Back in France :)

I decided to go home for christmas with Karl and spend it with my family. I arrived on the 16th of December and I'm going back to Derby on the 28th. I wish I could spend new years here aswell but when I booked the ticket I was with my ex boyfriend so... That's just too bad.

There's a lot of snow here and my dad couldn't come and get us in Paris because of that. Too dangerous. We took the TGV, but that took ages. The train was going slow because of the snow... but in the end we did get here just before midnight!

This is me. This is me falling out of taxi into the middle of the road. Then there's the cup. (Yes I know my cup looks abnormally big.) You don't want to know what was in that cup... I was drunk and got my heel stuck in some corner of the taxi door and flew through the air. I must have landed on my knees and elbow clearly because there wasn't any skin left in those areas. And hum... Needless to say where the cup landed!

Rewiiind - Part II : New Job

About 2 weeks later, Karl thought it would be better if I worked at Subway rather than at Nicky’s and told me that I should go and see the manager. I didn’t really know what to do but I did end up going there with him one afternoon. After being in the office and chatting for a few minutes, I did get the job, and without an interview :-p . I had to go and inform Nicky’s wife immediately that I would be leaving and that my last day would be on Sunday. She was surprised and had a disappointed look on her face… I felt really bad… But not long after, she realized that it wasn’t a bad time actually, because one of the old waitresses was coming back the following Monday, so it actually worked out quite well. They just had to rearrange all the shifts (which would have happened anyway), and because I was leaving, they wouldn’t get less hours.



I started on Tuesday the 17th of August at Subway – Pride Park and it went really well. I enjoyed it and everyone was really nice. I worked at three different Subways in Derby so far but now I am mostly working at Subway – The Spot which is around the corner from Nicky’s Lounge. Yay. -_-"

Rewiiind - Part I : My 21st B-day Weekend.

So much has happened since the 24th of July...
I moved into a 2 bedroom flat with my brother on the 24th of July. It's right in the city centre. Everything is at our doorstep, and the mall is like 5 minutes away from the flat.
My Mom was supposed to come over the same day with a car full of stuff to help us out! Then the next day was my 21st. Everything was supposed to be perfect!
... Except it didn't go as planned.
After driving approximately 9 hours to the french border in order to catch a ferry to the UK, my mom was stopped and sent back. She had to drive another 9 hours back home and almost had an accident on the way back. I was at work when I received a call from Anja's fiancé. He told me what had happened and I was devastated. I had such a bad night and couldn't stop crying.



Then Sunday it was my 21st birthday and I was in a really great mood, obviously. Anja & Alistair knew that I was really down and decided to take me out for a quick birthday breakfast before I went to work. I then thought that I really had to get a grip on myself otherwise I was going to ruin the party later that day. So after work I quickly got ready, or at least I tried! Philippa and I took the bus together and arrived there pretty much on time. We had a nice BBQ and luckily, it only started to rain by the time we were finished eating.



So we all went inside, talked and laughed for a while until I found Anja a bit too excited suddenly. She kept on looking through the window and then suddenly told me: "Your surprise is here". I went to the window and saw a white limo waiting there! I really didn't expect that! Awesome surprise!



We drove around the centre of Derby for about an hour (if I remember correctly) and it was loads of fun. Then we got dropped off in town and went to Walkabout and had the place to ourselves (it was a Sunday), so we were all dancing like retards :).
It was a great birthday!

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Finally got a job...

I am now a part-time waitress in a restaurant in the centre of Derby. I work only 16 hours a week though.... I have Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays off. I'm thinking of getting a second job, but I do casual work on my days off sometimes. Last Friday and Saturday, I worked at 2 weddings for example...

I like where I work. I think I prefer it to all the other places I have worked at before. I get along with everyone. All the girls are very nice and friendly.

Now next step. Have to find an apartment!

I have viewed quite a few already but they're quite expensive... but I'm continuing my search!

I will probably be getting a 2 bedroom place with my brother...

Hopefully, I will find one sooooon!

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Nottingham

Derby

Okay so, I arrived safely in Derby...... but 2 weeks ago!

I didn't have access to internet that much but I finally found some time to do a post.

Oh well, anyway. So everything went well. I managed to get through with over-weight luggage (I worried a lot about that). The flight was about an hour, so that went quite quick.

Here are some photos of the trip.

Little surprise when we got to the house. Thank you Anja :)

I gave out my CV to about 20 places by now... maybe more, I don't even know anymore. Stores, cafés and restaurants, in and near the Westfield mall and also via the internet. I'm really hoping to hear from one of these places soon!

On Saturday, the 29th of May, my brother and I went with Anja, her fiancé and a friend of theirs to the Big Church Day Out near Loughborough. It was amazing! I had a really good time. I was so happy to see Switchfoot! =)

My brother, Karl, and me

Anja and me

So yeah, that's about it... I've been mainly job hunting. Now I'm just waiting for at least one response!
Wish me luck :)