29
Jun
Posted by pinkjellybaby in Dear Diary, I'm being serious. 18 Comments
…fear not. I did make it back from the beach party, but in rather a sorry state and with a two day hangover. As always happens with such a drunken night, pictures don’t really get taken. There are a few awful ones which I’m sure The Boy has shared, but I shall not.
Anyhow….
I have been feeling a little bit adrift recently. Perhaps it is my 26th Birthday zooming up on me in a few weeks, or perhaps it was the news that two of my closest friends are now working as full blown solicitors…but I feel like I’m getting left behind.
When I was younger, I though that by this age, I’d be married and thinking about my family. As I got older, I realised that I still felt like a young girl and that it just wasn’t realistic. It was replaced when I got to Uni by thinking that I would have an amazing career (God knows what I thought it would be in) with a house and a hot car….which never happened because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my work life or what direction to go in.
I found a direction to head in with my last job and just went crashing into that thinking it seemed as good as anything else I’d though of…and I was doing ok at it…but I left to come to Spain…
I never ever thought I would be living in another country. Ever. Don’t get me wrong, of course I love it and the way of life suits me much more out here and my brain doesn’t give way to the big grey cloud nearly as often out here….but that brain is just now turning to mush because it isn’t being used.
I can’t work out if it’s time that I knuckled down and got started on carving out a career for myself (which would more than likely involve moving back to the UK at some point in the future) and actually got to where I though I would be by now….or do I have a complete overhaul again and re-think where it actually is that I’m going and if I want to be going there?
Do I stop trying to work out what I should be doing and what career path I should be taking? Do I decide that I want to live in as many different places in the world as I can and who cares what job I have? Do I focus on maybe learning how to do something new, teach myself new things, so that when I do know where I want to go with my career, I have more tools at my disposal?
Are you where you wanted to be? Do you even know where you’re going? Or are you just enjoying the ride?
22
Jun
Posted by pinkjellybaby in Dear Diary. 29 Comments
…and all I have to do is tell you that I live in Spain, it’s June and it’s CLOUDY! And it has been for the past few days.
While a little rest from the heat is nice and means you can do things like go to the supermarket without melting into a pool… I’m terrified that when I come back to the UK in about 6 weeks, I won’t have had much opportunity to top up my tan. That would be a disaster!
Mind you, just to be picky, if it can just hang around until tomorrow, that would be nice…for tomorrow is a fiesta here..the fiesta of San Juan…and you know what we all do? We go for a big party on the beach with our tents and our alcohol and the very drunk among us jump in the sea at midnight to wash away evil spirits…..(I only put my feet in because God knows what kind of creepy fish are in the sea at night)
Last year, we didn’t really know anyone and it was just The Boy and me in our little tent:
…but this year, we actually KNOW people…I think there will be about 12 of us…with wine and vodka and sandwiches (we thought about a disposable BBQ but no one can be bothered with the hassle) and a little blue cooler of beer….
We start at about 4pm…and finish some time the next day. It might will get messy. There will be photos which I promise to share…
I’m just glad we live right near the beach now..as fun as it is to camp out, I don’t like sand in my pants.
17
Jun
Posted by pinkjellybaby in I'm being miscellaneous. 26 Comments
People say that doing exercise will give you more energy…
I’ve been exercising for two and a half weeks now (alternate days gym/swim and EA Active)
I’m very pleased with myself and not actually hating it just yet…
BUT
I’m pretty sure it’s made any difference to my body, if anything, I feel bigger
and I’m absolutely knackered! Like lie down on the floor and fall asleep tired all the time.
…so whoever the ‘people’ are who think exercising gives you more energy, I would like to say that this is not a theory and it’s very much not true, it’s a load of smelly old crap.
15
Jun
Posted by pinkjellybaby in I'm being miscellaneous. 27 Comments
….or help. Actually, it’s more help than love, but I thought I’d butter you all up by saying that I love geeks first. After all, if you have a blog then you must be at least a tiny bit of a geek….Anyway…
PJB Dad works permanent nights. This means that unless it’s a golf day, he’s at home on his own from when he gets up at about lunch time until my Mum gets home at about 4….in the summer, this isn’t too bad but he does get a little bored, bless him. So I’m trying to find him a few new TV shows that he will like watching…which is where you all come in. I have made a little list of TV and Film that he likes/dislikes to help you, help me.
He Likes:
Sopranos (actually, he loves it but as seen it all)
OZ
Ashes to Ashes (although I think that’s just because he likes Alex!)
Spooks
Band of Brothers
The Godfather
Any big epic film like Gladiator with loads of soldiers and fighting
He Does not Like:
24
Heroes
CSI (seen one, seen them all)
Anything too confusing (hence not liking 24 or Heroes)
Anything too slow moving
Anything without a few guns or some drama
House, Bones and Numbers have been suggested via Twitter but I don’t think these would really be his kind of thing…not enough guns and things!
Mad Men is on the list (thanks @natashabailie) as is The Wire….
Can anyone think of anything else?
Some time ago now, Megan over at Lovely Happenings, gave me the “One Fabulous Blog” award…..which was a very nice surprise because I’m not sure I’m all that fabulous much of the time! 
Who said what?