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  1. Yep Silence of the Girls is book #1 of the 'Women of Troy' series.
  2. I've finally broken out of my reading funk a bit and finished two books last week, both of which I had been mulling over since mid-July. Devil's Day by Andrew Michael Hurley was a real struggle - I was disappointed because the first book of his I read, I devoured in one lovely Autumn morning last year, about 4 hours. This one I just could not get into, but I stuck with it like a stubborn mule. On Monday I was still lamenting that I wasn't even halfway into it's 290 pages, but then when I got to about page 160, it finally grabbed me and I was able to finish it that day. Mad. The other was The Manningtree Witches, by A.K.Blakemore. Meh. Nothing to write home about - as historical fiction about witch trials go, I far preferred The Familiars. Just glad to have finally finished them so I am free to read the few things I have had stacking up, starting with The Women of Troy by Pat Barker. I adored The Silence of the Girls and really hope this one matches up to it, as part of the series. Then in a few weeks Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice is out. I've already got it pre-ordered and looking forward to setting a whole weekend aside to curl up and enjoy it.
  3. Thanks for all of your responses @gigpusher @Avalon_Fields @Quark @Zoo Music Girl I'm feeling a little better this evening. I've decided that quitting my job and taking this one (if even offered!) is off the table. I've broken things down a bit and realised that I had a plan already, and putting this plan in action in the last month or so was already a big step. That plan being - readjusting my existing working pattern to allow more time for my volunteering activities and to gain experience in the team this interview is for. If the interview goes well and they can offer me even a few hours of paid work, then that is a bonus. If they can't offer me the job either due to me not being right for it/the hours not working out, then I will hopefully be able to still move ahead with the existing plan. I think this decision has been made a little easier actually by the fact that I had lunch with my existing work team today. It was really nice to see them, and I'm actually looking forward to going back into the office a bit. I think my disdain for my work has definitely been compounded by working from home - getting that separation back in work/home time will definitely help.
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    ABBA

    Looks like it's only happening in a purpose built arena in London. The promo pic is just of them in the gear for recording the performances - the 'live' show will just be holograms.
  5. WestCountryGirl

    ABBA

    And there it is: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/abba-voyage
  6. WestCountryGirl

