Is it just me, or is everything changing?

Six days till I go to London. So a list of six things that have changed for me since I first got to Edinburgh.

1. The situation in the Middle East. erm, no, false start...

1. I have a degree -- Whod've thunk it. I know it's a repetitive theme here, but until I work for something else for another four years, I think it might be one that sticks.

1.1 I am in £12,000 worth of debt. Nearly as impressive as the former with just as much potential to change my life.

2. Pay grade -- When I left London I was on great money. I came here, and between my minimum wage jobs and my student loan... All I want is a nice handbag and a charm bracelet, yes, a friggin' charm bracelet.

3. Cooking/Baking -- In particular how I feel about it, especially baking. Hell, The boy that I lived with when I first moved to Edinburgh suffered many a rock hard cookie attempts and over cooked Tortellini from Tesco. Now not only do I enjoy it, it's the most fun I have on my own.

4. My ability to tolerate stupidity -- Unfortunately, as I get older so does my tact seem to shrink. I thought I would get more tolerant, or at least a bit better at hiding the fact that I'm not tolerant. Didn't work, I think I'm getting significantly worse. I have managed to contain that tactless manner at work though. G-d wants me to be employed...

5. The way I look at business -- I really believe that businesses should be involved in community cohesion where ever they might be operating. The more local this is, the more fruitful I believe the relationship could be.

6. My political optimism -- I use to love the fact that I still believed that some politicians are honest, I felt a sort of pride about not having lost faith in the political system, or the politicians themselves. Yup, lost now...

So these are six things, not by any means the most significant, important and they're not particularly personal but they changed. The few friends I've had since I moved here could probably point out some better more significant ones, but hey, it's 1.30am and I've been playing a game of can't sleep won't sleep for about a week.

Did anyone hear that there's a new controller over at Radio 4? She's pretty impressive. I love the fact that she beat Peston to the job as well, brilliant. She did, however mention she wants to make Radio 4 more culturally diverse, I'm wondering what the hell that means.

6 days! come say goodbye before I run away.

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