The Hills Are Alive....
May 5, 2006 01:30 PM
...with the sound of music! What a beautiful day, there's nothing like a bit of sun to put a spring in your step. I've been told that it won't last to the weekend but I'm ignoring that at the moment. I don't think you should trust weathermen, the words Michael Fish & hurricane come to mind!
This weekend I shall be in the big smoke (London) with my friends Della, Kirsty, Laura & Fiona. We all met at University; Bournemouth to be precise. I lived with Della for 3 years including our work placement year in London & I lived with Kirsty & Fiona for my last year. Laura lived with Kirsty & Fiona for the second year of Uni & joined us on our celebratory, leaving Uni holiday to Turkey last summer. Still with me I hope!
I've been hankering back to Uni days at the moment although not sure why as this time last year I was doing my dissertation & that was 12,000 words of pure hell! The main reason for the reminiscing I think is the freedom & how easy it was to catch up with all your friends. I loved the fact that you could choose when you wanted to work. You see, I come alive in the evenings but I detest mornings so at Uni I could sleep in until 10.00am but work until 1am if I wanted. You could also decide when to take a day off and when to do an all nighter (somehow I always ended up doing a lot of the latter!)
On that theme, flexible working is a bit of a key topic at the minute & I'm personally all for it. I like the idea of being able to choose when you work your hours for the week. I understand that it won't work in all professions but for those where it will I think it's worth implementing. It would definitely attract me to a company but I guess its horses for courses. I'm a Balancer so this flexibility appeals to me whereas for someone who's a Contender a salary is probably more likely to be the biggest draw. What do you think on this? Does your company already operate a policy along these lines? Do you like/dislike the idea?
Anywho, I digress slightly. I'm very much looking forward to the weekend as we haven't met up as a group since Fiona's birthday in January & we weren't able to have a proper catch up then as we were out & she had other friends there. Not entirely sure what we're doing as none of us possess much decisiveness and after many emails & phone calls I think we've agreed that we'll all meet up & go from there. I shall let you know next week what mischief we got up to!
Also had a great catch up with my friends Nancy & Michelle this week who I've known since school. Chris was supposed to join us but he had the flu, hope you're feeling better now sweetpea! It's Nancy's birthday party in two weeks so that was a big topic of conversation. She's bought a beautiful dress in green but is contemplating taking it back for the black version. Now black is a timeless classic & every woman needs a little black dress in her wardrobe but green is different and it is her party. She was thinking of wearing the green dress with gold accessories & she does already have a black dress in her wardrobe. She has lovely red/brown hair with blonde highlights. Now that you have all the facts to make an informed decision I'm sure she'd welcome your thoughts on this!
I think that's one of the great things about getting older is that you have friends from different walks of life. When I was younger all my friends were from school or were my parents' friends children and so they were pretty much all local. Now that I've been to college and Uni and worked in numerous different places I have friends of different ages, that are living in various places and doing all manner of different things. The only thing I find difficult about this is keeping in touch with all of them. One minute you've just spoken and then before you turn around it's been 2 months. Does anyone else find this or am I missing some ways to make this easier?
Right, I've waffled more than enough for one entry so its toodle pip from me for now. I'll be back very soon. Look forward to hearing from you on late starts, coloured dresses & being a social butterfly - what a mixed bag! Or please feel free to drop me a line on anything else that takes your fancy.
Comments
I know exacty how you feel. I miss Uni life all the time. I think for me it's the ability to socialise every night, see my mates whenever, even silly hours!!! Not having to worry about work first thing in the morning, oh, and the ability to go to the beach (Bridlington- not far from Hull) for fish and chips on sunny days like yesterday.
Still, i do successfully keep in contact with my mates, and I think it mainly thanks to MSN and annual birthday bashes, that is a sin to miss.
Azzy - May 6, 2006 04:59 PM