Well, I'm now in Woking, such as it is.
I'll stay here for the duration of my contract, but I'm not sure if it's the right place for me, Wimbledon is a far better place to stay in terms of access to London and a nicer town centre plus the added bargain of a really stunning village up the hill from Town.
I'm in The Wheat Sheaf on Chobham road which is a nice enough pub, a little modern for my tastes, but bright and friendly seeming. Big problem however, no internet access.
The B&B I'm staying at is very basic, but also friendly. It's not a patch on the Wimbledon spot in terms of lux value, but the area that it's in is very posh. The B&B is sort of nestled on the edge of that posh area in a far more modest house.
There is broadband there, but it's wired. I can see two wireless networks from my room, one is a secure one which I can't get into, the other is unsecure but won't connect and is intermittent - I'll see what I can do. If I can get a cheap Wireless Access Point gizmo to plug into their broadband router that may do. At work, I don't have the time to access the net for personal stuff unfortunately. I've given myself 30 mins a day for lunch as I need to get in as many hours as I can.
Anyway, the B&B will do for the next few weeks.
I'm now on a slightly tighter budget. With enough money to last 3 weeks tops. I should be paid before Xmas, around the 22nd/23rd.
Planning for an interview at another place near Hook, a permanent job, so I may need to stay around that area - there's Basingstoke, Guildford, Woking, Farnham and Fleet to look at in terms of temporary accommodation until I can afford my own spot.
Right now, it's head down to the grindstone for the next two weeks, work flat out. After that, I'm fairly certain there will be no more work prospects starting. I'm actually hoping to wangle another 2 or 3 days of contract from the 20th but it's unlikely.
If there's no work opportunities until Jan, I'll move back up to Wimbledon over the Xmas period.
I'm feeling rather "flat" in terms of writing creativity, but need to keep this Blog going for reference.
I know it may be really boring right now, but the fact is, that is kind of reflecting where I'm at.
Work is interesting to me, but it will make for even more boring blogging than this.
I have made a few videos on my mobile of me wondering through Woking on Sunday on a Rekkie which may be interesting to friends and family, however, I have some excellent "sketch" ideas I want to do at some point involving touring around London, one of which will require some props - a hammer, a cucumber, a large bread roll and a table outside Buckingham palace. I'm sure you can figure out the reference, it will all be in the execution as to how funny it could be.
I've got my shopping in for the evening and some bits for the week, in case your interested :-
12 nartjies (actually, satsumas)
6 pita breads
1 tub humous
A tiny bottle of olive oil
A tiny bottle of Balsamic vinegar
10 filter coffee bags with sealed in coffee - will give them a try to see. I HATE instant coffee
2 litres of water
4 cans of bitter
I've cut right back on meat, some days not having any at all. I will eventually cut that down to once a week, although I don't think I'll ever give it up entirely. I also am trying to only eat organically produced meat. There's a stunning Deli in Odiham that makes food with produce from small farms in the area, all completely organic free range and very well priced. There's a lot of that happening in the UK, although it's vastly outnumbered by processed crud.
Giving up Gluten and Wheat will take me a while, because it's inconvenient right now without a kitchen to work in. It's also very difficult to get hold of.
Tonight I will prepare some pita with humous, olive oil and balsamic, two nartjies for pudding, all washed down with a few cans of Bitter.
I'm going up to London on the weekend for the day to the markets to get some food and do some walking and touring.
I NEED to get some Cheese, I absolutely HAVE to get some cheese and some wheat free Rye bread - the stuff with a hectic crust and soft middle. It is so damn tasty, words cannot describe. Again, this is all organic small farm produce that you can only find in specialised markets. I'll also buy some natural cider - a 2litre jug for £9 - expensive, but I'd like to get fairly drunk on Saturday night and natural cider is good for that. The only drawback with combining that cider with the cheese and bread, is that it gets rather windy. I'll say no more.
Another boring blog then - sorry folks, I'll try to get more creative soon, but right now, I'm tired and just want to have a few beers, some food, watch telly and crash.
At least I can get up an hour later tommorrow !
Oh yeah, the last few blogs have thrown planning, punctuation, spelling and flow to the winds - I really don't have the spare time to edit stuff anymore and just Blog as it flows, that's just the way it is.
This was posted using my 3G phone, all images off in Firefox and will hopefully not be more than about 40k total data size - it costs £1.35 a mb, so it's not to be taken lightly. Fantasic that I can just hook the phone up to my laptop and connect, but anything more than a few pages of text is not advised.
