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I’m so stressed out I couldn’t even spell ‘begin’, I started with ‘Where to being?’ which is also kind of relevant actually… if you fix up the shocking English.

Yesterday I had a job interview. It was a smallish agency that works on an area of policy I am very interested in. It all happened very fast, so I’m hoping for a quick outcome, whether good or bad! Last week I submitted an application and I didn’t get the usual ‘thank you for your application, we’ll be in touch’ reply, and because I had a bit of trouble with the email initially (which I was trying to sneakily send off from work!) I thought maybe they hadn’t even got it. Then on Tuesday I stupidly left my cell phone at home, something I NEVER do, and of course, I missed the calls and came home to phone messages telling me I had an interview. As I said, it all worked out because I had the interview yesterday. I think it went really well, although the more I think about it the worse I think my answers were! But I came out feeling really positive (had a sudden nerve attack right before I went in because it’s been so long), and I think it will depend on whether they saw me as being the right personality for the team, I think it was clear I can do the work no problems. They all scribbled furiously when I said the Deputy CE has complimented my writing on an important paper. So it’s a matter of wait and see, but keep an eye on Twitter (www.twitter.com/evilangel277), hopefully I’ll have some good news next week!

I’ve got exactly two weeks till I move, and I have not found anywhere to live. I’m getting awfully stressed at this stage, because this weekend is a holiday weekend and next weekend I’m away at my Dad’s birthday party, then it’s moving day. Our property manager is such an evil cow I want out asap, so when people ask me why I don’t just try and extend my current lease, they usually bear the brunt of my anger towards said evil cow. Plus I can’t afford the rent by myself. I’ve look at at least a dozen properties, and only one was worth applying for, which was so good that there were 20 other applicants and I didn’t get it. At this stage I can only cope with one thing at a time, there are half a dozen places in today’s paper, but I only rang about one and made an appointment to go see it. I have also started looking at flatmate wanted ads, just in case that turns out to be a better option. Ideally I would live with only one other person, or if it’s more, then I’ve decided an ensuite is my bottom line. Which of course limits the options, but I’m over the flatting thing, so I gotta have high standards if I do it. I’m also considering paying a bit more for a two bedroom place, setting it up, then advertising for a flatmate, at least that way it would be my house first, and I would be explicitly clear that I don’t need or want any further furniture.

I was just talking to my mum on the phone and she said she was looking online and saw someone a single draughtsman looking for a flatmate where I live, and how she thought that would be a good option for me. Well of course it’s gone now, I can’t find any such ad. Thanks for telling me when you saw it… that would have been a whole lot more useful! Plus single professional guy? More than just flatmate potential!

Also, to add to the stress, I’ve got 5000 words due at the end of next week, and I’m running out of time. I’ve already wasted 2 of the 4 weekend days (Friday was study leave, but I had the interview and a property viewing, Monday is a public holiday). I’ve got a few words written, and I will head the library as soon as it opens tomorrow. Am viewing a property in the late afternoon, it’s one I saw online previously, but I think/hope the kitchen pic’s are old, as in the paper it says it has a dishwasher and updated kitchen, and they’ve also dropped the rent so now it’s in my price range, so hopefully it’s a goer!

Wish me luck, here’s hoping I have a new job AND a new house by the end of the upcoming week!