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So it’s now half past twelve (or 00:30 for all you people out there who prefer the 24 hour clock) and the power is out, at least the power keeps tripping every 5 min and I really can’t be bothered to keep flipping the main switch to get it all going again so I am going to leave it till tomorrow (hopefully it will have settled down by then). Not sure what is causing it, same thing was happening yesterday (and we broke out the candles) hmmm maybe I should grab a candle from my room… I mean my macbook light is OK but a bit more ambient? is that the word? ummm general light? whatever… you know what, yes a bit of extra light would be a good thing too sec I am going to set up a candle brb…

ok so I am back… of course I flipped the big power switch so all the power is back on now, but I also have a nice big candle here (see piccy) but knowing my luck the power will stay on this time heh.

Anyway I am back home in Pontypool at the moment, but not for long as we (me and Jess) have managed to get a flat in the marina (directly opposite Nick and Rich’s flat!) which is bloody brilliant as it is 5 min from both where both me and Jess work (plus the rent on it is brilliant for the Marina). We will be moving in there some time next week as I start my new software job on the 25/26th… not sure which, we originally agreed on the 25th but as that (as I later found out) is a bank holiday so I will probably be starting on the 26th. Technically Jess doesn’t have to move in until later as she doesn’t start work till the 1st of September. Although I am sure she wont want to leave me in a big empty flat all on my lonesem! :(

So yes, after a lot of stressful panic about work, houses, flats, money etc things are starting to look pretty good. Hopefully my new job will be good (as I haven’t started yet I can’t really say either way, but people I know who work there has sung it’s praises) so well… yeah everything is looking really great! I am going to be moving in with Jay properly (no student house, no housemates etc) which I am really looking forward to and I will soon be making real money! no more minimum wage jobs for me!

I have been slowly going through my stuff in my room in Pontypool and it is a little weird as I am now really moving out, not just moving to uni and back again for summer, easter and christmas etc. So I have been going through everything, what I want to take with me, what I want to store in the attic and what I want to throw away/give to charity). It is a slow process as I keep getting distracted by the internets but I am making progress!

hmm power is still on…. maybe it is the TV that was knocking the power off as that is the only thing that is now off that wasn’t before… or perhaps the downstairs lights… or the downstairs heater… okay there are a few things that are off now that were on before… never mind…

ok back to blog post, I have had a busy few weeks really from moving out from my student house which has been by far the nicest place I have lived (Excluding Rose Cottage of course!). Then I was panicking over finding a new place (as just as I was moving out I found out I had a job in Swansea!) plus I went down to London with Mum Dad and Jay (see the piccys on flickr) which was really good (Seeing the difference engine and Babbage’s original note books really put a shiver down my spine).

eep! How have I have got this far without mentioning that it was Jay’s (and my Mum’s) birthday last Thursday? I got Jay arty presents and umm a little blind box tokidoki thingy and Super Smash Brothers Brawl and she got Wii Fit from her parents and I got Mum 42 all time classics for the DS. We all went out for a kinda joint birthday meal in the evening to this place called the Newbridge near Usk and I had probably the best Steak I have ever had (or at least can remember having) it was uber uber tasty! Jay had *** oops there goes the power, hooray for the macbook battery and candle light *** Where was I? Oh yes Jay was heading out to South Ireland the next morning so wasn’t drinking much (even though it was her birthday!) but she did get to eat lots of tasty food so a good time was had by all.

Ooh I just thought, it is Monday now.. Jay will be home from Ireland today! Wooo!

Anyways. so yes… all in all things are on the up and up, with any luck my next blog post will be made from my new real non-student-house proper real life flat! Wooo!

So if I may quote American Pie…. Heres to the next step!

Cheers ^_^

Only two more nights left in my house before the last of my things will be shiped back home via courierdad… Today as I was packing I felt quite sad to be leaving this house as without a doubt in the last three years of living on my own this house has been the one that felt most like a home. Not that I am in anyway bad mouthing my last two houses (ok well Birla house was horrible but at least the people were great!) however living here with Nick and Jay has been brill.

I have also now graduated. Although initaly there was a bit of concern about graduating in a tent on a roundabout it turned out to be absolutely perfect. It was an excellent day where no one (including myself) could stop grinning constantly! It’s still quite strange to think I have finished Uni (and more generally full-time education) and am now going to be entering the real world of work (eep!). I have had a few sleepless nights wondering what is going to happen next and worrying about finding a job, a new place to live and well.. a life. Things are now starting to come together on all those fronts, which is nice!

In other news: I managed to lose my phone to the depths of the Sincity staircase (this had several repercussions, one being a missed telephone interview another being that I went out and bought an iPhone). Unfortunately I had not downloaded the photos from my phone to my macbook in at least two months which sadly means that I have lost a huge number of blurry phone snaps. This makes me sad :(

Right.. it is getting very late and I have to be up in the morning so that I can do more cleaning and packing! Fun Fun….

As the majority (if not all) of my readers know, Nick Bill, a very close friend of mine passed away a few months ago. Nick’s family and friends are soon to be doing a 30 mile walk (yes, 30 miles, thats longer than a marathon!) to raise money for the Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital who cared for Nick for almost 10 months.

At the time of writing this they have raised over £5,000 but let’s not let it stop there. So if it is at all possible I ask you to please donate what ever you can: www.justgiving.com/nickbill

Thank you very much

Behold, three long years of university work all wrapped up into one post…

Just a quick post (as it is about time for me to go to bed!) that I have now been blogging for five whole years. Today marks the day when I made my very first “news” post here. I already had an “updates” page which I reserved for specific notice of updates I had done to the website e.g. “Added School section” or whatever, but with my brand new news page I could be more descriptive and I could talk about whatever I wanted to. I didn’t actually know about “blogging” at this point in time and had no idea that I would eventually move the entire focus of my website to these “news posts”.

So Happy Birthday blog you are five years old! Wooo!