So life has taken some major turns in the 3 years I haven't posted - firstly I haven't worked for Wetherspoons for almost 2 years now. I quit back in 2013 (maybe?) when I was hired as a manager of an internet company. That lasted about a year and was one of my favourite years of my employed life but, unfortunately, was made redundant in 2014. I had 2 months away from employment while I figured out what I was going to do with myself before going back to bar work for a restaurant near my house. It wasn't great and the pay was terrible, but it was a job. That lasted until September 2014 when I worked 4 months as a teaching assistant which I really, well and truly loved. I still see a load of the kids I used to teach even now and they always wave at me with these humongous smiles on their faces and a greeting of "Hi Miss Wood!!" Since January I've been working for a Temp Agency at a contact centre for IKEA and about a week ago I got told I was so good at my job I'd managed to secure myself a permanent position so currently I'm going through training to become part of the proper customer service team. The pay is pretty good, I like doing the calls and the work and I absolutely love my co-workers, it's such a fantastic business to work for, they're all so supportive and you can always find someone willing to give you a hug when you need one or who wants to chat to you during your lunch, I've not had a single lonely day there yet. The job side of things is going really great.
I don't live in Lincoln anymore either. The second I hit graduation I ran back to my mummy who swaddled me in love and affection for well over a year and a half before shipping me off again to live down in Peterborough. I've not spoken to a single one of the girls I used to live with since we lived together and don't plan on ever doing again. Just read through my last post and you remember the dog thing? Well, Holly ended up owing the company over £3000 for repairs to the damages the damn thing left behind. Speedy ended up living to the ripe old age of 2 and a half before dying peacefully in his sleep. We never did manage to tame him, figured if he was that scared we'd just leave him to live his life in his cage - which now houses Luke's mother's Tortoise... Darcy (Don't even ask). A few years back now, Luke got a leopard gecko for Christmas we named Moshi... something to do with lizards in Japan or something, I can't really remember where we got the name from but she is the most adorable thing ever. She's so tiny and really friendly! She loves being picked up and will happily sit on our heads for hours at a time when she's not stalking the mealworms we leave for her on our palms.
So I now live with Luke in Peterborough and I guess we should say it's about time, but we finally set our wedding date for July 30th 2016. We're getting married in Bowness-on-Windermere where my grandparents live and we've booked out an entire high school for our reception party. I have so many fantastic ideas and really can't wait for it at all. Life's been going fantastic recently. I have a job I like, I live with Luke (even if we are sharing a single bed in a single room, it's a start), we've booked our wedding and we have so many friends around us, I seriously feel like I'm entering that light at the end of the dark tunnel I was stuck in for so long. Today at work, we decided to play a game in training called "Who wants to be a millionaire" and 3 of the other people immediately said "I wanna join Ella's team!! She's so smart and knows so many random facts, we'll definitely win!" and of course we did.
So yeah, things are looking up. It's mainly why I changed the entire style of my blog, before it was all black and dark but I prefer light backgrounds these days, matches my mood. But it's bedtime now. We're going to watch a few episodes of our favourite show then get some shut eye because we both have work early tomorrow. Ciao for now x
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