Apr 19 2006
Work, Flat, Work, Flat
Work is great! I’m not sure if I am weird for saying that, but I think it’s true. OK, so I’ve only been working for 2 weeks so far, and one of those weeks was a bank holiday week, so only 9 days, well, 10 after today. But so far, it’s great. It takes me less than 30 mins to get there, and I get to play with setting up nice software engineering processes in a team that mostly thinks the same way I do about these things, and everyone is fun, and chilled out, and not only have I not been asked to work overtime – at least not yet – I have so far been thrown out of the office by 6pm twice.
More than that, I get a great company deal on the local LA fitness that includes use of all the branches across London for less money than you would normally pay for a small local gym, and I’m moving to a new flat.
For the sake of not jinxing it, I better point out that the flat contract isn’t quite signed yet, but so close that we think we can see all the steps left between now and signing it, the landlord has agreed to us, and we have got a contract, and just have to query some of the fine points. With a bit of luck, and a prevailing wind, we will move in next Monday!
My flatmate, Jess, has christened it the “pole dancing flat†on account of the place just down the road that gives pole dancing classes. It (the flat that is) is the top two floors of a converted Georgian house, with views over the canal, and I even get an en-suite bathroom. Did I mention that its only 10 mins walk from both Angel, which has great night life, and from where I work, so I won’t even have to fight with any public transport?
I guess it’s about time I took off the bit on the front page of my site saying I’m looking for a job…
Next project, get my PhD formatted and published as a paperback book!
