SomersetRaven

Hi! I'm still here... Just about. I actually kind of forgot about this place for a while. Work has been stressful for quite a while. Lots of management changes, lots of staff left - mostly university students but a few not - which pretty much across the store has led to one person doing the job of 2 or 3. For a long time on a Tuesday and Saturday evening I was the only one left on the till after 8 o'clock. That's caused problems. Once when people were on holiday it just left two staff. Me and the runner (that's what they call the lower-level supervisors, also known to me as mum LOL), that's to cover tills and self-checkout and replace damaged

So firstly another promotion (seems to almost be the only time I do a journal these days) this one is for oxpecker (https://www.deviantart.com/oxpecker)'s Equine Secret Santa this year linked here It's pretty much the only guaranteed thing I do art-wise each year. I just think it's fun drawing other people's characters. I'd like to do it more but that cursed spare time thing. Speaking of spare time I have even less than normal since there is a new family member in our household!  Meet Forest the Borzoi! He's 7 months old now so the picture is a little out of date but copy-pasting from my infrequently updated blog was the easiest way to get the picture over. He is silly an

First off the promotion:  Poisons-Kiss (https://www.deviantart.com/poisons-kiss) is doing a gift art raffle which is pretty awesome! Go spam her with characters! :D Christmas was good, actually got two days off, plus I'm only working 2 out of my normal 3 days this week and then I've got a week off so that's good. It's mostly for taking the decorations down but still it's time to catch up on sleep etc. I got some good things: a bunch of DVDs (plus extra ones bought before and after), some books, some earrings, pyjamas, knickers, lots of fuzzy socks (slightly obsessed), nail varnish and some owl themed stuff: watch, keyring, bag, paint-by-numbers, storage suitcases and a Christma