...damn and blast it to hell...to a melting watery grave!!!
An interesting point here...for me that is...my Friday bunch of ne'er do wells have taught me skills in getting out of snow and mud...using techniques they learned and developed whilst nicking vehicles!!!...I have to laugh..had they not shown me...to get us out of being stuck due to my crap driving...I would not know how to!!
I must also admit to having a mischievous grin on my face when I try a wee skid or doughnut!!!...damn those boys have taught me well!!!
Seriously though...this snow is intense...I am back here at my second (single) home and the snow is coming down...came back tonight expecting my audition to go ahead tonight but it has been rescheduled until next week..hurrah and boo...not sure if i will get out tomorrow but if not i have my lap top here to do ALL my office admin work...but do not wish to miss my show on SHMU or miss working with Alec..but hey..I am not going to crash to prove a point..and there is a pub here!!!
Well, C and I drove south last year a few weeks into December and the snow was awful...vowed never to do it again..so....after the jail project finished a few weeks earlier than last year...i left (on my own this time) for Strathyre...lovely time with Steve, Jill and the rest...then over to Edinburgh to meet the Godmother...then back up to Aberdeen..just as the snow came in...and from that point on it has been white white white..now it is a bit boring...but as stated above...i seem to have developed the skills to get around.
That was a good day but a hard day's driving...Strathyre to Edinburgh..major leg ache...then Edinburgh to Aberdeen...a lot of miles and a lot of metal on the cd!!..but it was nice...when i was a seasonal at Loch Lomond...a full time ranger said to me...enjoy it while you can before you get settled...i wouldn't go that far..but I do miss the movement...the unexpectedness of it all..the feeling of movement and cramming as many experiences into a short space of time...seeing places and people all at the once...love it...and I had a lovely time.
Now back and working..although had to cancel tree planting with a nursery group tomorrow..the snow is approximately as deep as the nursery group...and I can't find my saplings stored at the office in the snow!!!...which is nice.
Matters are a wee bit more formalised and positive than the last time I was in the position of the contract ending....too much to mention...all that is to say...if they extend past March 2011 then i am in for over 24 months and they must source funding or provide themselves if not....woop woop!!!
Jail project finished last week and I was very proud to be there and present their John Muir Awards...a very focused 2 groups I must say...although some young bucks were fecking about on the day..and i suspect a large amount of heavy petting was a way of passing material back into the jail...eve though they knew they would be strip searched after they left the room...I hope they did not as it would result in extra months..we shall see....be back in to finish the composter and then both that and the planter are to go to a nursery ASAP..if we can get through the snow that is.
Family life continues apace and all seems to be going well..as well as it can with an 11 and 13 year old...we shall see..I spend more time there than I do here...which is why i am moving out.....or in...depending on how you look at it...as i am moving to town...a nice part..where the rent is significantly less than here..which will help me save for a deposit for a property in Aberdeen....this time next year...we shall see....but it makes sense to pay less for not being somewhere most of the time.
All good though.
Tara for now.
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Bleaurghhhhh
..look at the time...ready to go..well..almost...another day in the jail...weather seems to be holding so should be able to work outside..hurrah!!....well..I mean outside on the inside if you see what I mean...up earlier tomorrow...need to be at the bus stop for 6.45am in order to get to Aberdeen by 8...very very important meeting with the CS..all to do with funding..critical for moving on....then off to pick up the hire car..hurrah!!
anyhoo..better gan awa.
Tara
anyhoo..better gan awa.
Tara
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Just to be fair...
...here are both L and C's pumpkins!!!
Bless em, they told us there would be guisers and there was!!
Long Road Indeed
Well,
How are things going with one and all?
For me, it seems like a distinct new road in my life but with the same person as before...oh...and 2 kids and a Bengal cat (me no likey!!). As always, i do have a high propensity for messing things up but there does seem to be a significant change in awareness both for me and C as to how we are as individuals and as a couple.
A new approach with the children and different "visiting times" when I am more relaxed and fresh seem to be working this time. Now...prepare yourself...last weekend...I shared a joke with teenage quine!!!!!..unbelievable!!! we shall see how that goes but looking good and a sound base to move forward on. Instead of the git that came i and barked at them to do this and that and therefore should be hated, etc...I am just another loon on the block and subject to the mood swings of a teenager...all fairly normal and not specific to me. In fact, it is more C that loses her temper....he he.
