February #3

I'm back from London and catching up on emails but won't really be online till tomorrow. I'm catching up on rest. I never sleep well in London cos I stay with my uncle and cousin and they snore like you wouldn't believe.

Anyway, I aced the medical but have to go back to redo the fitness test. I knew I would cos I've never done one of these bleep tests before. At least now, I know what I have to do and have weeks to practise. It's so hard trying to get the timing right when you've never done it before.

Anyway, at least I got all the medical and paperwork out of the way. Gonna check out the nearest gyms and do some jogging hahaha!

February #2

So, I leave for London in the morning. I am very nervous about this medical.

I have all my paperwork ready and I'm packed to go.

I had my ears syringed on Friday and everything sounds sooooooo loud, it's very weird.

Wish me luck.

Happy Valentines day everyone!

February

So, the medical/fitness test is next Monday and I am nervous. I've gotta fill in loads of paperwork about past sick absence and references etc.

I've been to the docs today (1 hour waiting, 45 mins late)to get my BP checked (it's cool) and to get details of why I've been to see them in the past 3 years. It's all been medicine reviews for my tablets, nothing major. But who keeps a detailed record of every time they go to the docs? These forms are annoying. They want too much detail.

Anyway, I am sat with cotton wool in my ears so that the olive oil doesn't dribble out. I have to have it to soften up my ear wax for it to be syringed on Friday. They suggest you do this cos they'll be a hearing test with the medical.

To be honest, I need them doing cos after the three bouts of flu I've had in as many months, they are a bit waxed up.

I know, I know, yuck, yuck, too much detail.

So, I have my coach ticket booked and I'll be off on Sunday. I just hope it doesn't snow so much I can't make it.

Wish me luck please.

January #3

So, today the post came and I had an envelope from London. I thought "Hmmmmmm this looks like the one I got telling me I'd got an interview for the metropolitan police".

Yes, it was. It was telling me that I had been successful at interview and giving me a date for my medical/fitness test. Now I am bricking it.

Wish me luck as I once more head down to London in feb.

January #2

So, here I am again made up with a very bad cold. This is the third one is as many months. It is going backwards and forwards between me and mum. She has it again too. I think between us, we have kept the tissue, tablet and medicine industries going. There's no credit crunch for them I'll bet. I swear, this year, I am never leaving the house again cos every time I do, I get this cold.

Anyway, I did leave the house yesterday to go to Leeds for an interview to see if I was suitable for the CELTA teaching course. It went well and I should get my offer letter in the post any day now. I will have to see which months course I get allocated to.

It was a horrible trip cos I felt like shit and I had to go to Leeds. The first train never even stopped at my stop, it sailed straight past. I had to wait over 30 mins in the icy cold for the next one and of course, I was late. Luckily, I wasn't the only one. The people there were lovely and I'm glad I got it done, although today, I feel all the worse for it.

Soz to moan but I'm getting so fed up of this coughing. I feel like I will cough myself inside out one of these days.

January

So, Tuesday I go down to London for the BIG interview. This is for the job of a police community support officer at the Metropolitan police. If I got this job, it would mean doing the big move to London but I have always wanted to live in London.

The interview is on the Weds and is scheduled for 4 hours (can you believe it). I went for the open day in December so I know what to expect. I won't be in blogland til this is done cos I have revising to do beforehand.

I will miss you all til I come back. Wish me luck cos I am nervous.

Neighbour news! Still not seen him or heard his doors go. There was music New Years Eve at 1am till 2am. Not like him to only do it an hour. No noise since then except the dog barking as though it has been left alone. Mum says she saw his landing light on this morning at just before 2am (she's got my flu and is being kept awake). We are now wondering if he has gone away and has some things on timers to make people think he's here and that maybe that noise on New Years eve was someone coming back to check on things before going again.

Just before crimbo, he was spotted in a suit, not like him at all. He only ever wears them for court appearances. I am wondering if he's inside cos he got done before crimbo for fiddling the leccy.

We shall see.

Week 52 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

So, New Year is almost upon us. I wish you all a happy one. I hope the coming year brings you all everything you wish for. I hope it's a good one for all of us.

So, we still don't know where our nuisance neighbour is. He's not there cos there is no door banging or noise, no movement of any kind.

He has left a little lamp and TV on quietly, but for who's benefit? We know cos we have spied when it gets dark.

If he had gone away, it would only be to his girlfriends cos he has no friends and she only lives two streets away. Why would he not have come back in the meantime for things?

Where is hs dog? Not that we ever hear him anyway, the quietest dog in the world.

It is all a mystery. His music went quiet at 21:25 Christmas Eve and we haven't heard a peep since. We didn't hear his door bang or a car pull up to meet him so where is he?

One theory is that he felt ill and turned his music down to ring an ambulance but never got that far. That would explain why his light and TV is still on. We don't think he would have left them on for the benefit of burglers cos he is a tramp with nothing to nick and surely the cost of the electricity would eat into his booze budget.

I keep telling mum to sniff whenever she goes outside to see if she can detect the aroma of dead body. I have flu again so my nostrils are useless right now.

Oh well, time will tell. If he has gone away, surely he'll be back for the New Year. I shall keep you all updated.