    ABBA

    I have had a rubbish day but this livestream is clearing that right up. So much cringe, but so much joy. Still going to be disappointed when it's holograms.
  7. Yassss that's Christmas present for Dad sorted. Thanks!
  8. Thank you for your thoughts, both! Really honestly, my mind just feels like a whirlwind right now. The other factor which I forgot to mention in my initial post, and I keep forgetting entirely, is that the job I am interviewing for is only contracted until 31st March 2022, although it is work for a charity so one of those things where contracts are often short but extended where funding allows. I'm 30 and I am in the very fortunate position of already being in my own home, with a very affordable mortgage (owing to the fact I bought a tumble down shack, although that invites many of its own problems for which savings are always needed on hand to deal with). Certainly between me and my boyfriend we'd be able to cover our monthly bills and regular outgoings - I think the thing I'm just hesitant about is not having the disposable income to enjoy myself. I've always been quite rubbish at that anyway as I've always been sensible with money (possibly to a fault) and struggle to 'treat' myself to anything. I was just getting to a stage in my life where I felt good about the amount of cash I had each month to buy a new pair of shoes/treat myself to a massage/buy those gig tickets without fretting over it - to have just got there and now to give it up to just be endlessly stressing over fine margins/short contracts does fill me with a little bit of dread. Of course, as you suggest @gigpusher I'd be very open to finding another job as well, and anything to top up the income at that point would be a bonus. It's something I'd been looking at already - knowing that at some point I'd likely have to take a part-time job in the field I want to anyway. Honestly I just wish I could stop time for a week, send out a bunch of applications to loads of other part-time jobs, and just have everything neatly tied up by the time I have my interview next Tuesday. Ha! Alas, just going to have to figure it all out in the minutes available to me between now and then. And then probably not be offered the job anyway! At least then I can go back to the drawing board with more of an idea in mind of my bottom line, and start making plans based around that.
  9. Feeling overwhelmed recently. Been hating my work in ever increasing returns for months, and after a lovely summer of flitting about the country, enjoying long weekends and week long breaks, I'm really struggling to get my "regular work head" back on. On top of this, I've made a request in my work to move to a 4 day week - still full time hours - to free up one day a week for me to do the volunteer work that I am passionate about, that for the last few years has taken up my evenings. I did initially ask to reduce my hours entirely - as the whole aim here was to give myself more time - but that was a non-starter. On top of this, I've just applied for two part time roles in the field I actually want to work in. I've just been invited to interview for one of them next week, and whilst I was initially hoping I might be able to work the full-time and part-time roles together, the thought is entering my head that maybe I just need to cut the current full time job out of my life for good. But to leave that job and take the part-time one (this all just a thought experiment in assuming I would be offered it, which is by no means a given) would halve my income and essentially wipe out any chance of me putting cash into savings each month. But then if I went part-time I could look into doing some private work also, which would top up the income. But there would be costs associated with that too. So yeah. Lots to consider. For someone as anxious and cautious as me, extricating myself from my current job has felt like a bloody minefield, and having made some steps towards it, suddenly everything seems to be moving very quickly. Who knows where my head will be next week.
  10. @Zoo Music Girl I'm so sorry to hear about your Mum. Somehow the shock feels all the more cruel. I'm glad to hear that this place helps, and that you're planning to go to therapy. Take care, and just keep posting. We'll all be here. x
  11. Exactly, and I can be right down at the front with my request for 'Space Cowboy'.
  12. The Stones were the first headliner I saw on the Pyramid, at my first Glasto (having swerved Arctics on Friday for Chic), and my whole experience of that weekend is tinged with the anticipation of that night. The Stones t-shirts everywhere you looked, the covers being played, the Jagger-off dance competitions that just seemed to keep springing up at the drop of a hat. I was in that crowd with my oldest friend, both of us huge Stones fans, and we just couldn't really believe our luck. We cried and we danced and we screamed and when they went into Tumbling Dice toward the end of the set I must have jumped four feet straight in the air. Not sure it can be put better than in Charlie's own words from Emily's post - it really was, a great day. RIP Charlie.
  13. And yet I still can't help but, every time I hear "Vogue", imagining the Pyramid as the lights go down and that intro comes in... Probably safest the scenes remain a pleasant imagining. Can't have a disappointing set if the set never happens.
  14. 'Loved' just because my brother and I have eked 18 years of laughs out of that moment word and I didn't know there was a gif for it until now.
  15. Quite gutted to have lost the 2020 trio - what a festival that would have been - but Elton is an exciting prospect, and I'll just have to pray that whenever Swift does visit the farm that I'll be there to see her.
  16. God it's bloody exciting to be seeing headliner rumours coming about.
  17. Windsurfing looks like bloody hard work. Obviously I know that all Olympic sports are hard, but windsurfing has none of the grace and illusion of ease that you see in some others.
  18. Amazing work from Shriever and Whyte! Love the BMX racing.
  19. Woken up to the news that Bob Odenkirk is going to be okay is great enough but also Tomorrow I'm going to Center Parcs with my partner, Mum, Dad, brother, sister in law and nephew 🥰 for a whole week! This is the week away together we've been trying to have since March last year and it's finally here!!
  20. Yeah. Each time I google him the "headlines" are so long I get stressed worrying that the word "died" is going to come next. So, so hoping that he's okay. I watched it this afternoon and feel the same as you. I found it interesting that neither of the "best friends" interviewed in Asif Kapadia's Amy were the same as the three "best friends" in Reclaiming Amy. Of course I know that Amy is going to have had a lot of friends, but the three in the latter made me recall the two in the former. I'd have to rewatch Amy to recall exactly what Lauren and Juliette's take was on Mitch's role in everything, but honestly I'm not sure I ever will because it was too sad the first time. But that footage of her winning the Grammy as announced by Tony Bennett will never get old 💖
  21. Well exactly, that was my point! For some, as you say, they're a challenge and a way to best themselves. For me - as un-sporty a person as they come - sport is pure entertainment, and I so appreciate those who put themselves out there. I love the Olympics for seeing the pure joy and heartache and exhilaration, and to cheer on and get invested in people I didn't know the names of five minutes before.
  22. Yeah, I saw that - I was surprised at that. Only earlier in the day I'd had my aunt saying "but what's the point of it?" - to which I could only respond "what's the point of running around a track?" 🙄 I don't understand anyone writing off the skateboarding. It takes skill that I can't even imagine possessing - I know how to run, but stand me on a skateboard and I would be on my ass within seconds. I just love watching it - same as I love watching snowboarding. It's thrilling! I'm especially excited for the Park Skating rounds to begin.
  23. Prayer circle for Bob Odenkirk 🙏 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57996085
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