And he was a good friend….

The past week has been very busy. Work has taken up a vast proportion of it due to people being sick, techy problems and the sad departure of a one Thomas J Inglis (I’m not sure if his middle initial is actually ‘J’ but it just seems to fit in nicely). I’ve had the pleasure and misfortune of working with Tom for over two years and I am very sorry to see him go. He’s been of great help and influence to me and I hope that I can do him proud by eventually either joining match.com or finding a girlfriend by my own means. Now when I speak of Tom, I feel like Obi-Wan telling Luke about Anakin Skywalker from A New Hope. Thankfully Tom hasn’t turned to the dark side yet, but he was a useless and lazy sod these past few months but I can just about forgive him for that. He will soon be setting sail to Australia, where he’ll be spending the proceeding 5 months “working” along side his girlfriend, the lovely Andrea. I’m a tiny bit jealous, largely because it’s their Summer over there and I’m really fed up with the bitterly cold days that we’re having right now. I’m sure he’ll have lots of fun and I look forward to catching up with him at some point in the year 2011.

I also had a job interview last week which actually went very well but sadly I was unsuccessful. I’m a bit down about it because I really wanted the job, had good vibes from the interview and the timing would have been perfect. But on the plus side I can take a great deal from this experience and will keep applying for other jobs thick and fast! On my way to the interview I was asked an unbelievable question! I took my seat on the train by the window when a lady, who was sitting the opposite side of the carriage and several rows along from me, asked if I could open my window? It was barely above freezing outside and I don’t handle the cold particularly well at the best of times. I perhaps wouldn’t have minded if it weren’t for the fact that she wasn’t sitting ANYWHERE NEAR ME!! Why not open the window that she was actually closest to, on the side of the carriage and by the row that she was sitting on?? I was a bit dumbstruck by it and so politely said ‘it’s a bit too cold for that I'm afraid’. Now I strive to be a gent most of the time but I feel quite right in my decision to deny the opening of my window. Please reassure me that I was correct with my stance?

I’m going to fit one more blog in just before Christmas, and then a massive review of my achievements and lack of achievements before the year is out! Exciting stuff I’m sure you’ll agree.