Life, the universe, oh you know
It's all so scary...
Updated version, still not much better than the original "Macaroni Cheese" intro...
Well, I suppose here I should talk about myself, it would be more meaningful than my original strange intro rant. I have three children (aged 9, 7 and 2), a husband (ish), and an overwhelming urge to say I'm 21 rather than my actual age. A bit of a worry, but I found that once I reached the quarter century it was just too frightening to think about it, so I tried to stop. I live in Ampthill in Bedfordshire, which is rather a cool little town with loads of historical interest. I was born here, but I moved away about 13 years ago and have only just come back. It has been suggested that "coming home to roost" usually happens a bit later on in most people's lives, but then who knows how long they're going to be, so they can move back at the right time?
Speaking of which, I smoke (which I know I shouldn't) and can't find the strength to give up at the moment, drink too much (not that I measure, or get ratted... very often) and have lots of other little foibles, that I suppose make me the fascinating person I am (yes, I do mean that ironically).
I do lots of positive useful things too - a new Saturday job (rather scary, working in an Estate Agency), lots of craft hobbies if I get round to making the time, I play the piano - I keep saying I'll start teaching it, but that's a bit of a biggy and I'm not sure I'm up to it.
I rather fancy a job typesetting or some such publishing thing, so I could do it from home while my youngest is here all the time, but I'm not sure how to go about that. When I checked out jobs on the internet, they all seemed to involve Mac computers (yes I know they're better than PCs, I just don't have one) experience on Quark software (ditto) and working in London 35 hours a week. Surely in these high-technology days there must be another way, that doesn't wreck my family, rather than just staying at home, which wrecks my brain, self-confidence and bank balance? (Any ideas gratefully received!)
But as they say, 
feel the fear, and do it anyway. I can feel some articles coming on, I'm just not sure anyone will be interested in them. Any thoughts on (a)History of Ampthill, (b)modern philosophy, (c)weird stuff that pops into my head, or (d)shutting up now...
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| macaroni? | Jul 15, 2001 |
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