Hmmm...

I saw a photo of a UK-based celebrity and I thought "wow, she really looks like a girl I used to work with" and saved it off so I could show it off here. But then I can't remember if I've ever spoken about her before. I feel that I have, though she's not been referred to frequently enough to be tagged, but I'm pretty sure I'll have mentioned an attractive blonde woman who once showed her abs to co-workers on a night out. After all, I do love women with abs.

But here's Jenni Falconer who giving off serious ex-colleague vibes:

Let's dance.

As part of my plan to get out of the house more, I've bought tickets to a gig at the start of November. It's a band that I like, but I've kinda lost track of some of their newer stuff, so something to get back into.

More money

I had an interesting dream last night. I was talking to, I think, KfW2, about work stuff and someone overheard us chat. They approached me and offered me a job on the spot at double my salary, doing the same thing that I do currently. We chatted briefly, ironed out the details and I accepted the offer.

KfW2 was really supportive, until they returned and offered me a management position at twice the offered salary. I refused and he kept upping the salary offer until it was too good to turn down. KfW2 got really jealous and refused to speak to me and the rest of the dream was spent attempting to get her to talk to me again.

Smell ya later.

The neighbours have fired up their barbecue and it smells awesome. Buying a new BBQ was something I wanted to do this summer, but we've not had a spell of good weather where I felt I wanted to go out and spend the money on a good quality BBQ.

And have people over. I think a lot of the funk that I've semi been in is the lack of seeing people. And getting people to come to mine would be a big win for me. Cos it feels like if I'm not making the effort, then I'm not seeing anyone.

It's been years since I fired up the BBQ and had people over. At the start of the summer, I had visions of getting my sis and bro-in-law down, or maybe even KfW2 and her family etc. But that's not really turned out how I wanted, all due to the weather.

And it's far too nice a night to be sitting in the house. I wish I were going to the pub.

Chill out.

Unlike the rest of the UK, the weather over here is glorious today. I've already spent just over an hour running the lawn mower over my garden. It didn't really need it - the lawn hasn't really grown like it did last year. The weeds, however, have spread. When it's less sunny, I'll need to get out with some weed and moss killer and some lawn feed.

That could be a tomorrow job - it's meant to be dry, warm but not particularly sunny.

Time to get finished up here and spend a few hours enjoying a tidier garden.

Calling.

I phoned KfW2 this morning. I wanted to check in, plus I was interested in seeing if she was going to say anything about her radio silence of the past few weeks.

"Were your ears burning?" she asked when she answered the phone. I was momentarily surprised because I wasn't actually expecting her to pick up the phone.

"No. But I hope it was all good." I laughed.

"It always is!"

"Hmmmm...." I pondered out loud.

But the conversation moved on. We chatted, mostly about our respective work, and then she had to go as she was heading out with her husband. It was nice hearing her voice and she did sound genuinely glad to hear from me, but we didn't cover some stuff that I would have liked. That's not a huge deal though. It was the phone itself that was important.

Getting out.

I met Nerdy Girl again last night - that's twice in a week. It's something I want to do because I feel I'm really in a rut, so meeting Nerdy Girl ticks multiple boxes - getting out of the house, getting some fresh air and being sociable. When we parted, she mentioned doing it again next week, which would be great. We're still kinda stuck on our short walking route because the plantar fasciitis is still an issue, though it does appear to be easing. We're probably a good few weeks away from getting back to our original 6-mile route.

I also sent out a message to The Crowd to see if they were interested in meeting for drinks this weekend. S and GM aren't available. FC and Mrs FC are available, but I think the general feeling is that we hold off until everyone's available. Who knows when that will be?

Sigh.

My attention span this week has been appalling. I'm flitting from thing to thing every twenty or thirty minutes. It doesn't matter if it's doing chores, sitting in front of the TV or the PC... I start something then move on to something else a few minutes later. Play a game? Get bored. Watch a TV show? Get bored. Start a chore that's going to take an hour? Get bored.

I'm even having issues deciding what to do in the first place. Urgh.

I am, at least, slowly chipping away at small tasks, so it's not like I'm not accomplishing anything.

YESSS!

For the first time since I've been in this house, I've managed to call a trades person, explain the problem, arrange for them to visit and actually got my problem solved, all within a few hours. I wish I could get a glazier out that efficiently. Woohoo! It's only a little thing, but I feel like it's a big win for me.

Let's go.

Today marks the first day of a week off. I have some low-key goals, mainly around house chores, and nothing else really planned. The weather, which was originally mean to be good has seemingly been pushed out a few days, so it'll be Wednesday before I get anywhere near the garden.

Six degrees.

Over the years, I've posted about various women who make semi-regular appearances in my Tinder (and other dating apps) feed. There's a woman who pops up irregularly, but she looks pretty and, while I've no evidence to the contrary, tall.

Nothing, obviously, has ever come of my swiping, otherwise you'd know all about it, dear reader. I have also posted about how "small" it is where I live. The "6 degrees" effect. And so if you've read this far, it'll come as no surprise to find out that the attractive blonde woman is a friend of my cousin, as evidenced by a Facebook post that I saw last evening.

Now, it's been some time since I last had the blonde woman popped up on my online dating feeds, but interesting nonetheless.