Engaged

Its been awhile since my last post and a lot has happened since then. Everything has been amazing between Clarah and I. I can't believe how lucky I am to have found her, she's to put it simply my soul mate. I feel closer to her with each passing day. On one such great day in March Clarah suddenly became all serious and looked me in the eye and asked me to marry her, I think she was growing impatient :). I of course said yes. A few weeks later I went out and bought a ring and then returned the favour by proposing to her on the 30th of March just three days after my birthday. It was an amazing day, the sun was blazing and we'd been having a little lunch and wine out in the back garden. I thought it was a perfect time to ask her. The kids had just come back from their grandparents and were happily playing at the bottom of the garden. Clarah was overwhelmed and said yes while jumping up and down like the Tigger she is. Since then everything has been perfect and we feel so much more secure and have been smiling ever since.



Most recently the whole family has just gotten back from Ireland. Clarah and I spent some time looking into venues and churches for the wedding. First of all we had a look at the Royal Hotel in Bray and we were given a great tour around the hotel by the wedding co-ordinator Nessa. She and her assistant Philip treated Clarah, Beth and myself very well and were very friendly and accommodating. We really liked the facilities provided for the guests, which included a pub, smoking area and a great play room for the children (of all ages...) including a Playstation, air hockey table and pool table. The function room we seen was very impressive and large enough to easily host all our guests comfortably. We were over in Ireland from the 21st to 28th of May and really enjoyed every moment of it. We looked at our church, met our vicar and the process of getting married is slowly starting to happen... All this to a man who never thought he would be getting married is, at times, a bit bewildering, but it feels amazing because I know it's right. OK, soppy stuff over now.

I've been working as a temp for a while now, and I just really want to get my career back on track. I've had various interviews, but due to various reasons, they haven't happened. I have a call back for a second interview during the next week, so we'll see how it goes. I really miss working in design and am aching to get back to it again.

Living in England

Hi everyone. Sorry its been so long since I last had a chance to post anything new.

I am now as you all know living in Hungerford in Berkshire. Its a lovely little town with a canal and some idyllic countryside surrounding it. Most of the land is flat with hardly any hills and certainly no sea or major bodies of water. It all seems quiet new to me being that I had lived beside the ocean for 28 years. Berkshire has its own beauty though. It certainly has character and history with many houses in nearby villages still covered with thatched roofs.

I just started running again last Tuesday with the club in my town, they are called the Hungerford Hares. There are some decent runners in the club and I found it very easy to get on with everyone as athletics is a shared history of pain. Everyone has their story to tell of their current injury or one they are just recovering from. The majority of the athletes are fun runners so I found it easy enough to keep up even though I haven’t been running since October. The club split up into two groups, one for the beginners, they ran three to four miles and the rest of us including me, ran about six. My legs are still sore even now but I certainly had the lungs and legs for the run that night. With the kids off at their grandparents I hope to get Clarah out on a run with me this weekend.

Some great news is that next week I have not only Rob visiting us on Tuesday evening I also have my parents coming over from Thursday until Sunday. I plan to take Friday off so I can show them around the place I now call home. For anyone else wishing to visit us please do, you’d be more that welcome.

I am still looking for a web or graphic design job over here, but no luck so far. I had applied to a great place shortly after I moved over and they were interested in bringing me in for an interview but I didn’t have my portfolio then. Now that I do the next time I get that call I’ll be far more prepared.

Looking forward to hearing from you all. Please contact me at jasoncarton@gmail.com as I’d much prefer to get all my important mail there and in the one place.

Talk to you soon.
Jason.