A good year

It has been an eventful month, complete with ups and downs. Thankfully it ended on an up. Actually two ups. After months of looking I have finally landed a job. And a pretty good one at that too...

I forget how many interviews I have been to but it was many. And they were all over the place too. Most I had to travel for more than an hour to get to. Some were close by but not what I wanted or I wasn't what they wanted. Anyways about three weeks ago I got two good interviews. They were close by and they were exactly what I wanted. One of them however had hours starting from 2 in the afternoon and finishing at 10 at night. The other was normal hours but was a new role and they had not had any qualified people there before. Needless to say I did not think I would get that one as I had no experience whatsoever. So I was really looking forward to getting the other job.

Imagine my surprise when I actually got the new role. I had to ask twice just to see whether they hadn't made a mistake. I was very gobsmacked for a while there. Anyways last week was my first week at a full time job in a long long time. And it was very exciting. the place is very nice and I can get there in half an hour. The people are also very friendly and the work culture there is out of sight. Its all based on the honour system so that there are no sign in sheets or time cards. They have drinks every Friday afternoon. And at the moment as the Olympics is on they have rented a widescreen plasma so they can watch the games. They are also having their own olympic games playing the Wii. I was put on the shooting team and failed abysmally.. Its not that easy to play the Wii without some practice... but it was a whole lot of fun!!

Workwise it is very challenging and there are a number of things that I have to look into and be on top of for the next few weeks.

Oh and the other up is that we are expecting someone new into our family by february! Its gonna be a good year!!