That'll be my lullaby then!

Boody 'ell, I'm really not made for working! Or rather, I'm not made for getting up early in the morning, every morning. In the past 10 days or so I've been training for the new job, at different locations. The nearest is about an hour from home, the farthest about 2 1/2 hours. That is also the one I would be eventually based at, and latest clocking in time is 9 am. I have a problem, don't I? Especially because I've unexpectedly had a brilliant time since I started, especially last week. My co-new starters are a riot, really lovely people. This week we've been merged with another group that I can't say I'm particularly enamoured of, but hey, I won't be working with them so that's fine.

Last week I even managed to walk a lot, although this week it's proving much harder, with the different location.

The first job contacted me yesterday to request a further referee, as I had given two from the same organisation and they can't accept two from the same organisation. I explained I'd been there for about 13 years so I had no other work referees, really, and the lady helpfully suggested I could use non-work people from any organisation, such as voluntary organisations I've been involved with, or church, etc...
I thought it might be better not to mention that if I get anywhere near a church 1 - I start sneezing and 2 - the water in the font starts boiling over. As for voluntary organisations, the only one I've really been involved with is the community garden project, that doesn't have a leader. We kind of lead it as a group, so I'd be writing my own character reference, sort of thing.
There were two other people I could think of, who I am sure would give me excellent references, possibly even checking them with me before sending them off. One is the tutor I had last summer on the Community Interpreting course. She told me to my face I was one of the top students she'd had so I'd be pretty safe there. Unfortunately she's only known me for the two months I was on the course, which started less than 6 months ago, so I doubt they would accept her word.
The other one is Pauline, my ex counsellor. She's known me for almost 10 years, over 8 of which I was seeing her more or less every week. I stopped seeing her when I was made redundant as I couldn't afford it any more but we've kept in touch. She'd also give me a brilliant reference, but I was a bit concerned how it would look like, basically introducing myself as a nutcase even before I start the job! They'd possibly withdraw the offer :D
I've never made a secret of the problems I've had with stress, anxiety and depression, my previous employer knew all, including the counselling, and people in my private life also know. I don't have a major problem with my prospective employer knowing either, but not before I've had a chance to prove myself so they know I rock, nutcase or not. On the other hand, I have already disclosed all my official medical on the forms I completed for their people to check, so I might as well go all the way and disclose the counselling too. As Pauline pointed out when I spoke to her yesterday to ask if it would be ok with her, given the nature of the job it might even go in my favour. And if the company in question is remotely like the picture I've made of them, they wouldn't use it against anyway. If I have the wrong picture, it's probably better to find out now than later. So, on balance, I think Pauline is a pretty good choice.

I've been pretty good since last week, going to bed reasonably early every night - I mean, it was either that or turn up at work after lunch every day :D
Except last night when I went to see Lisa after work, and didn't get home until past 8 pm. Then I had to do a few things and after those I decided to watch the first part of Henry VIII. Of course I couldn't help but watch it 'till the end, it was so gripping, and I ended up going to sleep at an indecent hour, having to get up just over 4 hours later!
So tonight I've promised myself a very early night, and in a few minutes I'll be in bed with my new book. I've had it lying around for a while, but I was reading other stuff so didn't get round to it until today - and while I was at it, I've also updated my recent reads, which I'd overlooked for a while.

Playing on my iTunes in the last 15 minutes or so:

This;

This - just gimme a kiss!

These; and

This, for a grand finale :)))

Sweet dreams!