Quandary Time ...

This job hunt "sh*t" - you plod along - you apply - you justify yourself at the dole every Tuesday - no loyalty points for being a "trier" - just the same "automaton" reactions that everybody probably gets - even the lazy idle buggers - when it boils down to it, we're all the same I suppose in the eyes of the DWP - and also many of the smug (i.e. employed) people out there in Britworld ...

... but then, just like a London Bus, you wait a while and then several come at once. I've still got an outstanding decision on a second interview (IT job) from a couple of weeks ago - then I'm offered an interview (tomorrow @ 1400 hrs) for a three month contract - IT work) - so I ring the recruiter from the earlier interview - he's still chasing (bank holidays and staff holidays appear to be holding things up) - he says, "Go for the other one anyway - if you get the offer, I can go back to T***T*** and push even harder for a final decision". Then - another phone call this morning - from an even earlier interview (which had resulted in this decision) - I'd given this one up for dead (a bit like "we'll keep your info on our database" which I always assume to mean "thanks but no thanks ...") - basically this looks like it 'could' be a definite job offer - but ... they need to do some "checks" first - it's only 24 hours a week - it's only a six month temporary contract - and it's not IT (and not brilliant money) ... starting to get a bit complicated ...

Other than that (!!) - managed a couple more slabs in the "Get the Patio down before the summer finishes" race (had to stop because the weather turned nasty !) - and during the "Top Mossley Walk", a diversion into Seel Park saw that five of the six stanchions now have lamps on them (the guys have probably done the other one by now as well) - will check out pictures later (again only babycam), but now it's "Get ready for College" time (nearly five o'clock).
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