Time Flies When You're Having So Much Fun

I honestly can't believe that this year is nearly over already. With six weeks to Christmas, there really is not much time left at all. This year has been very eventful to say the least as a lot of things have happened. It does seem weird to look back on this year now but, it's all just gone so fast. I received my Prince's Trust certificate today, that was a great reminder of the events earlier this year as it was such a fun course and it's good to still be in contact with most of whom I worked with. I'm well into my fourth month of employment still at the petrol station and I am still enjoying it. It can be a bit of a mad rush sometimes but, it keeps me on my toes. We have a special visitor this weekend that I'm mildly nervous about as it is the head boss and it will be the first time I get to meet him. This week, of course consisting of the big preparation.

I need to remind myself repeatedly to book the 6th of December off work completely so I can go Christmas shopping with my good friend Joanne whom I've known since secondary school. We don't see each other so often these days but, when we do we try to make the most of it and always seem to start from where we last left off. I do miss a lot of my friends at the moment. I'm surrounded by work and I don't get much of a chance to go out. I've only been working 6 hour shifts this week but, I still feel worn down from the weeks before, hence not wanting to go anywhere. I've only just managed to get my sleeping pattern back on track from alternating days and night shifts though, I will probably suffer that again this weekend for the visit. Even though I'll only be in a couple of hours in the morning, I'll be back in later for 10pm till 6am. The thought alone is quite daunting as it is. Altogether it will be maximum 11 hours...

The good news is that I like nightshifts that start at 10pm rather than midnight because I get more time to do things. Time which is much needed.

My Latest Suprise

So, as usual I have left a fair gap since my last post so I have a fair bit to write about. You all know I now have a job and have had one for the last 3-4 months. I have been quietly saving up for a new computer machine with plenty more power. I was originally contemplating spending around 300-400 on a half decent gaming/desktop pc and then sticking in another graphics card that I had donated to me by my friend out of sympathy for not having one at all for my old pc which now may as well be classed as dead. Literally, all it does is blue screen and I can't be bothered to sort it, nor do I have the time or money to waste by just trying to revive it. Long strory short, I took as it may, the easy way out and brought myself a mac. No, I'm not joking.

This is the first Apple Mac I have ever owned and that has ever been in the Keeton household. I have been sparing though, and I have thought this through. Honest.

Right, specs are as follows:

OS X Yosemite

2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 3.1GHz) with 3MB on-chip shared L3 cache

1TB (5400-rpm) hard drive
8GB of 1600MHz LPDDR3 memory

Intel Iris Graphics

Two Thunderbolt 2 ports (up to 20 Gbps)
Four USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)
HDMI port
SDXC card slot
Gigabit Ethernet port
Audio in port
Headphone port
IR receiver


All in all, a very powerful machine and very tiny. One thing I have failed to mention thus far is that I did go for the Apple Mac mini. Which basically means, its not an all in one like most Macs, which I really like. It's incredibly small and extremely powerful. Also, it came with Pages, Numbers, Keynote, iPhoto, iMovie and Garage band pre-installed.

I'm a very excited Kim!