Moving on up

Dear Diary,

Well, for once, something good has happened! Two things, actually.

1) Yesterday I cracked and phoned the JobCentre - and it turns out I'm eligible for Job Seeker's allowance. Woo-hoo!! Nothing to be proud about I know, but fuck it, I've got nothing else to lose now. So I have an interview tomorrow to discuss my claim - and apparently they help you find work based on your skills! Sweet.

2) Landlady called - I've got a day shift tomorrow instead of the usual night shift. You know what that means, don't you? NO CLEANING-UP!! And I've got an EXTRA shift on Thursday. So an extra £20 next week, then! I might just go completely and utterly nuts and pay a trip to Primark!

All in all, quite a better day than yesterday. Mum was clearly due to have Aunt Irma in town, as she spent the whole day yelling at me, fuming about the state of the house (we've got a RELATIVE coming, not the frigging Queen) and getting frustrated with Dad...... The only amusing thing (if there was one) about the whole day was that it wasn't the messy house, Dad's "incompetance" or me being a lazy shite that pushed her over the edge - it was not being able to use the Internet. She actually shouted "FUCK!!!" at one point, for the first time in all the years I've been her daughter. I didn't know whether to collapse from shock or rupture my spleen laughing.

I was damned glad the day was over, to be honest. She was starting to drive me batshit crazy. Even when I've taken on the task of cooking tea for a whole week, she hung around me all the way through, questioning me, pointing out my complete incompetance and generally criticising me at every single opportunity. For fuck's sake..... I actually made an excuse about wanting to get a magazine, walked to the nearby corner shop and bought my body weight in chocolate. Felt strangely better, and not full of guilt for once......

Just getting ready to go to the usual pub quiz. Anna is being UNBEARABLE at the moment - constantly ranting about her wonderful boyfriend. Apparently he has a female friend he's never mentioned before. And hasn't been seeing too much of her (Anna) recently, because he "has loads of work" to do. Now, I don't mean to stray from my own side and put down my sex - but from what she's told me, it sounds like she nags him constantly, asks him why he doesn't talk about his feelings with her, and questions him about his friend constantly. I mean, COME ON!!! I don't claim to be a man-expert, having only ever had one boyfriend who dumped me 3 months in, but I at least know SOME common man-sense!! Jesus.....

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