Life moves on
I’ve just returned from spending Easter weekend at my parents’ in Devon, theoretically for a relaxing break from work. It was good to catch up with my Devon friends, and see my family, though it turned out to be a pretty active long-weekend! Friday had a walk up the local hill, carrying the Cross, as is the Good Friday tradition. A large part of Saturday was spent tramping around a nearby town delivering a local magazine for a friend, and Monday consisted of a really nice “proper” walk up on the moors. I haven’t really been up on Dartmoor (out of a car) since my D of E walk, I realised, and it was really nice to pull the walking boots back on and remember why I like(d) living in Brent. The company was excellent; we repaired to my local at the end of the day for food and refreshment, and I was joined by another handful of mates whom I haven’t seen in about a year. Catching-up ensued, then sleep and back on the train today.
Lectures are all over now, and I’m a couple of months away from my Finals. Between now and then, I still have a chunk of my research report (“Discrimination of the fundamental frequency of complex tones with low fundamental frequencies“) to write, and most of my dissertation (“Internal Speech: Its’ investigation and implications“). Yay. Then revision, of course. Yay. My summer plans consist of finding somewhere to live in Cambridge (see below), walking the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path with Georgie, and probably spending some time at the Edinburgh Fringe. Then, at the beginning of September, I will be starting work at the ADC Theatre, as Marketing Manager. This mainly includes doing Whatever It Takes ™ to keep people turning up to shows (and drinking in the bar) as well as actually looking after the bar and other Front-of-House aspects of the Theatre. This was totally my preferred activity for the coming year, and I consider myself very lucky to have got the job – my colleagues-to-be are all good friends, and I love the place to bits.
Another part of the job is “Duty Managing” – for non-ADC readers, that’s looking after the place during performance nights, from 7 (when normal office hours end) till whatever-unholy-hour-the-bar-closes. Having been trained last week, I’ve got my first proper DM shift tomorrow night – it shouldn’t be too busy as they go, I hope! For the rest of the week, I’ll be spending my nights behind the bar itself, for the remaining performances and WordFest. Good money, but I’m going to end up pretty knackered, I know it. All part of the fun…