Bank Holidays...
Easter was nice--especially because I got a 4 day weekend. Good Friday and Easter Monday are both bank holidays, and virtually nobody works on those days. In fact, the whole country comes to a grinding halt! You know how everything except the bank and the post office is open on, say, Memorial day? In fact, most retailers have big sales and do tons of business on holidays? Not here. Most of the time, even the grocery stores are closed. The only thing that is open is usually your local off-license, or "offie." That's the corner store that sells the essentials, like bread, milk, toilet paper, chocolate, and more booze than two supermarkets put together!
I spent Good Friday giving my house a great clean since Martin was at work anyway. Saturday we had an extra choir practice and picked up some donated furniture for the new house, watched a movie, went for a drive, etc. Sunday was spent at church, of course. We had a special choir performance on Sunday evening, which was interesting. We are an unusual group, made up of some who have had quite a lot of training to the majority who can't read music at all, and a few who can't carry a tune in a bucket! But we tried hard, and it went well. Martin's mum came, and she got to meet a lot of the people we go to church with. They were all really lovely to her, which I was glad of.
After the choir performance, we drove down to Mablethorpe to see the grandparents. Both sets are doing well. We went for a walk on the beach and gathered sea shells and driftwood. I'd never been to Mablethorpe in nice weather before, and it was strange to see so many people there. Nice weather or not, I would NEVER swim in the North Sea. It looks bitterly cold, no matter how much the sun is shining. Plus, it's really dirty from all the commercial shipping and fishing that goes on there. There's also that sewage thing, though I think they've stopped dumping that in for the most part!
Monday night we went to a barbecue at Steve's house. All of Martin'sold mates were there except Adam, who is currently in Canada. We stayed for about 3 1/2 hours, and left when they started playing silly drinking games. It was a good time though--always fun to be social!
It was really hard to go back to work on Tuesday, but the time seems to be flying by. It's been really busy, which is nice. Martin had a hard time going back, as well, but he is doing well at work. He has an interview scheduled for Friday for the Assistant Manager position in Scunthorpe. We're both pretty pleased about that--especially now that we've signed our mortgage! I think he stands a better chance of getting this one than the last position he interviewed for, and I am fairly confident that he'll get it. Martin is such a hard worker!
It's amazing how much more I like England when the weather's nice.
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