Day One

Hello blog. 


I've decided to start writing this blog because I am unemployed and can feel my brain melting through lack of use. 


This week has been quite fun though...


1. My wonderful friends Sarah and Tom got married, with a beautiful country wedding. Lots of bunting and lots of rain. 

2. Having finished at the cafe, I served my final coffee with my final defiance being in the shape of a star. 

3. Last night I stayed up until 2.30am trying to finish The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton which had suddenly become super-gripping, but tiredness defeated me. I finally came to the end this afternoon. I've been reading it for weeks but haven't found time between depressing shifts to finish it. 
It was brilliant, albeit slightly slow to begin with. It's about a little girl found alone on a boat, with just a suitcase and no idea of her name or where she's come from. When she's an old woman, she spends her final years trying to discover her past, but when she dies, her granddaughter takes up the task. It's set in three different time periods so was quite confusing at the beginning, and there were quite a few characters all introduced at once but after settling into it, it was so compelling.  I read The House at Riverton before, which got going almost immediately, and was only set in two different periods, but both were equally dramatic and absorbing. 
I'm considering buying a Kindle....I think I would miss actual books way too much though. What a geek. 

4. Also today, I spent four hours applying for five jobs. PLEASE someone employ me.