running up that hill

i was at football on a thursday night a couple of weeks ago and there was a guy being helped off to a room for treatment for an injury. i didnt pay attention to it until i heard a familiar voice and then i looked at who it was and it was the chancer . it really is a small city sometimes. he was whining about how his achillies had gone which as usual i suspected was horseshit. if your achillies had snapped you would be in slightly more distress than he was in. 

i texted a guy who worked with him a couple of days later who confirmed that the chancer had told everyone that his achilles had snapped but that he was fine at home. he wasn't in plaster and he hadnt had an operation, like snapped achillies tendons just fuse together naturally and just need rest. i suspect he sprained his ankle but that makes you sound like a pussy so he has built up into something it isn't to get symapthy and also an excuse to 'work from home'. still, it couldnt have happened to a nicer fella. i did chuckle to myself seeing him limp along. 

speaking of chancers i also heard from a guy that bumped into one of the other chancers i worked with last year. he said the guy hadnt worked since being let go at the end of 2011. 8 months of nothing. dont feel too sorry for him because he was getting 14 grand a month for a year before that. you would think that someone who got paid 14 grand a month would have some really good skills and there would be others willing to pay for that kind of skill. turns out he wasnt worth the 14 grand and no one wants to go anywhere near him. see, i told he was a chancer. i have been in this game a while and i can spot them a mile off. 

back to my own contract, i am just counting the days down till september 7th which is my last day. its a struggle to motivate yourself at a time like this but i just need to get my head down and get through the next few weeks. dont break anything, come in and leave on time, keep your trap shut and just get through it. 

i booked my ticket for new york and california and am planning on doing the itinerary i posted before. i have a few days at home before i leave which will be good. i have got some paperwork and lawyer stuff to deal with about my dads stuff and i also have a tree to chop down in the garden. chopping down trees is proper work, not what i get paid to do which is to fix computers so banks can defraud tax payers and governments. 

weather was good for the last couple of days of the olympics. sunny weekend just gone and i cycled to the gym. am increasing my training which has been a bit sporadic recently. its quite likely i will be hitting a few beaches so thats motivation to get in shape. will book my car and sports/music tickets over the next few days. cant wait. its been a bad couple of months since my dad passed. i am gasping to get out of this town. 

today i have mostly been listening to kate bush - running up that hill. awesome.