It is not down in any map; true places never are. ~Herman Melville

Now, I hope that isn't true. I have just bought my guide book (with maps inside)for Munich and I'm excited. I can't wait to get it so I can starting looking at some of the places I want to see! :-)

Since Friday.....

On Friday I took the radio back. It was doing something strange on the display. I also dyed my hair and on Friday night I went to see a cricket match with Alex (and one of Alex's friends) It surprised me and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would.

I spent the weekend in Derby with Alex which I loved. I had some of the cosiest sleep ever. Yesterday, we also booked a holiday so August 12th we're off to Munich! :-) I'm excited and I've already been looking at guide books.

Speaking of Germany, I made the decision late last night that I'm not going to go to the interview in Lichfield for the job in Berlin. It doesn't feel right to do this right now and there are other things I want to do. I feel like I need to stay financially secure by keeping this job at the moment and I think I need to focus my energy on finding a job I really want to do. I emailed them today to say I wasn't going to the interview. I would have loved the idea of working in Berlin (if I'd been successful at interview) but oddly I don't feel sad about turning it down. It feels like the right move.

Yet again.

Yet again I am up late. I meant to be in bed early but it didn't happen. I got out of work on time, then got a few bits and headed home. The reason I'm still up is I was getting my hair cut (my sister did it)and then I was sorting washing out before at 11.30pm finally settling down to finish my dissertation plan to send to my supervisor.

Now, you may not think that it takes that much time to get hair cut and sort washing and you're right- it doesn't.

Here's why everything took longer: I bought an alarm clock. Not just any alarm clock but one that is a DAB digital radio. I wanted a retro style one with bells originally. However, I saw this and it seemed the logical choice. I actually like listening to the radio and in the past I haven't always done it because tuning the radio was an absolute pain. It kept going fuzzy. (This will be a problem no longer!) The other reason for the alarm clock is becuase my phone is still stuck on 9am. This is set for 7am tomorrow because there are quite a few things I want to get sorted.

So back to the question. Buying it wasn't what took so long, neither was tuning in some stations I wanted. It was the alarm -that was a pain. Nevermind though now. I need to get to bed so I can be woken up hopefully to the sound of the radio. Fingers crossed.