The job centre returns to haunt me...

Hello m'lovelies!

Happy Spring! Now we've had May Bank Holiday, I feel that its officially spring and summer is firmly on the way.

I've now been in my new job just under 3 weeks although I have actually lost track of the time and am happy to report that all is well and going well. People are nice, friendly and helpful; there are lots of new and interesting things afoot at the Park and I'm managing to do my job without any major disasters.

Currently I'm working 5 full days up there and then Sundays at Argos. We are frantically attempting to recruit another member of staff because I have invigilating coming up from mid-May all the way through June and will only be able to do my contract days.
So at the mo...we're recruiting and have an ad in the JobCentre(!) and have already begun to have responses. So it just remains to be seen who will be the new member of the team...?
Anyway, this overtime has meant that Tuesday and Wednesday I'm running the office all by myself. Now this sounds and IS reasonably scary, but its one of the best ways to learn the ropes...be thrown in at the deep end and either sink or swim. I'm pleased to say that aside from a few minor glitches, I'm primarily swimming.

I have to say that one of the major componants in my being happy there is the people who I'm working alongside. They are warm, welcoming, helpful and there have been a lot of laughs along the way too.
So alas - in addition to the money coming in - I have a lot to be thankful for.

Yes...payday at the end of last month was very nice indeed. Now I'm only looking ahead to the summer - one that will be extremely busy but wonderfully fun too. I won't be able to stop for a moment, but it'll be a great experience. I'm about to book my train tickets for the Keswick Training Day at the end of June and then, so Ruth informs me, its a mere 11 weeks until Keswick!! :-)
A mere 108 days until Momentum too! Charlotte and I are still attempting to meet up before we actually spend almost a week together in a tent, in a field, in Shepton Mallet.

Today is a special day because for Ruth and my Dad, its their birthday! So Happy Birthday to them! Just under a week to go until Tom's birthday too and Sarah and I have managed to coordinate our efforts slightly, so it'll be a nice suprise for him and his living room when he opens them!

In other news we've been preparing for the tombola season to get under way for the RBL. I bought about 40 odd prizes from Argos last week and that cost less than £30 - we were short of them and since I can't give of my time, I decided to get some prizes for them. It also helps Argos to clear out some old stock and have a decent number of units going out > universal :-)

So I'm content for the time being to say the very least. It'll be between me and the new person to see who is kept on over the quieter, winter season but there is a long time to go between then and now and I intend to enjoy working and earning this summer.

All that remains for me to say is thank you for reading my blog, for caring about my new job, for listening to my rants about work and for generally being lovely friends.
:-D