oh dear, I appear to be bored

Sitting here with Sue, she's got nothing to do. I've got things to do but they're hardly urgent and I'd rather write this instead so I will.

Bang bang bang bang bang. One day builders will be able to do their job without making a sound - research into soundproofed tools, that's what we should be investing the government's (sorry, our) money in.

I went to an interview for a job that would have been nice for a bit of variety but it really wasn't important whether or not I got it. I hoped that having no pressure would have made me less nervous but it didn't make it any easier. The questions were pretty tricky and there were a couple of hairy moments when I thought that a good answer (or any answer at all for that matter) was not going to be forthcoming. But I didn't make a complete hash of it. I spoke to quickly and quietly as always but then I work in a library so that didn't matter too much.

I didn't get the job but it didn't surprise me. The internal candidates who I was up against included one who already worked in the serials department opposite the guy I would be job-sharing with and so knew all about the job already, and one who is doing the BSc in Information management and so is therefore very ambitious and needs the experience in the kind of technical work that the job entailed. My reason for wanting the job - just a bit of variety - didn't really stand up against their reasons. The one that already worked in the department got the job - and that's fair enough in my view.

Graham is going to be a nerd. There is a company in Canada called Nerds on Site that he wants to work for - you build up your own IT contracting business under their umbrella. Turns out they have a small base in the UK too and Graham has got in contact with them. He is going to meet a couple of them in a hotel and have a video conference with one of their guys in Canada, see if he can get a little business set up here in England so that when we go to Canada he will have already gone through all the company training and he can just transfer his skills and experience to the Vancouver branch. Which is all great. But the downside is that as he works full time anyway he will have to set up this new nerd business of his in his own time - so evening and weekend work (possibly even as far away as Reading) will be the pattern of things to come and, assuming he is successful, we will probably hardly see each other. And whilst I know it is all for the greater good of our future together, I can't help feeling glum about that. I do miss him when he's not around. Well, I guess that's love for you.

My parents, Graham and I are going to London this weekend to see Billy Connelly - I've not really seen much of his stuff so I'm looking forward to it. We will also visit Aunt Doll in hospital, probably go to one or two museums (or Kew Gardens if it is dry), and go out for lunch with Brian and Maria.

Cheltenham at the weekend was nice. Alex, Clare and I reminisced about old times and Graham rued the fact that he went to the wrong school - all the stuff that happened at ours made it like an ongoing soap opera. It's weird how normal we've all become!

Alex is still rather ill. He is being quite heavily medicated for anxiety - he has a tough time of it being in the same room as other people but he isn't avoiding the situation which is very positive for him. Going out is another matter though - he walked down to the shops with us and was OK but would have freaked if he'd done it on his own and couldn't stay inside the shop. He is working from home in Cheltenham, building a rival to Jake for the Gloucestershire area. Hopefully he will start to feel better soon as he will need to get out and meet and greet people at the events he is organising.