Catching Up

So I'm in the new job, which is ticking over nicely and is about as much of a skive as I expectred it to be. The folk are pretty nice the customers are fine and the troubles from the neds arent' too terrible so far. That last includes being water-bombed towards the close of business the other day. Too stupid to realise that we were watching him & that he'd been logged into a PC immediately beforehand so bye-bye internet access. Chump!

I'm heartened to see how many people actually use the place, although a very high proportion are only there for internut access. Two stories, both sad in their own way.

One wee boy came in, sat quietly readin in the corner until closing and then asked us to keep the book behind the counter for him. "Why not take it home?" I asked. "Because my dad slags me off for being a geek if I take books home." says he.
Community police officers came in. Not to see us, so one of them could use the internet to book his holidays. Yep, whilst on duty. During the conversation at the counter about why he needed a membership to get on the computers he announces -proudly- that he "...tried to read a book once about fifteen years ago. Got about three words into it and that was enough." Makes you weep for the state of our polis, doesn't it?
Oh yeah! Before I forget. Typically, I've had more auditions & work since I semi-retired that I have in the past year.
Aeryn's doing really well. Had her first innoculations - a month late - and her six-week checkup - six weeks late. The joys of centralised organisation!
She's trying to sit up, is grasping & reaching for things and beginning to 'talk' and laugh. She has a smile that could melt the heart of a Thatcherite, too. Whatever the day's been like being greeted with the radiance of her biggest, cheesiest grins makes the world just disappear.