It Has Come To My Attention...

...That today marks the eighth anniversary of this little blog. It'd be nice to be able to say I have something big planned but, considering it's been over a month since my last post, the chances of that would be slim at best.

And, in fact, I have nothing planned - big or otherwise - largely because, as usual, I'd forgotten all about it. I've even got a reminder set in my phone... but, of course, it only reminds me on the day, rather than in advance, so I just have to hurriedly throw something together.

Like this.

So, another year, and another load of massive changes. My girlfriend has been living with me for a few months now. Aside from the occasional anxiety attack or bout of depression, it's been going very well and, having ditched one degree at the end of term earlier this year, she's custom-built her own Open University degree and is enjoying her studies for the first time in years.

Having been temping for three years since I was made redundant, I've accepted a permanent position at one of the companies I worked for briefly, and that's been going well. It's an odd environment - any office is odd, but this one, being a small company, is particularly so - and some of the people are taking some getting used to. Hell, they probably feel the same way about me, to be honest. On balance, though, it's a far more pleasant experience than my last permanent job. A turning point was marked recently, when I asked to have a private word with my boss, and her response was "you're not allowed to hand in your notice!"

There may even be movement on the sorry state of my roof. I was recently contacted by another of the leaseholders and, without wishing to go into too much detail, it has been determined that there are some irregularities regarding the service charge applied to flats in our building. I don't want to say any more because wheels are currently in motion... but the situation looks far more positive now than it has for quite some time, despite a rather massive change in overall circumstances.

There's probably a lot more I could write about, but I have a headache, so I should probably get some rest.

Nevertheless, happy birthday, blog... I'll try to pay you a bit more attention.