haven't been up to much. December is depressing as am I.

It's hard to recall what I've been up to for the last 3 weeks so I shall have to skim. I went over to Overstone and a nice lunch at Sue's new caravan while Ian went out to lunch with Roger. I went to Melton on the 12^th of December and took mum to Alfs's funeral. It was a good turn out seeing as Alf was 92 when he died. It was a bitter freezing day so we didn't hang around the crematorium. We did however go to the wake which was at the British Legion in Melton. Mum wasn't sure she wanted to go to the Legion but it was a good wake and we stayed for a good couple of hours. I didn't want to drive home in the dark so I stayed the night in Melton and went home the following morning. I drove home via Overstone so stopped off to have a cup of tea with Sue and Ian.

After all my rejections and with Christmas looming I had more or less given up the up job hunt but I did make one last ditch attempt and did sign up with an agency that were recruiting for cleaners at the conference centre at Kents Hill. The hours are 9 to 5, Tuesday through to Friday and the pay is £7.50 per hour which is a pound more than the going rate. I was so nervous at the interview that I could hardly write my name, it sounds ridiculous but such is my self esteem and self confidence which has stooped to such low levels that I don't even recognise myself. The girl said that I had got the job and would probably start before Christmas. I did phone on the Monday last but the girl at the agency said she hadn't heard. I am hoping to start on Tuesday the 6^th. Fingers crossed.

Depressing December has been quiet on the social side; I had a nice lunch with Sue and Ian at The Lamb in Stoke Goldington. Phil and I met up with with Jim and Shirley at The Giffard on the last Wednesday night before Christmas. The pub was packed and we had quite a while for our meals. I went out with Sue and a group of mutual friends for a girlie night at Wilton Hall in Bletchley. The tickets at £38 a head were not cheap and I'm not sure it was worth it. The food was okay but they had crammed in so many people that there was hardly any room to to dance. I think I much preferred it when we went there for Ian's birthday in August. It wasn't a late night, Ian very kindly picked me up and collected us at 11 pm. Thank you so much Ian Hughes for being a chauffeur for the evening, it was very much appreciated.

Phil has hardly worked in December. His last day at work was Wednesday the 18^th of December and he doesn't go back until the 15^th of January. He hasn't been getting on very well with his MSC at Cranfield, he is finding the C++ very difficult and this is heeding him in his assignments. I have to say to say that this course isn't bringing Phil much pleasure or me. But hey ho, I'm no academic and I can't see the point of studying unless you have to. I guess that sums up why I am going to work as a scrubber.

Christmas this year was one of the more boring Christmas's I have ever endured. We went to mum's in Melton on Christmas Eve in the afternoon. Mum wasn't feeling very well, she had knocked herself out making all sorts of home made foods for the holiday which was completely wasted on me and Phil, we hardly ate any of it. Phil's way of coping with Christmas Day was to plug in his ear phones and listen to pod casts although I have to say he did chop up the veggies and practically cooked the Christmas dinner. We played a couple of games of scrabble after lunch and then watched crap TV in the evening. I do feel sorry for mum but I am not doing the same next year. 

We were back home for 10 am on Boxing Day, just in time to pay a quick visit to the gym before meeting Billy and Harriet at The Giffard for lunch. The pub wasn't busy and lunch wasn't a long one and we were back home by half two. Phil spoke to Georgina on Xmas Day and the only day she was free to visit her grandma was last Saturday which wasn't ideal as we had only got back from Melton the day before. Mum phoned on Saturday morning to say that they had had 4 inches of snow in Melton but Phil still decided to go. He had a nightmare journey there and struggled to get out of the cul-de-sac because of the snow when he came to leave. The journey home was also a nightmare and took him 3 hours.

The highlight of Christmas was Jim and Shirley's party on Saturday evening. It was nice to catch up with them and the family, and of course, Dan who was back on a flying visit from Australia. The Robb parties are always good and this one was no exception. Shirley had done curry and chilli and a massive bit of pork which she sliced and solved in baps later in the evening. I ate like a king which was just as well because it soaked up some of the wine. Of course we were almost the last to leave and it was half one in the morning by the time we got to bed. Sunday was a duvet day and we did nothing but eat and sleep.

In fact we have had lots of duvet days and watched an unhealthy amount of TV, mostly box sets of Greys Anatomy, we are nearly at the end of series 8. It is such a waste of a life. Talking of life, my Uncle Richard died on Boxing Day. We weren't close and I won't be going to the funeral, I've certainly had my fair share of these this year.

Things need to change in 2015. Normally I have a long list of New Years Resolutions which I normally give up on before the end of the first week. I do have a long list of good intentions this year but I am going to keep them to myself so only I will know if I fail. We are celebrating this new year with Sue and Ian at the caravan. First up supper with Sue and Ian at their caravan and then a band at the clubhouse. We will close up the caravan tomorrow and then head back home ready to start the new year.

That's me done for 2014,nothing more to add other to wish everyone I know a very happy and healthy new year. Let's hope it's a good one for all of us. 2015, bring it on!