posted by Thomas on Aug 6
Been working all day in a hotel lobby. In Dublin. Nursing a Guinness as we speak which does a lot to lift the spirits when you are working in a hotel lobby in Dublin and it would be much more interesting to be outside seeing the sights of Dublin.
Friday was Khaled’s last day and my last official day in the old job. I love my work mates. They wrote each of us a silly little poem and presented it along with a slide show of embarrassing pictures of each of us with funny comment cartoon bubbles. Was cute and silly and terribly creative.
That night we had drinks and it was the perfect mixture of fun without too many crazed scenes. Well. Other than a few moments that I would speak of if this was une blog avec nom de plume. It all ended well however. Late night Chinese with Ross, Tim and Al. Went back to Al’s place in West Hampstead for one final drink (Jack and Diet Coke), crashed in his spare room around 2ish and was up by 8 to fetch my ‘puter from work, and was back home by 9:30 to have breakfast with Young.
Things are going to be a bit crazed. I get back Wednesday from this biz trip, work drinks Thursday, Friday we are going to see Claire (she lives near Henley), if I can reschedule my yearly review I’m going to Liverpool on the 15th, going up north for the day to introduce Paulo to my (ungrateful) agency (that didn’t even say boo when I told them I was moving into a new job) on the 22nd, road trip in Spain 26th to Sept 2, conference and company meeting in Seattle Sept 4-8, Cologne 11-13. . .
Somewhere in here I need to study for and pass my life in the UK test and sort the appointment for my right to remain visa as the current slip of paper in my passport expires November 4th.
Two years ago it felt like forever before I would have to deal with this paperwork.
I also need to discover what my new job is in the upcoming days. . . If I am light on the blog front in the next month it is probably because my head has exploded.
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