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Wednesday 18 August

Arggghhhh! I'm down to £95 in my bank account. I haven't been this low since...since...since before I was working. I don't like it. It's like, how am I supposed to survive until pay day (which incidentally I haven't got a clue when it is!) I went to get £15 for my dancing lesson and then discovered the horror. I guess I'm just going to have to be really tight for a bit. Stop buying crisps and chockies for lunch and things like that. I mean, it isn't as if I haven't been out on a massive spending spree. I guess that's all documented in my credit card bill! OK, so this month I guess I had to pay my car insurance, which took a massive chunk out of it and then I did have to go shopping for some new outfits for work and stuff. And I'm expected to get medical insurance soon. I think I'll wait until I get paid, cos I don't know how much they will be paying me, I mean salaries are all well and good, but it doens't say how much you'll get once they've deducted everything and if there's any mistake like there was when I started at the Monster Board and I wound up around £200 underpaid, cos of some mess up with my P45, then I'm up a creek! I was looking at holidays in one of the travel shop in Acocks Green, but I think holidays will have to be a distant plan for now. So much for setting up savings accounts, when you need the money NOW!!

It was Mum's and Dad's wedding anniversary yesterday - they've stuck together for 27 years now. We went for a drink at the Dun Cow and then back home for a nice meal, during which everyone we know decided to phone us. I can't believe I forgot all about it. I mean, even my brother remembered and gave his card and pressie on Sunday, but it didn't twig that I should be going out in my lunch hour on Monday to buy a card. He also remembered to call first thing in the morning, whereas I went to work completely forgetting about it till I was at work and decided to wait till I got home to say it.

At the end of diner we started watching the program on Chanel 4 about Michael Hutchins from INXS and how he died. I don't know whether I'd prefer for everyone to remember me as the person who committed suicide or the one who died of auto-erotic asphyxiation (I did have to look that up!)

I've got to go dancing tonight. I'm getting a bit tired of it, but part of me wants to carry on just so I can have more trophies on my shelf. It's a good enough reason to dance don't you think? Seeing Steve for a drink tomorrow night and then Friday night we're entertaining the neighbours, Saturday party at Jane's - if I've got enough money to pay for the petrol to get there! I'm glad Rob's getting the train to mine on Saturday, saves me the drive back to Acocks Green before heading down to Bristol. I say down, but it's more down and then across!

I'm getting used to this meeting lark. We had another one today which was actually well chaired and we managed to get lots said. It was about reviewers - the guys and gals who get on our nerves by not sending in their stuff on time and when they do, thier reviews aren't of an excellent quality that we want them to be. This is of course a huge generalisation, cos there are some really excellent reviewers, and hopefully I'll be in touch with some of them soon!

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