M&S, Travelling and Future

Well hey, my second post already :)
So Marks and Spencer have told me that I do in fact have a full time fixed term placement with them starting on the 31st of August, though my first working day is Tuesday the 2Nd. The whole of M&S will also be getting a pay rise of 3.8% or something dumb like that because the NMW (National Minimum Wage) is rising to £5.73. So instead of my usual £6.02 an hour, I'll be getting £6.40, Great stuff ! They have also told me that I am going to be in training for all sorts of new things in store, so I'm becoming important :P.

So my plan for now is to stay with M&S until about June/July time where i will be flown off to America ! There (hopefully in the state Michigan) I will be a counsellor on a summer camp they hold there. This is going to be one of two things for me. Either a great experience to remember, or an opportunity maker. I say this because my eldest brother (Jamie,21) did the same thing when he was 18. He now lives out there with his new American girlfriend, going to Uni together training to be 'Elementary' school teachers (primary).

If this turns out to be just an experience, then my other option is to become a chef. It's something I've been interested in for quite a while and I would say I can be quite a keen chef :).

That's all for now I guess, so I'll post again later sometime.
Thanks for reading,
~Dan

Introduction

Well hey, I'm Dan, an ordinary 17 year old living in England.
I'm just going to inform you in what has happened in the last month or so.
I finished my first year of 6Th form at Hylands school in Chelmsford and got my grades.
When people ask me what i managed to get, I tend to answer with 'What can you spell with 5 U's?' ... They generally reply with 'Uuuuurm...?' Ha, I rule.. Never mind ...
So that didn't go too well, as you can see, so education past GCSE level clearly isn't my thing. So the 'Mother' insists on getting a full time job -Yawn- Luckily I already have a part time job at Marks and Spencer. I've approached them and they've said they most likely have a place for me, I'll find out tomorrow if I got the placement.

Around 1 year and 5 days ago (too precise?) my best friend, Emily, moved to Stafford (up in the midlands of England). Yesterday, I got a train at 8:00 AM to go see her, spend the day with her and come back today. We had a wonderful time, had dinner where she works (Lasagne Al Forno was amazing!), stayed up and watched Blood Diamond on sky movies and crashed there last night. Such an amazing trip and i'm hoping to go up again in the new year !

Well that's my first post, i'll try and post as often as I can, or when something interesting happens =D.
Later bloggee's.
~Dan