Another update! Hurrah!

OK, so I haven’t told my brother yet, but I promise I will soon… It takes a lot of time to build up the courage, as I explained before. I think I will get round to doing it and probably quite soon, but I just have to be comfortable in myself first.

I’m getting ready to jet off for a week tomorrow evening – I’m going up North to stay with James for one night, then we’re flying across to Dublin the next morning, staying there for a night and then back to Newcastle for a few days. Well, it’s not the most glamorous of breaks (even though we are staying in a very posh 4* hotel in Dublin) but I think the break will be really nice. It’ll be nice to be able to take my mind off my general skintedness, at least for a few days, this months (bills – I now truly understand why they are the bain of some peoples’ lives!)

And when I get back, I start my Open University Spanish course. I can’t wait, but to be honest I’m a bit worried about my capacity to learn languages! I wasn’t very good at my French at school (though I did come out with a C at GCSE), though this time I am doing it because it is something I really want to do. That should make a big difference I hope.

Finally, it seems as though the present-buying period is already smothering me! When I get back from Newcastle, it’s my little sister’s birthday who is expecting a big present (well, a holiday, but that’s a whole different story), and then it’s the run up to Christmas. I’ve already been receiving countless emails telling me about festive period special offers – oi vey. I am looking forward to Bonfire Night, however, when I shall get to take my little brother and sister to the firework display at Ally Pally. I wonder if I’ll have told Graham by then…

Et Voila! I’m getting better at these updates…

steven