Update From the Frontlines of the Global Financial Crisis™
Chinese Lantern
Originally uploaded by inkognitohFive pm on the dot today, I finally received an offer for the job I blogged about two weeks ago now. I really don't know what to do. Actually, that's ridiculous. I know I'm going to accept the offer, I just don't know if I'm going to be happy with the role. They are offering me over £5k more than I was earning at this point last year when I was made redundant so it'd pretty much be rude not to accept it. Besides, nobody else is offering at this stage and although things are picking up, do I really want to wait around for another opportunity to come my way?
My boss at the temp job I've been working this week is the father of a famous British actor and was off today partridge shooting. He wanted me to come back next week and have his PA (off sick with Shingles) stay home and recover another week. He even promised me a partridge from his brace but his PA, the little trooper, said she wanted to come back on Monday. In the meantime, I'm interviewing on Monday for a long term temp role with another company. Obviously, if/when I accept the permanent job that will interfere with how long term that temp role might be for me but if the reference and character check take as long as the build up to them making me an offer took, then I'm at covered with money coming in - or something.
Have bucket loads of housework to do and now the weather is cooling down swiftly, I need to chop up a load of kindling so it's ready and waiting for the first fire of the season. Hopefully the first fire is still a few weeks (at least) away, I'm just conscious of the central London moorings I'm heading towards and how they have no space for wood chopping on the towpath and I don't want to get stuck without!