August Update

And so we have reached August

It's hard to believe that work will be finishing up in a few short weeks

The summer flew by

I'm looking forward to the send of the summer

Work quietens down

The town gets back to normal

The town I work in is a holiday sea-side town

So that population explodes during the summer 

And all the hotels and other businesses make hay while the sun shines

The places I work in is a charity run holiday centre 

It provides much needed holidays for those who ordinarily wouldn't be able to afford one

We get a mixture of people

Families

Groups

Children

Seniors 

Disabled people 

Sick people 

People usually arrived on a Friday afternoon

And depart the following Thursday

We are right on the main road so we are in the think of things

Which can be both a good thing and a bad thing

Our rooms are bright and spacious 

And we have live music at the weekend 

Overall the people who stay with us are lovely 

My managers motto for the house is 'Friendliness, cleaniless and good food'

This week my week starts on a Saturday 

And I work through to Wednesday

I'm doing some evening shifts this week

Which means I'll be working in the bar

I'm a bit anxious 

But I'm sure I'll be fine 

My confidence has definitely improved since I started working 

Most of the time I fake it

But that works too

As long as I look like I know what I'm doing that's half the battle

Also my working means I get to go on a holiday this September 

I've booked a hotel in Westport for three nights with my Mam

She is going to chill out

And I'm going horse riding which I'm so looking forward to

I'm treating my Mam so I'm delighted about that

We actually stayed in this hotel about ten years ago over Christmas

I was strung out at the time

And on the last night I ran out of drugs 

So I was in withdrawal 

It was horrific

I'll never forget it

The longest night of my life

Also 

Because I am earning money 

I get to go horse riding more often

Which is brilliant 

I would do it every single day if I could 

But I can only go as much as my wallet allows 

I still call to Coco too

He is now sharing his field with some sheep

I'm looking forward to finishing up work

So I can call to him more often

I feel bad that I'm only getting over a couple of times a week at the moment 

But I am doing my best to look after him

I had a great riding lesson yesterday 

Last week

My trainer told me that I was slightly tipping forward in my canter 

She took a video of me 

And I could clearly see it

So this week I really tried my hardest to address this 

I looked up and out instead of down 

I pushed my heels down 

Shoulders back 

Boobs out

She said there was a marked improvement this week which I was delighted to hear

Look

I know I'll never really do a whole lot with my riding

I don't want to compete 

I'm not training for an event 

I just want to ride for my own enjoyment 

I want to be able to walk, trot and canter 

To gallop on a beach 

To wade in the ocean

Be able to looo after and care for a horse

Because I love it

It makes me happy 

It fills the hole in my soul better than any pill or potion

We have our staff do on the 17th

We are going for a meal

And then for a few drinks 

I booked a hair appointment for the morning 

And am getting my makeup done in the afternoon

I am half dreading it

Half looking forward to it

It will be nice to get dressed up 

All suited and booted 

I am beyond shite at applying make up 

So I am getting a professional to do it 

I can't wait to see what I look like 

I am thinking a smokey eye with a flick of eye liner 

But as I said 

Make up is alien to me

The next questions is whether to have a drink or not 

I drank last year 

And didn't get home until 6am

This year I don't plan on doing that 

So I might have a couple of drinks 

But that is it

I think that's about it for now

Thank you for reading

Stay well

And keep smiling...