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I will keep this brief, but probably elaborate later. I have a job, the one I wanted and I start Wednesday. Woo and indeed hoo.

Thats the week done, and yesterday I had a call that I was to have a second interview for that place in Oxfordshire, this time on a client site in Birmingham (oh my!). As time goes on I want this job more and more, its very appealing, to be fair at this point being a drugs mule with a pack of cocaine up me arse is quite appealing, anything appeals when you have got nothing.

Just over a week left in my current job, I found out yesterday what will be happening on my last day (a week on Monday) essentially I will have a meeting with my grim reaper and I sign the official secrets act, hand my pass in and then I am off. I asked her for an early appointment so the day wasn’t wasted. I may be back for this thing the unemployed call Jeremy Kyle. Darren Hayman assures me that Hill Street Blues is on one of the cable channels.

Last night I met Lisa in the pub, she was there for someones leaving drinks, I really like her workmates, they are fun. I did however wake up with a hangover this morning and the remains of Chinese food in the kitchen. I do recall suggesting to one of her workmates that we blow my redundancy on hookers in Vegas, he seemed rather keen on the idea.

It didnt go too bad today, I really want to work for them but I may not be what they are looking for, time will tell I suppose. Oxford and indeed Oxfordshire is lovely, if not a little flooded at the moment.

Tomorrow I have an interview for a job just outside Oxford, its in the field that I want, Testing, paying enough for me to relocate during the week and to be honest I am enthusiastic about it, and not just because its only a stones throw from where Truck festival is held. I am more than a little nervous as this is the first proper interview that I have had in some time. I will as ever let you know how it goes afterwards.

So today is the day of the interview, its at 3, a little nervous but I have done my homework about the company and the job, and how my skills match what they are looking for, but still, it doesnt stop me being a little nervous. If I get it, it will mean working away, but me and Lisa have already discussed this and the main thing is finding work, work that will allow me to develop. So anyway, I will let you know how it went after 3pm.

Tomorrow I have a telephone interview, if thats successful then I will be expected to attend an interview up the north. I must admit it is for a job that I want, working for a company I want to work for. I will let you know.

This week consisted mainly of a lot of stuff, job seeking stuff, but stuff none the less. I went to a CV writing workshop and that was interesting, I found that my CV was a bag of shite and if I ever managed to get a job off the back of it, that was merely down to the stupidity of the person employing me and not my CV. I intend to rewrite it this weekend.

What else, I have applied for a number of jobs, I dont think I will get them due to the first point in this post, so I will resubmit my CV to them next week.

Pippa was and is at Crufts this week, not competing, I really couldnt imagine any of our dogs trotting around that green ring, she actually got a press pass due to a friend of mine working for the Kennel Club so she has been taking pictures for a Uni project, she is loving it to be honest and I think she will go back next year.

Thats it really, quiet week, hoping I start getting some interviews next week, I am on holiday all week so I am available.