bitful

Yesterday morning we drove from London to Birmingham to spend Christmas with Dr B.'s parents.

I have been doing absolutely nothing for exactly thirty hours and loving every minute of it. Right now Dr B. is sleeping off the lurgy in his old bedroom, his parents are out, and I'm sitting watching telly.

The last few months have been intense, busy and terribly exciting. A lot to do with work, I'm afraid, so I shan't really bore you with it. Except for one detail that makes me very proud: I found out on Friday that I did not get the job that I was interviewed for at the beginning of the week.

I am very proud indeed, because I was not even going to apply: the job in question is within my team, one level before my current one, and I was highly encouraged to apply by my colleagues even if I'd only been in my current position for exactly one year.

I am also very proud because I have been marked as equally suitable as the chosen candidate, and this is something that I was not expecting. I had some feedback from the panel and what played against me was the lack of experience in the advertised role, which I am determined to acquire during the next month or so, as I am temporarily filling in until the person who was recruited is free to join us.

So a few days' rest for me. Doing nothing is a rare pleasure that I intend to enjoy fully. And yes, of course I'm all laptopped and mobiled up, connecting to the world via the in-laws wireless network, with the Xbox 360 we brought from London and tentimillion channels courtesy of Sky.

And that's exactly what relaxing means to me.

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