louder

got messaged by one of the project managers whose project i work on (not the chancer PM) and he told me that he had heard that i was in the plans being drawn up for various other projects next year. i had told him about a week ago that i was finishing up in mid december and was looking for new projects, and he had said he would try and find out if i would be needed. looks like i might well be. 


he also told one of the guys in my team that he would be needed in the new year as well. he replied it was good news only if he didnt end up working on a project with chancer pm, to which the reply was that over the next 3 weeks people are going to be spoken to about whether they will be staying or whether they are "surplus to requirements". looks like the chancers and possibly including the pm, are in that group. there has been a definite shift over the last week or two to not give them any new bits of work to do. they should be able to see it coming, especially as they are aware that there are big deadlines and applications going live over the next few weeks. 


hope you saved your 14 grand a month pay cheques. hope you dont end up regretting spending 8 grand on some speakers and 7 grand on a watch. hope you havent got a big thirsty german car and a huge mortgage. hope you havent been living beyond your means. hope you dont you really believe you are worth 14 grand a month because you might be in for a surprise. 


anyways, it good news for me as it means i wont be moving on.....again!, and i really could do with a bit of stability. i also enjoy working with everyone else there and am familiar with their systems so it will be a relief not to have to learn a whole bunch of new processes and people at another place. am waiting till i get told officially and there is a piece of paper with terms written on it and will not assume its a done deal. will still update my cv and send it out for anything interesting. i still might be out of work in the new year when i get back from cali, but i dont have a big car, expensive home cinema system and a flash swiss watch and instead have the money saved, so i will be fine whatever happens. 


today is one of the rare times in recent weeks when i have not had to work on saturday. i get 2 whole days for my weekend. did all my laundry and shopping and went to the gym and cleaned up, so i have no idea what i will do with myself tomorrow. it will be like a 24 hour holiday. 

cycled to the gym today. was fast but not quite fast enough. 14 seconds outside my record. got held up again at some lights and behind some slooowww drivers. weather is not too bad considering its november. slate grey skies but at least it wasnt raining today like it did during the week, and its not very cold yet. any dry mild day, allbeit with slate grey skies, is a bonus in november, as its usually shit. aboveis a pic from my bike ride going home. 


today i have mostly been listening to DJ Flash - Louder. they played it my gym and i thought it was a good song and a good video. not what i would usually listen to, but its a nice change.