Thankyou

Thankyou to everyone who has left me wonderful messages of congratulations.
It's really appreciated :O)

Wahey!

I did it! I got a place on the Chocolate Fairy training course!!
Still no post as their Office Fairy was off ill last week, but my email this morning paid off, and Sophie has very kindly let me know that they want me to be a Chocolate Fairy!

Apart from my children being born and getting married, I don't think I can ever remember a time when I have been so happy! I am absolutely over the moon! I'm 21 years old and I've already been given the chance to do the exact job that I want to do. And to think, this time six months ago, I thought I'd have to be training for 6-7 years before I'd be able to even start!

[super ginormous beaming grin]

Nothing today either...

Sorry ladies!
I've emailed Sophie just incase it's lost in the post.
I hope I don't seem too pushy. But I also don't want to just be waiting and waiting and come across as though I'm not really bothered about it.

Lunch in Nottingham

Today I managed to offload both children at my mum's and meet my best friend, Natalie, for lunch in Nottingham. She's 5 months pregnant and just had her scan on Friday. She's having a little girl. And it doesn't make me the tiniest bit broody. Honest. Nope. Not one tiny weeny bit. Ahem.

So we met, and stood in the centre and tried to decide on somewhere to go for lunch. And all that could spring to mind was - McDonalds, Costa, Starbucks and Wetherspoons. In a city as big as Nottingham, that was all we could recall. How sad!

Anyway, we managed to make it up to the Cornerhouse where there are a few and settled upon Bella Italia. The food was ok, nothing special. The service wasn't great but not poor. I had Torta Caprino, which is Goat's cheese and spinach tart, followed by a lemon tart. They also sold flavoured sparkling Sanpelligrino which was lovely.

I just had a bowl of tomato soup for my dinner, but it was so dull I only ate half.

I started a bit of preparation work for my OU course as well. It doesn't start until the 6th October, but I have all the materials and they sent us a Preparing to Study booklet on learning to how read and taking notes efficiently.

Only another 9 hours until the morning post comes. Fingers still firmly crossed, and I really, truly appreciate all the support you have all given me over the last few weeks. It means so much, even if I didn't get a place on the training course, that you all think so highly of me. Thankyou :O)

Nope

Still nothing...

Today, I ran.

And it felt good.
Not planned, not for long, but today I chased my three year old son around a playing field. It's not easy to run in flipflops, as I discovered, so I kicked them off and ran the way I used to when I was young. It felt so good and I felt so free! And it wasn't exercise, I was just running, just for the hell of it.
There is a proper running track around the corner from me, so I'm going to try and find out if I can run barefoot on there. I have some running shoes, but I felt so much freer with no shoes on. Odd perhaps, but if it actually gets me moving, it's worth a shot :O)

No news

Nothing came in the post today. I couldn't sleep last night because I was so nervous thinking about getting the letter. Roll on Monday! I'm feeling a strange mix of excitement and nervous. Excited because I could be given the chance to do the exact job that I want to do and I get to start so young. Nervous because there is no other place I could do this kind of thing except on my own, which was my original plan but (A) I wouldn't be qualified for probably 6-7 years and (B) I would be sad to miss out on working for such a wonderful company. Pink beanbags instead of chairs, friendly, down to earth women instead of know-it-all experts, training courses in beautiful hotels instead of suited, stiff boardrooms - how fantastic is that?