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My current life in bullet points, as I haven't updated in ages and...I don't know. I feel lethargic today.

- I'm moving house next week. My landlord decided to try and sell my house (ha! Good luck with that!) so didn't renew my tenancy. It kind of pissed me off a bit when I first got the letter because while this house has many problems, it does have an amazing garden for Evie. And also, ugh, packing.

But now I'm fine with it because it's been remarkably straightforward this time around. I've found a nice place close to where I work and OMG YES, the house needs nothing doing to it - no painting or repairs or anything. Heaven! And it has a lush converted attic I'm going to have for my room. And a cellar. Awesome. But no garden, BOO! Anyway, all I have to do is pack everything here and wait for the removal men. Which...I am putting off doing by updating this instead. I have a week though so I'm not stressing and even taking the opportunity to thin out my possessions. Even donating books! It's painful but has to be done.

- I hate my job. Hate it hate it hate it.

- Evie is turning into a precocious little girl and I love it. She doesn't let her lack of speaking ability hold her back in getting what she wants - she's taken to taking people's hands and dragging them to wherever she wants them to be. In the last week, she has learnt to say 'go', 'thank you' and 'all right' - this last usually delivered with a sigh when asked to pick something up, or similar. She doesn't seem to learn single words now, just two at a time. And she constantly runs around happily, yelling her head off, laughing, being cheeky as all get out...ahhh, my little girl. I do love her so. *beams*

- Things seem odd with Steve and I don't know why. Sometimes odd in a good way, sometimes bad. I can't figure it out and have given up trying.

- I am still in a quandry as to whether to go to Uni this year or not. This'll probably get a post of its own as it's complicated and I need to write it down in order to be able to work it through. I can't be bothered now though.

- One of my two New Years Resolutions this year was to start taking guitar lessons, and I have. And I love them! I can't afford the other one, which was to get my full motorbike licence. No matter, I don't believe in New Year's Resolutions anyway. But I do love my guitar, oh hell yeah. Lessons are going very well. :)

- Exam results in two weeks. Yay! I'm not worried, to be honest, but still have a chill of nervous anticipation when I think of it. I always quite like getting results and this time they should be good and will mean I haven't wasted the last three years. In an abstract sort of way, I feel chuffed with myself that I juggled a child, a job and college and will hopefully come out with top grades. On the other hand, I just did what had to be done so don't really think much of it. I just wish I could make up my mind over what to do next.

- Bloody hell, it's August. Where did this year go? In a months time, it'll be autumn and Christmas stuff will start appearing in the shops. Where the hell is the blazing summer we were promised? Bad show, England. Yet again. Bad show.

- I lost internet for five days there and as a result, read a book. I used to read two or three a week. I think that was the second full one I've read this year which makes this news worthy of a bullet point (hyphen? I don't know how to HTML bullet points) of it's own. It was a completely rubbish book but that's not the point.


OK, I'd better go pack something. Has anything interesting/brilliant/exciting been happening for anyone? Do let me know. I've been incredibly emo this month and haven't been keeping up with my flist at all. Apologies.

You know what a great start to the day is? When you phone the water company and they've never heard of your address and do not start a new record of it, thereby ensuring that you do not have to pay a water bill for the duration of your tenancy. Hurrah! Random, but welcome. That was yesterday. The day continued to be fucking awesome, in the way that extremely productive days usually are. Now, in my flat, I have:

My computer
An ariel for TV (still not connected as I don't watch TV much, but the thought was there)
Mop and bleach and cleaning stuff (still very neccessary, despite best efforts)
Small amount of food
Pots, plates, couple of pans, dishes, cutlery etc - useful for eating said food off
My guitars and amp

This is progress. And most account type things are set up, ie phone line ('nets within 15 days, hurrah!), gas, electricity, council tax. I have a key to the shed so I can store my bike. I have picked up a form to register at a doctor's finally, for the first time in four years. I have changed address and bank details with all relevant companies and organisations. I have phoned the council for a bin and recycling boxes and bin bags. I have booked the removal men for Monday so I will soon have furniture!

All that remains is a last blitz on cleaning (have not dared to open the oven yet to look inside, ugh. So lucky I have not had to use the thing yet) and I will be good to go. There will be another trip to storage momentarily to see what else can be salvaged before removers go in on Monday because they charge by the hour so any 'help' I can give them is a good thing, in my eyes. Only casualty of yesterday was one of my bookshelves, which collapsed when I moved it so that means I will be forced to leave some books in boxes until I can replace it. I can deal with that. I am thinking I'm going to do a purge of all things not entirely necessary anyway and while I can't usually bear the idea of getting rid of books, some of them may have to go. Donating them to others is an act of kindness though, and charity shops will make money when they sell them so who am I to be selfish and hang on to those crappy novels that I will probably never read again anyway? (still, eeep!)

So. All in all, things are most excellent. To make it even better, the Crush still has a job. His disciplinary hearing was a fucking joke - wtf sort of employers, when asked to provide actual evidence of their claims, respond with, 'That's not relevant.'

Um...what? That's like, the entire basis for this meeting, dude. Every time they were asked to back up their claims, it was either 'no' or 'that's irrelevant' or 'I don't have that information to hand but I will find it for you if you think its important'. Crush, predictably, pointed out that of course it was fucking important - upshot is, they've told him to come in for his shifts, do his job and go home and take no further interest in the job than that. At least he still has a job, seeing as they had told him two days before that they were going to fire him, but it really is a joke. Its obvious they're trying to imply that he's been ripping the company off but they can't prove it because he hasn't. He's one of the most honest men I've met. So it's ridiculous but hopefully blown over for now.

And that's the current state of life. Next stop, fitness drive. Get my bike back on Monday! Good weather = cycling to the pool and to work. It's part of my current obsessive desire to not be bored any more because honestly, I'm doing my own fucking head in. Going to try and find a guitar teacher also, start doing martial arts again (did some training with my sword yesterday, GUH! Forgot how much I love it) and still want to take up fencing. OH! And my buddy Ginger is running the London Marathon on Sunday, the lucky git. I am so gutted but also so completely proud of him. I just know this means I'm going to have to start running again too because I was entered years before he took up running and I'm a competitive bitch. But this will be a good thing and means that next year, we can do it together. Hurrah!

OK, info dump almost over. Aims for the day: more cleaning, more stuff out of storage, get Crush into bed tonight because he's hot. Sounds like a plan. Hope everyone else is similarly cheerful. :D!