Found out the other day that I'm still in with a chance of a job in Malta as the selection process has been delayed, will find out as soon as possible how much chance I stand of getting a placement. As the days go by the reality of what's involved in a move to Malta is gradually seeping in! Pauline was a little shocked at first I think but she now realises that I want to do it to secure a better future for us both and not to get away from her. The main 'problem' as far as Pauline is concerned is as always, Evie and her diabetes. I'm hoping that when Evie starts at the Comp, which will be around 2015 Pauline will decide to come out to Malta full time, well until I retire anyway. We can keep this house and rent it out, giving us something to live in when/if we return. Of course living out there would also give family a cheap holiday if they wanted to come out, it would only mean finding the air fare and some spending money, which would probably still be cheaper than a holiday in the UK. Of course this is all fantasy at the present time!
Pauline's birthday has come and gone. She is a little sad at the moment, life isn't going down the 'happy path' in some departments. We have both continued to lose weight on our diets, though I think I need to kick-start mine again as the losses have slowed and I'm barely losing a pound a week now. Pauline wants to lose around another nine pounds and then she will try to maintain that weight, me? I've still got around another twelve months before I reach a weight where I will be fully satisfied with the amount I've lost, I will still be overweight but a lot happier about it.
Time seems to be flying by, can't believe I've been at Arriva for over eight months now! Heard things at the airport are bad, they have just made a third of the car park staff redundant. I also found out that they are in imminent danger of losing their 'O' licences for the buses as the guy everybody thought was the nominated holder, isn't, VOSA are going mad as the airport haven't had one since they kicked Meteor out in 2006. A friend from the M.T department who was taking his CPC around the time I took mine has finally passed last month and has been approached by the airport to take on the responsibility. He phoned me and asked if they were paying me any extra for having a CPC. I told him they were offering around £700 a year but I'd already had things arranged to move to Arriva, they haven't offered him any extra, told him it needs to be at least £2k, which is what would have kept me at the airport.
Looking forward to the 10th, off out for a few drinks with some old friends I haven't seen for about five years, should be a good chin-wag too!
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