Busy Weekends

Over the past two weeks I have had a rather busy time, particularly at the weekends. As part of my Carpe Annus *sniggers* I'm applying for everything I see, this resulted in a trip to the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds for a meeting about a theatre project - I think it was a bit of a mistake really as they seemed to expect me to be from Leeds.

Ah well, after the 6 hour detour to Leeds I finally got to John Lewis Sister's (who we shall call JL sis) to see my half German niece - known affectionately as Schmoozy. We had a great time at the icy swings and the ball pools with me slipping her the occasional chocolate button. We take our naps at the same time, which is very convenient. She is so lovely at the minute. Although she is 16 months she is not yet talking but scribble talking and it is clear that some of the noises she makes are English and some are German - my German vocab. is coming on no end.

I'm continuing my pottery class and went through the snow to see Jenni in maskerade on Saturday. I also had an interview for a job I really wanted and although they turned me down they were very nice about it, saying I was employable and it was just that someone else scored more points. I went to my old department, now in a new building, and had a chat with my academic idol. It felt very good to talk to someone who doesn't assume I'm stupid and I left feeling a little hope for the future.

And finally, I spent the weekend at a Writing Squad film-making event about which a full post will appear in due course. I was very proud of myself for making it all the way through as I've not managed more than a half day for quite some time.

Sheffield is just beautiful in the snow.