Catch up time again.

With a cold NE wind blowing straight up the river Crouch, it reminds me that summer is almost over & the Autumn soon approaches.

It has been a busy few months, a new job & a new boat too! My PAT testing business began to expand, still not brilliant but, getting there slowly. I came across an advert for a 'PAC' tester on the job search website & followed the links to find that some one had (luckily for me) spelt the job title incorrectly & it shoulkd have read 'PAT tester.' Off went my cv & for once, I actually recieved a reply. Cutting the story short, I was offered the job working for Balfour Beatty at a well known local MOD site, for a six month period. 'That will sort us out for the winter months' I thought.
With a feeling of going to school for the first time, my first morning consisted of being driven around the site by the retiring Julian; I did not realise the significance of being shown the rest rooms at the time. By the time we returned to the office for lunch, the six months contract had been reduced to three & by 4.30pm, down to one month!

On my return, after the Bank Holiday weekend, I was told that I would now be kept on until the end of October, when the Balfour contract ends & that is pretty much how things stand today although, it has been muted that I will be offered a more permanent arrangement by the new company, fingers crossed!

My new job coincided with Steph's job comming to an end & along with the football season ending too, it meant that she was out of work for the summer. Thankfully, she began a new job only yesterday for a local lettings agents, just when the new football season begins too so, things are back to normal again for her. Steph is also gearing up for her driving test(not allowed to say when!) having passed her theory test last month.