As for C..she has progressed so much since i met her. It is now C, not me, that is moving matters on with her ex idiot (not that I class masel as the current idiot!) and applied to the child support agency as he has not really paid any money..this was a tense time but C was amazing..she is the one that is pushing, I am simply supporting. Apparently it is all her fault and blah blah blah..I was on the phone to dad last nite and we were chatting about it...quite rightly..he recalled when mum left..he didn't even flinch when money came into it...this was sorted out straight away and with no quibble..."he has an obligation to look after his children"...a proper man, indeed.
And me?..well...I have been seeing someone in an attempt to unlock memories and emotions in order to be a better person for masel and for my partner/kids. It has been and will continue to be a difficult process but one that is paying dividends on all fronts.
As for work....here we go again...funding and the resource committee..we have funding for 2 days on the table from SURF...and we currently have 1 from Community Service Order..we are hoping to increase this to 2 days which will actually fund for 3 days of my post....clear?..he he..CSO are havering but i think that is because they are not keen in dealing with Ian..so I have a meeting with them on Friday am prior to my boys going out and about...i need to clinch it there and then and have the wheels in motion..no pressure then. Once this has all been confirmed we then move to the process of having the resource committee authorising it...in this day of cuts and the like...a fully externally funded post which brings in all sorts of benefits should go through.,....but this committee are not the best or common sense!!! We shall see what happens. The SURF (Sustainable URban Fringe development) looks interesting..a move away from my usual activities while still retaining some...lots more meet and greets and then some liaising with land owners and contractors..interesting and a bit higher level than before.
Outside work, I have a family life...can you believe it....and also trying out for a barbershop chorus..although I seem to find it difficult to find the time to learn my words or listen/sing to my cd's...only seem to manage 45 mins before my Sunday show...in the studio...hhhmmm...my voice is not going to make it i think..but I will try and see how it goes...you can but try...it is fun and the guys are nice as well..very supportive.
Hey ho...off to work I go.
Tara.
How are things going with one and all?
For me, it seems like a distinct new road in my life but with the same person as before...oh...and 2 kids and a Bengal cat (me no likey!!). As always, i do have a high propensity for messing things up but there does seem to be a significant change in awareness both for me and C as to how we are as individuals and as a couple.
A new approach with the children and different "visiting times" when I am more relaxed and fresh seem to be working this time. Now...prepare yourself...last weekend...I shared a joke with teenage quine!!!!!..unbelievable!!! we shall see how that goes but looking good and a sound base to move forward on. Instead of the git that came i and barked at them to do this and that and therefore should be hated, etc...I am just another loon on the block and subject to the mood swings of a teenager...all fairly normal and not specific to me. In fact, it is more C that loses her temper....he he.
As for C..she has progressed so much since i met her. It is now C, not me, that is moving matters on with her ex idiot (not that I class masel as the current idiot!) and applied to the child support agency as he has not really paid any money..this was a tense time but C was amazing..she is the one that is pushing, I am simply supporting. Apparently it is all her fault and blah blah blah..I was on the phone to dad last nite and we were chatting about it...quite rightly..he recalled when mum left..he didn't even flinch when money came into it...this was sorted out straight away and with no quibble..."he has an obligation to look after his children"...a proper man, indeed.
And me?..well...I have been seeing someone in an attempt to unlock memories and emotions in order to be a better person for masel and for my partner/kids. It has been and will continue to be a difficult process but one that is paying dividends on all fronts.
As for work....here we go again...funding and the resource committee..we have funding for 2 days on the table from SURF...and we currently have 1 from Community Service Order..we are hoping to increase this to 2 days which will actually fund for 3 days of my post....clear?..he he..CSO are havering but i think that is because they are not keen in dealing with Ian..so I have a meeting with them on Friday am prior to my boys going out and about...i need to clinch it there and then and have the wheels in motion..no pressure then. Once this has all been confirmed we then move to the process of having the resource committee authorising it...in this day of cuts and the like...a fully externally funded post which brings in all sorts of benefits should go through.,....but this committee are not the best or common sense!!! We shall see what happens. The SURF (Sustainable URban Fringe development) looks interesting..a move away from my usual activities while still retaining some...lots more meet and greets and then some liaising with land owners and contractors..interesting and a bit higher level than before.
Outside work, I have a family life...can you believe it....and also trying out for a barbershop chorus..although I seem to find it difficult to find the time to learn my words or listen/sing to my cd's...only seem to manage 45 mins before my Sunday show...in the studio...hhhmmm...my voice is not going to make it i think..but I will try and see how it goes...you can but try...it is fun and the guys are nice as well..very supportive.
Hey ho...off to work I go.
Tara.
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