Phil had met up with Jimmy, Shirley, Dan and Tom and a handful of their friends in The Giffard. I felt tired and was tempted to go home but decided to stop off for one last drink to say hello and goodbye to Tom. Tom has been back home for the Christmas holidays and flying back to Korea on Saturday morning.
We felt a little worse for wear on Saturday morning but despite a late night we were still up with the lark. It’s taken us ages this time round to get over our jet lag and even though we’ve been back nearly 10 days I still don’t think I’ve recovered fully. Phil drove me to get my car from The Giffard but when we got there it wouldn’t start. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to do anything about it because we had to be at Mads & Steve’s in Olney. Steve had booked a table at The Three Cranes in Turvey. Surprisingly the pub was fairly empty and we were the only 4 in the dining room. It was nice to sit in front of a log fire even if it was a little on the smoky side. The food and wine however were delicious and we whiled away a couple of pleasant hours. Afterwards we dropped M&S back at their cottage and settled back in the kebab flat for a night of TV.
Yesterday we started our new year’s resolutions. Okay a little late, but better late than never hey. We started over with the weigh in, Phil is starting off at 17 stone, 11 pounds and I’m kicking off at 8 stone, 6 pounds. All not good but we have to start somewhere. After breakfast we went to the health-club and managed quite a good session considering it was our first time back after many weeks. Whilst I was on the cross trainer I noticed the boyfriend of the council tenant living above us. This is the flat whose plumbing causes the leaks into our flat. Funny how they manage to claim full housing benefit, run 2 cars and now seemingly have a gym membership. Funny old world, I must be doing something wrong.
As I said above, New Year, new start. Phil and I both trawled the internet sites yesterday in the search for new jobs. I applied for a couple of jobs before we went away but haven’t been successful in getting an interview. I’m not too worried at this stage, I think most people only went back to work yesterday and it will take a while for things to get going. There must be a job out there somewhere with my name on it, surely? Phil says it’s because “I’m an old bird now” and maybe he’s right. Still, its early days and I’m not giving up hope just yet. Right now, I must finish my blueberries with low fat yogurt and get myself off to the gym!
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