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Did you know that if you work in the UK you are entitled to 5.6 weeks holiday a week even if your only working part time. That can include bank holidays but doesn’t always – you should check your contract. I didn’t realise it but found it while researching something for holiday time off.

Government Business Website Link:
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk/bdotg/action/layer?topicId=1079427399

Using calculations from:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10034642

For a normal working week (37.5 hours)

Hours: 37.5 * 5.6 = 210 Hours
Days : 5 * 5.6 = 28 Days

Seems you get around a month off annually which sounds like a lot but probably doesn’t quite work that way so well. It was effective from the start of the financial year – April 2009.

I’ve discovered I have a load of stuff I’ve not used in years, and piles of cables and bits I will probably never use again.

So I will be at some point sorting all the bits and selling them – hopefully helping clear two things at once: Having a clearer room/boxes and making some money ready for Christmas.

So where do I sell things? I know of ebay – but there are so many fees involved from posting an auction, to selling fees, and then transaction fees if using paypal so where else could I sell things?

I had fun the other weekend attempting and successfully building a wardrobe with dad. It took us a few hours to put together and thankfully it fitted into the space we had with around 8 cms to spare… so its not coming out anytime soon.

There isn’t as much room in this one as my old one but it looks a lot nicer and fits into my room nicely. However now i need to find new homes for all the bits I had everywhere and its not an easy task.

But I was thankful for the help as there is no chance i’d have managed that on my own, nevermind the moving of it – the actual build needed more than one person and the instructions were a little crazy as are all instructions.

Its good to remember what you miss sometimes… For you can go and often try it again. Remembering what is lost and what could be found again.

Lord of the Dance

On friday night I went to sunderland empire theatre with a friend, we went to see Lord of The Dance. It was a good show with Good seats, and company.

Lots of dancing, a little singing and a lot of music – I would recommend seeing it – it was great. I really enjoyed it, althou still not sure what the story was if there was one.

I’ve always loved dance – the expression of self in relation to music and sounds. To flow or just move and enjoy. I miss it – not been in a while, one reason was headaches (Hard to concentrate on a beat, when there’s a pulsing extra beat in your head), another is money (Costs to go to classes), and time – I seem to fill it doing just stuff or work.

I look forward to getting back to it. I’m unlikely to ever be fit enough as a dancer is but I will enjoy the time, and hopefully get better at it.