Here we go again

Here we go again by leecolgate at Garmin Connect - Details

So, after a two-week hiatus, partly weather-enforced and partly down to another bout of extreme laziness, I picked things up again today.  I promise this time to try to stick to doing these things regularly, and to find other things to write about in the meantime.  My updates are far too infrequent right now to attract the attention of even the most curious search engine spider, never mind a human audience.

I am still (8 months now, with the occasional lapse early on) off the cigarettes and deriving complete satisfaction from an e-version.  My alcohol intake is also far reduced, although not to the extent I was aiming for - again partly due to the weather and an inability to exercise regularly.  Hopefully the two will now go hand-in-hand.

Today's session, all in all, went pretty well considering the break.  My GPS appears to think I spent almost a minute stationary, which I don't quite understand, but even so my average pace over the full 20 minutes was 9:15 per mile.  On the 19 minutes or so I was apparently in motion, this was actually 8:50.

Starting next week, the sessions increase to 4 a week.  The prospect of my having a job by the start of April now seem remote at best, but the less said about that, the better.  It's a very upsetting situation, but I'm reading hundreds of job descriptions a week and finding absolutely nothing I am not disqualified from based on one or two 'essential' criteria, like sector-specific experience.  The famous portability of Prince 2/Scrum qualifications and experience is really not as much of a benefit as it's always cracked up to be, it seems.  I'm lowering my sights a bit rate/salary-wise (I could probably use a bit of reduced responsibility for a while, anyway) and widening my geographic search.  None of the agencies looking out for me have found anything since December, which at least reassures me it's not just me being useless.

Next session is on Friday, and I hope to do it early morning again and then perhaps venture out for the day and register in person with some of the more mainstream high street recruitment agencies, as I can feel myself turning into an agoraphobic, misanthropic hermit, which is always a bit dangerous.  My sister and nephew are popping round tomorrow morning, which I am insanely excited about.  I've seen some new pics where he is properly smiling and they're just heartmelting.  I've also bought a copy of Terry Pratchett's 'Where's My Cow', which I am hoping he will enjoy.

Time to shower and shave now.  And then I'll probably spend the day on the couch in my new onesie, which is insanely comfortable and another blocker to going out ever. :-)

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