FIVE HUNDREDTH BLOG!!!

A landmark day.
I got the job. I start a week on Monday. Thank you Tom for the glowing reference. You were as good as your word. The ginger-haired manager guy, whose name I still can’t remember even though I spoke to him a few hours ago, called me himself to offer me the position. As I’m ‘currently unattached’ work wise he said he wants me to start “asap”
He said lots of nice things while I tried to sound keen, but not too keen. There was something about ‘stand-out candidate’ mentioned, but I think I was the only person interviewed, so he wasn’t gonna butter me up that way. I told him I wanted 48 hours to consider, just to be a tease, then I called him back later to say yes.
I’ve never been a fan of work, and my last supermarket venture nearly destroyed me, but there’s a big difference now. I am in love, and I want to have money so I can do nice things with Philippa. And no amount of unpleasantness at work is going to over-shadow the great things I have to look forward to in my home life, and that makes taking the job a piece of piddle.
I now have 10 days of freedom to enjoy (and believe me - enjoy it I shall) then I do a weeks induction, a weeks training, and a weeks placement somewhere, and then I officially start as Trainee Assistant Manager of the Perishable Produce Department. Not exactly a tripper-off-the-tongue is it?
The mention of ‘home life’ brings me to another thing - Philippa and I have discussed moving in together. We’re not looking at the property pages, or saving for a deposit or any of that malarkey, we’ve just agreed that it’s bound to happen eventually, and we’re both happy with the concept of it happening sooner rather than later. So that’s that done.
I’m going to buy a car. The new supermarket is slightly further away than the old one, and not on a direct bus route, so having my own transport will help. It’ll also give me freedom and a new toy, and I should be able to afford one now, so I’ll soon be “Rory Chesworth - Car Owner” for the first time ever.
Norwich City, our local team, have won promotion to the Premier League. They say this is a big thing, but I wouldn’t know as I follow football about as readily as I’d follow a bus full of racists. Most of Ted’s family are Norwich fans, though, so there’s bound to be a big party soon to celebrate the promotion, and that can only be a good thing.
So to sum up - the nights are lighter, I have a job, both my sisters are happy, and I am more in love than I would have believed is possible.
Life, my friends, is as good as it has ever been.
And that’s 500 words, and that’s 500 blogs.

RC 6-5-11