I aten't dead

Sorry for the long break in this journal. I'm just not very good at keeping up regular habits - except going to work, and I'm not doing that currently because I'm being made redundant. I say "being" because it hasn't officially happened yet but I've been told to look for another job rather than going to work because there will probably be no money to pay me at the end of the month. Since I got this news last week I've updated my c.v., got in touch with employment agencies and made a few applications. I also have a few leads on vacancies that might appear soon. No news yet though.

Meanwhile we've been moving forward with preparations for the wedding. Nattie's dress, the cake, the flowers and so on are all ordered. I've booked a morning suit and shoes, and I added a hat to the order yesterday to complete the ensemble. We've met up with the photographer - in a pub - and had a good chat about what we want him to do. I think he'll do a good job, with a mixture of formal and candid pictures, and he'll also be scanning them and putting them on CD for us, which saves us a lot of trouble. We're also getting a video made - a pair of photographers and videographers are just setting up an independent business and don't have a portfolio yet, so they offered to cover a few weddings for free, which was too good a price to turn down. ;-)