The Breakthrough.

I'm really happy to be able to tell you all that i have found myself a great theatre company that are willing to let me become a member! 

Questors theatre company in ealing is the only name on my lips at the moment. And before i write more i have to thank two people especially, my mum, as she brought the company to my attention and had been encouraging me to go to their Wednesday open evenings basically since i moved to london lol, and moose who went with me Wednesday night just gone, and basically dragged me in as i almost chickened out. 

It was great, every wednesday they have open evenings where they'll show you around and buy you a drink at their bar. So me and moose show up and we are the only two so maggie showed us around. It was really nice to get a personal tour, i was able to speak to her, ask questions, and let her know just how interested i really am. 

I fell in love with the place almost straight away. I mean, they have their own bar, what's not to love?! And a nice area out front that seems to serve as a good beer garden too. 

There are two theatre spaces, the Studio and and Playhouse, both lovely, really adaptable spaces that made my mouth water as soon as we walked in. 

They have a huge workshop where they make all their set, they have equipment, and a paint-shop! And a decent sized costume store. 

Basically a theatre company that are decently equipped! So i said where do i sign up! 

Seeing my excitement and willingness to be involved maggie told me that the stage manager jane was looking for some more help so long story short she introduced me and jane gave me a script to Les Liasions Dangerereus and said come along to fridays rehearsal! 

I was terrified lol. But according to moose i was glowing with happiness :-)

   

Pixie's coming home!

Mwhahahaha......

After four months of excitement, wonder, stress, tears and fears i am returning triumphant to my home town, St.Ives.

But only for a few days :-)

I havent given up on london quite yet!

I'm really looking forward to it, must admit, i have missed being able to walk everywhere in less than an hour. Can't wait to run around my old haunts.

My current list of things to do includes:

Giving a massive hug to my lovely family (of course!) :-)

Lying spreadeagled on the beach...all five of them.

Checking out Jayde's new flat.

Getting very drunk with friends in the pubs and the sazbar and possibly being carried home singing :-)

Being a customer in all three of the cafes i used to work in (i have missed Yellow Canarys Mississppi mud pies and bumbles cakes).

Enjoying mums cooking (nothing beats your mums cooking does it?)

I feel an update coming on...

Comrades!
Welcome!
Join me in my new pad, out your feet up, and let us catch up.
A lot has happened since last we spoke. Most importantly, I, together with comrade laura have fled the tyranny of our...landlady (to use a polite term). A huge fight between her and the two of us had us packing our bags before the sun came up. We were very lucky, after not much searching we have found outselves very nice digs in lovely Acton, which, yes, it must be admitted is hardly the centre of london, but is lovely nonetheless.
Very good advice was given to me when i was flat hunting which was to make sure a place felt right. Well friends, with this place, it was rather a case of love at first sight. It's a lovely Victorian terraced house (according to laura, like i'd know!) that instantly reminded me university digs, so it had an instant appeal. Mine and lauras rooms are on the ground floor, there is a lovely loungue/kitchen thats big enough for all six of us thankfully. At least one of the sofas turns into a sofa bed which is groovy, although i does make me jump when i walk in and find randoms sleeping in there. But ah well. I just make tea around them. Theres a nice bathroom in which the shower actually works! Wonders will never cease.
I love my room, it has a very comfy double bed (dont think ill ever be able to go back to a single again!) lots of storage space, a full length mirror and, best of all, a lock on my door! And i can close my door whenever i want! Silly to be pleased by such small things i know but nonetheless.
I have four really nice housemates.
Sonia and Baptiste, a couple who share one of the rooms.
James who's cool.
John who has been there the longest and who is the 'father' of the house. He looks after everyone. Is very organised with money which is ace.
There is a tescos round one corner, my bus stop to work round another.
And we are payng a fair bit less for this place that is already making me happier than living at margies ever did.
It's amazing the amount of stress and worry that has left me. I lok forward to coming home now as i can do my own thing without feeling like someones peering over my shoulder. Everyone here comes and goes as they please, we don't have to run anything by anyone, don't have to ask permission to have friends over, we hang out when we're in and our paths cross but thats it. No pressure, no expectations, just blessed blessed freedom!
*breathes a huge sigh or relief*

Crossroads

Ok my friends, to cut a long story short, i went through a time of doubt recently, funnily enough right after my spell of homesickness, and was beginning to plan a temporary return to cornwall to regroup financially and then return triumphant with my pockets lined with gold. I have a job now which is great but after rent and tax and food etc theres not a whole lot left, which i wouldnt mind so much if i didnt have an overdraft to pay off. But i have decided to stick it out here (as i so love london) and go and speak to the bank.

