"You must go to Olivers"

Today I picked my Grandad up and took him home after quite a long stay in hospital. He had been quite poorly so was in there to get back on his feet, which has certainly worked. He doesn't even need his stick to get about now, something that he likes to tell me pretty much every time I see him! I don't blame him for being proud.

But anyway, as we approached Grandad's flat in the complex where he lives, we were greeted by another resident. 84 years old and looking not a day over 70, she excitedly welcomed Grandad back. The conversation somehow then turned onto the subject of holidays and she told us how she would be jetting off to Tenerife in October to see her daughter.

Now in October, my parents will be celebrating their 25th year of marriage (I don't know how my Dad's jokes haven't bored Mum to tears by now!) so we are taking a holiday to mark the occasion, also to Tenerife.

As we were talking, the woman, whose name escapes me now so I will just call her Claudia, urged me to go to Olivers in Los Christianos whilst we were over there. "not the big awful looking one, but the small one" as she kindly put it. "Tell her I sent you."

Now, I don't really know why I am telling you this story but I find it incredibly inspiring to hear about elderly people jetsetting off on holidays and really making the most of life. I hope I am that way inclined in 70 years time!

But for now, I do know that I am going to Olivers in Tenerife in October, because Claudia told me to!

"What to do, what to do..."

A question I am currently asking myself.

I officially handed in my last piece of Uni work on Monday, which means my spirits are lifted and I am very much looking forward to the summer. Although I don't know what to do with myself!!

I have signed up to a temping agency to try and get some more stable work over the summer and get some more stuff on my CV but until the work comes along I have nothing to do! Not that I am complaining, I mean sitting watching TV or hanging out with your mates is not exactly hard work but I haven't had nothing to do in ages!

I also have a tendency to feel guilty if I sit doing nothing for a long period of time, even if there is nothing that particularly needs doing. I feel lazy! Which is why I am handing out leaflets at the train station tomorrow for the Download festival. £6.20 an hour to give out brochures, can't be bad!

I was hoping for some more office based work but I would be silly to turn it down, being as I am not busy :)

Any ideas for what else I can fill my summer with??