Nobody appears to be reading this

but I will write anyway.

Had a good weekend after having a lousy weekend, only blight has been my shoulder. I was reaching out for something and I felt this huge cramp like pain in my shoulder. Since then I have a soreness at a particular point and cannot raise my arm above my shoulder height without pain. I will see how it goes during the week and take some ibuprofen, hoping its just a pinched tendon.

Didn't do anything in particular over the weekend, just got on with some of my projects, nearly finishing 2 which I have decided I need to finish before I start the 3 I have lined up to do. I caught up with all the TIF blogs and have been trying to keep to the ones which have TIF (take in further) challenge which I am doing this year but sometimes the headings are so intriguing you just have to look.

Other things I have decided to do are, restrict my Internet to the morning up to 9am and complete the filing by the end of this month. The last one might not seem much but you haven't seen my filing pile. Once that is done, I can sort out the kids accounts and work out exactly how much allowance or not they have left for the year. Hopefully at the end of this month, I will be employed (I have an interview but given my history, not too hopeful) and then I will need to be more organised about life.

Anyway its 8.54am here now, so better close this down.

Waiting

for a phone call, to see if I have finally secured a job. I must admit I felt quite hopeful yesterday after the interview. It was a group interview and I was the least experience of the group - ie no real work experience but I knew enough about PCs for the job I was interviewing for. I know that because I passed the test they provided to be even considered for the position with flying colours. To be honest it was pretty basic stuff and things anyone with a PC should know if they are using one on a frequent basis. Anyway I thought I did OK but as the morning drags on, the more I know, its unlikely I have the job as its through a temp agency and its a simple yes or no from the company, no background checks or anything like that, but I won't give up entirely until the end of tomorrow. By then I should have heard a yes or no, I suspect.

Apart from that, the last few days have been great. All the kids were home at the weekend. Emily arrived home from Denton on Friday afternoon as she only has one class on Fridays. She hates her room-mate and to be honest, if I was in her position, I would be hard put not to say something to the girl. Apparently, she rarely showers, leaves all her trash lying around including soiled sanitary products and mopes around the room, bemoaning the fact Emily has so many friends. Fortunately, Emily is rapidly learning coping tactics and finding places to get space to work on her own, without the scowling face of her room-mate. Of course, Emily can be difficult to live with as well I am sure but the hygiene thing is bit too far.

Elisabeth came in for a few hours on Saturday to see her little sister, as graduation is rapidly approaching and she is beginning to realise that seeing her siblings might be a difficult thing to achieve in the next few years. At the moment, she is one minute panicking about her future and then the next calm about her future. I looked up a few websites for her to investigate over the weekend and Gordon went with her to the book store to get a guide on your next steps as a graduated student looking for employment. Having no success with my job search, I know its a really hard road but at least she is young and free of any ties, so she can go anywhere in the world.

Alan was working as usual this weekend so didn't get to see Elisabeth but he managed to have a fun time on Saturday night with his friends before returning to college on Sunday night.

So now I am going to the shops for something for dinner tonight and get the car registrations done. I hate thinking about dinner each day. It was hard when I was cooking for 5 plus lunch but its even harder now its for 2 plus Gordon's lunch. Must admit if I wasn't cooking for Gordon I don't think I would even bother with dinner. Thankfully I do have to cook dinner for him so that way I actually eat healthily, left to my own devices I would soon be suffering from malnutrition and be as big as a house!

new hairdo

another day

Well, I just got an email from the person who interviewed me on Wednesday and as I suspected I didn't get the job. Of course they put a good face on it and said unfortunately the position I was interview for, was already filled but it that was the case why interview me. Oh Well, just plug on,I suppose.

I will be glad when the american mid term elections are over as maybe then there will be less shouting at the TV.

Well yesterday

I thought I had lost my blog which isn't a disaster but it was annoying. Trying to find an answer I discover that yahoo had probably made a system change but unlike other hosting company's you can't access the relevant file to see if it that has a problem. Anyway, I had been toying with the idea of moving back to blogger for a while which is why I never actually deleted this account. Its basic but most of the time its reliable.

Anyway I had my interview with Abrakadoodle yesterday, in a local Starbucks. It seemed to go ok but she was overly concerned that 2 sessions wouldn't be enough for me and I would soon lose interest. Jeeze, at the this stage, I would willing take 3 hours pay over nothing at all to be honest, especially in something that really interests me. So we will see. Whilst I was out I also put an application in for Micheals, as they are hiring their seasonal staff at the moment.