Soooo yeah.

But things are looking up. I have regular work and im making friends :-) I had been feeling rather lonely in this big city on my own (for the most part) but i get on well with most of the people i work with so i took the plunge and asked one of them out for a coffee sometime.

But interestingly we never did get coffee. My chosen victim was Scott, an aussie who's in london for about a year before he continues gallavanting off around the world (lucky sod). He went to see Les Miserables after work the other day so i said do you fancy reviewing it over a cup of coffee, he said yes so i gave him my number and said ok give me a call and we'll arrange it.

So yesterday we met up. It was funny, being a literal kind of person i thought we'd just go for coffee, but we ended up spending the best part of a day together. He's doing the traveling thing and had a list of things to do and se whilst in london. So we went to Abbey road so he could get a photo of him on the famous Beatles crossroad. It took us ages to get there, and when i realized why we were there i shouted at him lol. 

Then we went to Harrods which was fun. We spent two hours exploring it (it's huge!) pretending we could afford stuff. They have a chocolate bar! My mouth was watering. I tried on a truly horrible ring, was £9,000! 

So i had a whistle-stop tour round london doing the tourist thing. Good laugh.  

Happiness

I'm having a happy moment which i feel should be documented. Not that im unhappy all the time its just im feeling happy and im by a computer so i thought id share it.
Im still full of relief that i have a job, so much so that ive given up my day off tomorrow to go in to cover someone's shift. But it's all good, i like it there.
At the moment i feel like i have come on a lot building myself a little life in london. Im not thinking much furthur than a week ahead at a time because i cant at the mo, i have to live pretty in the moment. Im now adapting to a new routine of a 9-6 job which is not something im used to but it is fine :-) I dont have the stomach churning worry and stress about money. It had gotten to the point where i knew that if i didnt get a job within a week i would have to go back to cornwall, and i felt like that would be like admitting defeat. Thank god my perseverance paid off.
Man im tired so im going to have something to eat and go to bed.
Night all
xxx

Update

Helloooo my faithful followers, sorry for the long silence, i've had no intenet for a while but im back now! Mwhaha.
I have some sad news. My faithful laptop sadly went to the big hard drive in the sky a couple of weeks ago. It will be missed. I had a feeling it was on it's last legs, running insanely slow and freezing/crashing every five minutes, so it wasnt a total shock.
It served me well through the time i needed it most, university, so i can't ask more than that.
My lovely housemate Laura has very kindly said i can use hers when its free which is really nice of her.

Sooooo...i have news.

I have a job!!!

And one i enjoy which for me is possibly the most important thing. The fact that the pay is good is also a bonus :-)
So what is this marvellous job i hear you cry?
I am a retail assistant at The Natural History Museum!
Which basically means i work in the main museum shop.
It's good fun. I got the job through an agency so im a temp, and there are a few of us, i get on well with most of them. The shop has several different sections (dino, ecology, darwin, minerals etc), all of which have interesting stuff in, and every day is different. I might spend a whole day on a till or i might be sent to a section to keep an eye on it and keep it nice and neat and tidy. Also, when your on the shop floor you often get people asking you questions, so i get to help people out which is fun. Most people have been really nice and friendly and willing to have a chat about things which is good. I've been recommending the Darwin exhibition and the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, as part of our training we got to see both and they are ace.
As it's half term this week i am working six days, mostly 9 - 6.15 but a couple of 12 - 4 shifts too. It's tiring but we get two 20min breaks and a 45min lunch break and they spilt the day up nicely so you dont feel like you've been working for ages without a break.

So the biggest worry i've had since moving here is now gone :-) i cant tell you how good it feels. I can go food shopping and not panic about spending money as now i know ill be gettting paid on friday :-)

So this is one happy knitter, about to go and start a top, saying farewell for now :-)

xxx

I'd rather be knitting.

Well my friends its been a slow afternoon. Checking my bank balance earlier spurred me on to continue job searching as it would be nice to find something a little more full time and definate than what i currently have. But sitting in front of a computer for most of the afternoon chafes rather. However, i have managed to get promises of callbacks from 2 places which no doubt ill have to chase up. Ah well.
The trouble is, as you may have guessed...I'd rather be knitting! The knitting group is tonight by waterloo station, it's my second time going and this time laura (my new housemate) is coming with me! :-) should be great fun. Have to go see a man about a job first though so i may be a little late but if i get the job it'll be worth it!
Really looking forward to saturday too, exploring camden market with one of my best friends thn going out at night with laura and him and his friends. Can't go far wrong! :-D
xxx