Updates and things

Well what has been happening

Me and the gf have been getting on great and things are now going better in the bedroom department which is always good which in turn day to day stuff has been going well too, maybe a couple of slips by me but nothing major.

My son is still loving school and we had a parents evening last week and they only had praise for him, he is doing well in numeracy and literature. He is currently on Orange books and the next level is  black, which they aim the children to be at when they finish year one not when they are only 3 months in to the new term. He is one of the top children in the top group of numeracy, (can you tell I am proud of him). HE gets on well with all the other kids and the teachers also said how he is always smiling which I think is great.

As you know my contract didn't get renewed so I was looking for a job, well I found one and I start 30th Nov. I had an informal interview on the 21st October discussing the job and what it would entail etc but because of rules and regs they had to advertise internally and as they were doing it from the beginning of the following week there wasn't much I could do. I waited a week then sent an email asking how it was going, I was told that there had been a couple of applications, so I didn't hold my breath.
I play football with these guys on a Friday so when I saw them the following week I was told nothing had been done about it yet and they weren't sure what was going on. Fair enough I thought so had a game of football and went home for the weekend wondering what I was going to do, as during that week I had felt very down as I was doing the crappy jobs at work because there was noone else to them and nothing was coming through the job pipeline.

I get to work Monday and nothing major is happening when in my mail box pops in a meeting request for the job, I accept thinking that it is only for half hour that maybe they have found someone but maybe have something else to offer me but maybe not as well paid etc. So I went to the meeting and when I walked in I had a good feeling about it, I was asked a couple of questions by the chap I will be working with, he then left and the manager turned round and said, as you have sown interest still in the role we would like to take you on, just like that, no formal interview, no CV handed in, I probably had the biggest grin on my face in my head I was beaming. So we went through what I will be doing and my hours pay etc, I have to work 8 weekends a year on for this I get a 10% uplift, It isn't a fully permanent role, it is fixed term but I do get the perks, so holiday and sick pay, pension after 6 months etc, I was told that they normally renew the contract unless of course you are rubbish, most of the time, they have to have a set number of permy and fixed term contract staff on site.

So I have a job, in a great relationship again and my son is doing great, it can't get much better than this at the moment, so I am going to savour it.