First of all let me apologise profusely for my failure to deliver during the closing days of blogtober, distractions came in all forms and I had no time for the blog.
Let me bring you up to speed here. When last we spoke I reviewed Arkham City, a game which I am still playing to this day, and I recommend it to all.
I had also in a previous post mentioned the passing of my nan, Olga Beech, and since then we have had the funeral which was (as funerals go) a good day, with a nice turn out to pay respects to a wonderful lady. I also got to briefly meet little Connie, my cousin’s recently born daughter, who is an adorable young sprite.
Something good has also come from the recent contact with family members after my nan’s passing, as through informing some of my relatives about my nan and catching up with everyone, I was eventually told to send my C.V to my father’s cousin Matthew. Matthew is in the I.T business and I was told to send my C.V as he would keep an eye out for any possible vacancies for me. I thought nothing would come of it but only a day later he was asking me if I would like a job with a very well known broadcasting company hear in the UK. I won’t mention them by name for legal reasons, but they are quite well known.
I am not actually an employee of this broadcasting company actually, but a contractor, and earning a nice wage because of it. The contract is only short term, myself and a few others are installing and upgrading computers. So far there hasn’t been much work for me to do but next week there will be a lot of work to be done.
Thankfully the folks I am working with are all a decent bunch of guys, ranging from my age up to late 30s / early 40s, and we all get along well. There should be some more new guys starting next week so the more the merrier really.
The job came about very quickly, I actually started the day after the funeral, so it has all been a bit of a shock as I didn’t expect to have a job this side of Christmas. I am glad I do though, as I will be able to save up a bit and also buy something nice for my family for Christmas.
So as it goes I have finally fought off the horrors of unemployment, if only temporarily. Although having been unemployed for so long it is a major shock to the system, and I am finding that I don’t have the energy in the evenings to focus on gaming or anything else, so looking forward to the weekend.
