I have a job

I'm still in my pyjamas and it's nearly 3 o'clock.

After two and a half months of searching, turning stuff down, failing at interviews and generally being an unemployed dosser, I now have a job which starts Monday.

Unemployment is weird cos you start to feel guilty for having loads of free time, yet it is free time that you would kill for when you're working lol..... So I started to enjoy it as much as I possibly could - and of course, am sad and will miss it.... Especially days like today, where I've spent most of the day lazing around.

The job which I passed interview at yesterday - is at the Higher Education Academy (sounds posher than it is!!) at the Science Park by York University. My mum works at the end of the sams street - in the Chemistry department for the uni - it's a lovely area of town, and there is a nice funky cafe on the corner by where I work. In some ways, I'm looking forward to getting back to work again - and I'm also looking forward to the nice long walk out to the Uni - especially on a fresh morning.

It's a finance/accounts role similar to some of the stuff I've done in the past, and it takes me up until the end of July - at which point it will be advertised as permanent - however the offer will be open to internal people first - so it's unlikely I will stay in the role :-(

Much of my spare time (which let's face it is a lot) lately has been spent supporting York City, and collating information and news etc about them for my forthcoming commentary position.

On Saturday, I travelled over to the game at Bolton with Pete, his brother and teenage son. City played brilliant - and compared to the Stoke game last year and the two recent Wembley finals, it was a great game... We were the better team, looked like causing a possible upset, and held them 0-0 until very close to the end when we conceded two late goals. It was a superb atmosphere and a great day out with around 5,000 supporters having made the journey across from York!!!

An enjoyable meal at the Fox and Grapes on the way back - but what was not quite as enjoyable was a drink in The Lighthorseman when we got back. Do not ever drink in The Lighthorseman. This happens. A really drunken guy sits next to you, and decides it is polite to interrupt your conversation to slag off the size of your nose. When you tell him to shut up, he decides the new topic of conversation should be slagging off the size of your mate's nose. Never go in The Lighthorseman.

On Tuesday night, I went to York v Grimsby which was another exciting game and another brilliant performance. Usually for York games we stand behind the goal fairly near to the back... so it was great to be stood right by the goal at the front. I much prefer that. City won 1-0 :-)

On Wednesday, I caught up with Simon back from University, and did my radio show.

Today, I'm heading into town - via an agency to show a copy of my passport, and the jobcentre to tell them I've found employment :-) :-) Finally.