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Just got back in. Went to Wendy and saw loads of people (Michelle, Sarann, Matt, Kat, Spikey Haired Matt, George, Sophie, Oli, Oli, Danny, Phil, B just to name a few). I left with Michelle at 2am and we went back to her flat in Henry Price. It seems like a nice building and she has a social area in the kitchen which is a decent enough place to hang out in. Her room is pretty cool too although nowhere near the size of mine.

We ended up sitting round talking for like two hours which was cool. I’ve missed such things over the summer. Which is partly why I enjoy closes at work as everyone just sits round talking afterwards. And I didn’t have to worry about what time it was or when the last bus was which is great.

The hall is still deserted though there should be lots more people tomorrow.

Moved into Ellersle today. Was quite a quick move. I did about 30 minutes packing on Friday before work but nothing really until I got up at 9am this morning. Including time for lunch we were off at 1:30 which wasn’t too bad and it took no time to move it all into my room given I’m only on the first floor (compared to the third at Bodington) and I also had my mum helping us (as well as my dad who always gives me a hand).

The room is good, it’s so much bigger than my Bodington one. I have loads of spare floor space, I really do need to invest in some bean bag furniture. And this is including the recently added double bed. Plus we have a full kitchen including a cooker with a shove although so we should if we only get catered meals during term time. I also have a nice view over Lyddon Terrace and two beautiful large windows.

I have yet to explore everywhere though the showers seem ok and the common room looks good. The ones at Bodingon were quite plain and well, wrecked. We have a grand piano and sofas and everything in our common room though which is great. It’s not massive but then there are only 120 of us. On saying that, there were only 70 of us sharing the Grant House common room which was probably bigger than the one we have here.

They seem to have things sorted here. I have a chair that has just been re-covered, the carpet is new and as I’ve already mentioned, they recently replaced the single bed with the double (I first looked round here on Thursday or something when it still had the single so they must have done it like yesterday or something). The walls are like a light greenish colour though, I loved my walls at Bodington because they were white which is ideal as a background for filming news updates, video blogs, etc.

The real pay off will of course be tonight. I am going to the Wendy House and will be able to walk back in like 2 minutes which will be ace. Or maybe we will go back to someone’s room and I don’t have to worry what time my last bus is as I can stay there till anytime and just walk home.

I’ve just finished my Dawson’s Creek summer marathon and the blog that goes with it. It’s been fun watching all the episodes and keeping the blog all summer. Plus I’ve just watched the show finale for the first time and it was beautiful. I love DC, I really do.

Some interesting things have happened. Like when I was scheduled on a close then 9am the next day. But this one is a new one on me:

I was checking who else was working on Friday and James has managed to schedule an 8pm to 8pm shift for somebody :D.

I found out that James T, one of the McDs shift runners is on £7.10 an hour. That’s only £2.90 less than I will be on with my various uni based jobs.

I want a car.

Had an interesting day today. Went into uni to sort some stuff out. Ran into George and Clare in the union as well as my Uncle Trevor who took me out for lunch. Since then I’ve been working till close. Had to walk to work in the rain, not impressed.

I did what could well be my penultimate close this evening. As the date moves closer to uni I don’t feel any different – I don’t want to give up my job. There are plenty of aspects I am looking forward to when getting back to uni but on the whole I’m still not looking forward to it. There are lots of bits I have now I will miss when I’m back at uni. Particularly closes. And driving. And friends.

I started yesterday by realising at 11:10 while I was laying around in bed I had to be in town at 12 for a meeting. It was to talk over plans for my next film project though it didn’t go as well as I had hoped. After putting some thought into current plans I don’t think the idea is going anywhere so I’m reluctant to push forward with it.

I started work at 5 for what was going to be an interesting shift. It was the second day of the Robbie Williams concerts at Rounday Park so we were getting battered when I started for a few hours. Everyone came back after the concert too so while it wasn’t as busy as last night we were still serving till about 12:15-12:30 or something. We didn’t get out until 3:38 although importantly we beat last night’s close by 2 minutes :p.

Given that we weren’t as prepared as normal though as we left stuff out that would normally have been cleaned by this point to cope with the increased demand it wasn’t a particuarly bad close I don’t think. Plus I was running kitchen close for the first time – our staff for kitchen and dive consisted of myself, Charlotte and Harris, both of who knew less kitchen close than I did. I took both grills off too, go me, I’d never actually taken one off before last night.

I continue to realise how much I am going to miss work when uni starts again. Especially closes, I don’t really want to give them up though I’m not faced with any promising alternatives.

Normally you would start a post such as this with the title “it’s been a while.” Which it has on my scale but on the scale of a normal person it has only been 4 days (well 5 given it pasted midnight as I wrote). I’ve been packing in the hours at work though. I pulled an extra 11-7 shift today as they wanted extra staff for the Robbie Williams concert which turned into a 11-9 shift as I worked the end of Tom’s too. I’m doing some more stuff next week too.

Yesterday I went into town, starting my adventures on campus. I went to the ARC to find they had lost the film making society’s block booking form then I went to get a new society petition form finally I went to the accommodation office to confirm some stuff about my room next year. They told me to go to the Ellerslie office and one thing led to another and I ended up having a quick look round my room. It’s pretty cool, far bigger than my Bodington one and I’m getting a double bed.

Then that evening I met up with Claire and eventually John, Lunn, Prostitute Chris and Sophie which will explored a few bars – namely Nu, Sports Cafe, Flares and finally Bar Above. Flares was interesting, full of old people. Sports Cafe was cool, the top floor has loads of pool tables and we ended up bulk buying shots.

So yeah, so far everything is pretty cool. Got a pay packet today which was almost £300 (will be over once I ger my tax back) for the past two weeks and I have this week and next week which I will be working plenty of hours. Money is good.

It’s over! My 5 day marathon is over. Ok, working 5 days in a row doesn’t sound that bad given that most people do that in a normal working week but the last 3 days have been closes which are well long shifts and I’m not getting home till this sort of time. In fact this was a good night, we were out at like 2:15, I’ve done closes when we’ve still been working at this time.

So yeah, glad to get that over with. Plenty of hours means plenty of money of course too. I have tomorrow off and quite a bit of the week too so I don’t have many hours this week coming. And most of the hours I do have are from closes on Saturday and Sunday of next weekend.

Still, it’s weird, I’m enjoying my job. With sucks as it means I don’t really want to go back to uni. I’m at somewhat of a cross roads though I think the direction I will pick will be slightly more boring and inevitable than the one a certain Mr. Leery choose.

So certain information came to light today that was unfavourable to the situation aforementioned in this and this post. I’m a little unsure of what to think at the moment. I think I need a little time to think it over. I haven’t really had a chance yet which is probably a good thing for the moment. I’m going to stop blogging now before this turns into an emo whine.