Oops! I did warn at the start that I probably wouldn't be writing as much as I would like to. My free time has been taken up by the series Desperate Housewives. I'm on the last series now. I've figured out that 7 previous series with twenty-two 45 minute episodes each, all watched in 4 months means that when I'm not working I've had just about enough time to eat, shower and walk the dog. Yep, a dog. Jack Dog. A lot has happened in the last 5 months, when I'm not watching Desperate Housewives!
We heard about Jack through a work colleague who knew the couple that were fostering him for a few weeks. He'd been found wandering on a beach near some bins. No one knows if he was dumped there, born there or escaped from his previous home and ended up there... But he has a lovely life now. He was approximately 4 months old when we took him in, now he is 7 months and a smashing little fella. A little, black mix of everything.
Me and my boyfriend also visited England a couple of weeks ago. Apart from doing the rounds with friends and family (which was really lovely), it was shopping shopping shopping for me! I stocked up on size 42 shoes (99.9% of shoe shops here only go up to a 41, which is a UK 7.5, very annoying). I used up the other half of my luggage allowance on magazines of every variety - gossip, style, weekly, monthly, home, woman, even baby magazines! Walk around the airport holding a baby magazine and it's amazing how different you get treated! I'm not expecting by the way, just an interest of mine. People think that's strange, but I say "you don't need to be a footballer to buy a football magazine"....
We have also taken up tennis a few times a week. We have a court in our apartment complex and have always wanted to use it, but we found sport equipment very expensive here. So we got the rackets from England. Thought that paying nearly 50 Euros per racket here was a little steep just for a knock around like we do, so bought some £7 Donnay ones, bargain! All started when the doctor gave us "the talk" about our lifestyles. So we bought a smoothie maker and tennis rackets! It's all going very well. Although I've had to buy some more tennis balls already because a few of my serves have been lost over the fence. I don't realise my own strength sometimes!
When we are not having all this fun, we are working. Both in the same jobs as when I wrote last. My boyfriend really enjoys his job and can see himself doing the same thing for years to come. I would like a little more for myself. Don't get me wrong, my job is very nice, the people are great and I know a lot of people would love to have my job - but I have a big empty space in my life, which when Desperate Housewives finishes soon, I will need to occupy with something other than tennis! And no, not a baby either! So, while I'm enjoying myself in the here and now, I am thinking of plans for the long term. First step of the plan - learn Spanish!
Until next time...
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