Good Evening My Dears,
Apologies once again for the long silence, I have been running around dealing with various issues in regard to starting my new temp assignment. When last I wrote, I was firmly fringe frolicking and I mentioned that I was going to try to get tickets for an interactive show called "You once said Yes", a walking tour show in which the choices you make dictate where the show goes - literally and figuratively. No joy for that show, they were sold out till the end of the festival. I did get a second review published in the Indie Pedant but with the festival over I think I am going to have to shift my focus to reviewing Edinburgh's Social Scene.
I have been doing quite a bit of socializing of late, though some of it was circumstance driven. Sorry... What? Before your confusion mounts, let me elaborate. Last Saturday, 27 August, I received a letter from the temp agency informing me that I would be starting on Monday 28 August. That meant that I had 2 days to get myself ready for work. After spending the weekend running around getting the weekly shop and various other bits and bobs accomplished, I show up to work promptly at 9 am Monday morning, only to find that I was actually due to start the following Monday, that is, tomorrow, 5th September. Never mind that the 28th was actually Sunday. Needless to say I was not very happy with this state of affairs. I left the office and gave the temp agency and earful of ire. Except that this being Britain, I did it with considerable politeness. So as I had a week of freedom left, I decided to make the most of it. That evening the writer's group was chock full o' tense undercurrents having to do with editing an anthology the group is putting together. So my friend Kerry and I decided we were both in need of fortification. Off to Greyfriars pub we went, for a wee dram. After imbibing our whiskies, we both decided that we were hungry, and off we went for a bite to eat. At the restaurant we were so engrossed in eating and planning, that we walked out on the bill without paying. We got to the middle of the block before I stopped in the middle of the pavement and went "Kerry, did we pay?" We returned to the restaurant to find that all of the staff was waiting outside for us. It was embarrassing but rather hilarious all at the same time. The restaurant staff were super cool about it, even managing to make us feel not quite so asinine by telling us that we timed the exit so perfectly they thought we were with another table that left at the same time. Needless to say Kerry and I chuckled over that for the rest of the week. Tuesday through Sunday followed a whirlwind of social engagements that were capped of by afternoon tea at The Balmoral Hotel with Giselle and Joanna, earlier today.
In other news, the back light, 5, T,G, and B keys are not working on my keyboard. Apple has no retail store in Edinburgh, so next Saturday I am off to Glasgow to get it fixed. In the meantime, because so much of what I do depends on those keys, I spent a small fortune on an external keyboard. Before you type it in the comments, I did check the keyboard settings to see if I changed them by accident. I didn't.
Right, that is all she wrote folks.
Next Up: The First Week and another Glasgow Gallivant.
Cheerio for now,
Tina
Apologies once again for the long silence, I have been running around dealing with various issues in regard to starting my new temp assignment. When last I wrote, I was firmly fringe frolicking and I mentioned that I was going to try to get tickets for an interactive show called "You once said Yes", a walking tour show in which the choices you make dictate where the show goes - literally and figuratively. No joy for that show, they were sold out till the end of the festival. I did get a second review published in the Indie Pedant but with the festival over I think I am going to have to shift my focus to reviewing Edinburgh's Social Scene.
I have been doing quite a bit of socializing of late, though some of it was circumstance driven. Sorry... What? Before your confusion mounts, let me elaborate. Last Saturday, 27 August, I received a letter from the temp agency informing me that I would be starting on Monday 28 August. That meant that I had 2 days to get myself ready for work. After spending the weekend running around getting the weekly shop and various other bits and bobs accomplished, I show up to work promptly at 9 am Monday morning, only to find that I was actually due to start the following Monday, that is, tomorrow, 5th September. Never mind that the 28th was actually Sunday. Needless to say I was not very happy with this state of affairs. I left the office and gave the temp agency and earful of ire. Except that this being Britain, I did it with considerable politeness. So as I had a week of freedom left, I decided to make the most of it. That evening the writer's group was chock full o' tense undercurrents having to do with editing an anthology the group is putting together. So my friend Kerry and I decided we were both in need of fortification. Off to Greyfriars pub we went, for a wee dram. After imbibing our whiskies, we both decided that we were hungry, and off we went for a bite to eat. At the restaurant we were so engrossed in eating and planning, that we walked out on the bill without paying. We got to the middle of the block before I stopped in the middle of the pavement and went "Kerry, did we pay?" We returned to the restaurant to find that all of the staff was waiting outside for us. It was embarrassing but rather hilarious all at the same time. The restaurant staff were super cool about it, even managing to make us feel not quite so asinine by telling us that we timed the exit so perfectly they thought we were with another table that left at the same time. Needless to say Kerry and I chuckled over that for the rest of the week. Tuesday through Sunday followed a whirlwind of social engagements that were capped of by afternoon tea at The Balmoral Hotel with Giselle and Joanna, earlier today.
In other news, the back light, 5, T,G, and B keys are not working on my keyboard. Apple has no retail store in Edinburgh, so next Saturday I am off to Glasgow to get it fixed. In the meantime, because so much of what I do depends on those keys, I spent a small fortune on an external keyboard. Before you type it in the comments, I did check the keyboard settings to see if I changed them by accident. I didn't.
Right, that is all she wrote folks.
Next Up: The First Week and another Glasgow Gallivant.
Cheerio for now,
Tina
Tina, sounds like you are having a great time! I hope the first week at the new place went well!
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Dorothy