end of the week

hi there

no capital letters today as the shift key is a little stiff on this keyboard. as is the space bar, but i kinda need that one.

so, another week is over, and my first week at the new job is complete. i enjoyed myself overall. there are patches of boredom, but that is to be expeted i guess when there are no visitors to "assist"!! i am coming to the conclusion that even though the money in this job is not that great, the fact that everyone i work with is lovely and it's in a museum really makes up for it. it is hard to bond with people in offices, as they have a completely different dynamic. but in the museum, where there is time to talk and it's ok to talk, it's quite different. i am having some quite interesting and varied conversations too which is helping my brain not fall asleep during the day. the backgrounds of people there is very varied as well. there are ex school teachers, people who lived in the area so they know all about the topic that the museum deals with, and so on. and i am in a position to learn a great deal about a subject i know nothing as well. always good to expand the knowledge on whatever subject is available i say!

scott and i spent the day at the society of genealogists doing some research yesterday. i was reasonably successful in finding out some census informaton, but it was not for me, but for mum's friend. it was great to be able to track the one family from the 1861 census right through to the 1901 census. very satisfying. we met mum's cousin judy after that and had a wnder around the barbican. it is a development in london which has apartments, as well as theatres, concert halls etc. so we had dinner, and then scott and i went to the movies. we saw batman begins. i really enjoyed it actually. it was very dark, but so much better than the other batman films i have seen, some of which were quite cheesy and formulaic in my opinion.

and today not much is happening. we live near a park, and in the ark today is a festival. so we will check that out. i also saw a pair of shoes i would like to try on, so i will look at them today. i need a pair of sandals, and i think these would do the job - if they fit of course!! as for the festival, it's a rip off of the glastonbury festival which is usually a mud bath as it rains on all the people and their tents every year! hopefully they won't replicate that aspect of it...

so i shall be off. hope everyone is well. i would love to be able to say which museum i am working at, but i would prefer not to broadcast it to the billions around the world on the internet. if you would like to know, i can tell you by email!!

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