Back from blog limbo

So after a brief sabatical away from the blogging world I'm back. The site is slightly changed, which is quite apparent really. Natalie and I have chosen to keep our blogs separate for a while and see how it goes. While Foolstop has been down this last month Natalie chose to set up her own interim site to keep up her blogging. In the process of doing that she got a bit more into the design side of blogging, and being a design student herself it was quite obvious that she was going to enjoy it. So her decision to take control of that aspect of her own site was quite a natural one, and so we see the birth of 'surrogate-rockit'. At the same time, having to fit two blogs onto one page was using a fair bit of screen space and holding me back from implementing some interesting ideas I've had over the months. I've subsequently forgotten what those ideas where (I can assure you that they rocked though!) but I'm hoping they'll find their way back up from the depths of my mind at some point. The only other note then is that the site is under real-time redesign and will transform slowly over the next few weeks. I'd like to say days, but I feel that would just be a bit too ambitious given my current work load.

My last post before the site went down mentioned a job interview that I had just been to, and me waiting to see if I had got through to the final interview stage. Well I can now reveal... ...that I did go through to the next stage, and that I did in fact GET THE JOB! So come the 19th of July I should be starting a week long induction course in the north of England, before getting my company car and spending the next 4 months of my life travelling around England working. For those 4 months I'll only be home for weekends, but I'm looking forward to seing some more of the country. After the 4 months are up I should settle down into my own area, which is west London, and build from there. It's a great position, with a superb company, includes phenomenal perks (err... like the company car), great prospects for the future... and... well, it's ideally where I want to be right now. It completely justifies my move to London 6 months ago. So after going through the companys' medical exam 2 days ago, all that remains is for them to check my references, which should all come up sparkly, and then send me the contract.

I've also planned it so that I have a week and a bit off between leaving my current job, and starting the new one. During that week I'll be going to Party in the Park, visiting the Church for the second time, and hopefully making the trek up to Dublin to catch up with Bronwyn... and binge drink. And then there's also Adrian's braai on the 10th. And Snow Patrol are playing in August and I'm so tempted to get tickets for that too.

And then there's the Oktoberfest in Germany in September, which gives me loads of time to save for it.

Yikes... I need some more time! Getting this new job has morphed my life from 'work all day/night/weekends/have no time to do anything' to 'more money/more perks/more time/more prospects/more happiness'.

Life has a rosy red glow at the moment.