Getting to the end of another month, will be paid this week which will help a little, and have Wednesday off which is necessary because my oyster expires and cannot afford the next one till paid. Didn't do much with that day off other than a lay in, bit of shopping and washing done. Already blown what money I might have had in a poor display on Wednesday afternoon at home. Angry, upset, disappointed I don't know how to feel but clearly nothing is changing and my life can only be heading in one sad direction at this rate.
AFC Wimbledon play twice this week, Tuesday night against Bristol Rovers which resulted in another 2-0 defeat and plenty of calls for manager Neal Ardley to be sacked. Then on Saturday they are home to Luton Town who are in the top six and expected to win easy.
There is more NFL action at Wembley too this Sunday afternoon with the final of the UK Series for 2018 as the current Superbowl champions Philadelphia Eagles take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. Live coverage is on BBC from about 1pm so will give us something to amuse myself with on the weekend. Not much else going on for me, will see if I can do something on the weekend, there is an open day at Hillingdon Railway Modellers which would be good to attend but will have to see what mood I am in on Saturday.
Oh and I must try and remember that the clocks are going back this weekend so that's another hour lay in, which sounds nice but I am usually wide awake at night now so it's another hour of worry for me.
This is going to be a rough week, nothing really exciting due to happen this week so just get on with it. Aim to get through of it and create plenty of content for the other blogs hopefully will keep us busy enough. Really messing my life up and it's getting worse and worse by the week. So demotivated at work but survived Monday and Tuesday with plenty of meetings and finding things to do. Hopefully Liz is having a good week off though and I just count off the days.
William has put us in touch with a new recruiter who he has a lot of positive words for so am going to speak with them and see if we can do anything. Hopefully will be able to speak with them on Friday if my phone works this time around. Was a good call as it gave me some feedback and ideas to change the CV and will do that, also need to write some notes about what a QA does, the technical aspects as I know I could do better with that.
At least survived the week and have a couple of quid for me to see me through picked up few bits for dinner and although the weekend will be quiet I am plenty busy enough at home. Need to start by emptying a few drawers, put my ties away safely and then look at some music for the websites later on. The music stuff keeps me busy and interested, I also have plenty of podcasts to download and listen too.
It's another weekend of NFL action in London, the game at Wembley on Sunday afternoon is Tennessee Titans vs Los Angeles Chargers live on BBC Tv. Plus the USA Grand Prix F1 on Channel 4 and I'll follow AFC Wimbledon against Blackpool in a game that might see us fall into the relegation zone if we were to lose. Look forward to having Wednesday off midweek which should be a trains day if I can manage to keep it together until then.
Starting another week with Monday off, had hoped to use these days for interviews but sadly that's not happening at the moment so will see what we can do instead. If nice day I need to pop out, and bring back some lunch, maybe catch up on some admin and have a tidy around try and empty some of these drawers really. Nothing exciting, and no money to get me through the coming weeks so will have to be careful as usual. It's possible that the next month or two could see some improvement and I want to have funds away for next year although that does feel like a long way off to really be confident that it can happen.
Written up plenty this week with racing at Pontefract almost coming to a close for the season, another fixture at Kempton on the Wednesday and then it's back to the football including the NFL games at Wembley which begin this coming Sunday when Oakland Raiders entertain Seattle Seahawks. This match is live on BBC on Sunday night so that will give me something to do later before another week of work.
Speaking of work, and they've moved what remains of the IT team and the Content delivery team into the middle of the office, not gone down too well amongst the troops but I just crack on and keep busy for now.
Earlier in the week I had a nice surprise with an unexpected phone call and chat with an old School friend Stephanie Norton (now Steffi Lee) called her back as she was waiting for her youngest son Charlie in Sandown (IOW) and had a near two hour chat about life. Really nice evening as well given I am usually afraid of making phone calls. Will see if this develops at all but maybe that's me jumping to conclusions. We have a planned Tarot reading later which might be interesting and another long phone call later in the week too which was nice.
Met up with Ken (my old boss) and found out that another two are leaving, Chester (Finance) and Christina (Marketing) seems to be a high turnover of staff but not many coming in other than more sales people. Frustrating stuff have looked and applied for a few more jobs on Friday night. At least survived another week.
Opening up another week with a few days off on Monday and Tuesday, seeing William on Monday in Kingston for lunch which I hope I can afford to do. Seems to just be doing fine over the weekend although I bailed on going out with the guys but did meet up with Dave on Saturday watching the Manchester United vs West Ham game with Sam and Kevin. That saved us some trouble going out all day and in fact turned into a wonderful afternoon with the Ryder Cup golf also on.
Monday meeting William for lunch in Kingston, having the much vaunted Quadzilla burger for lunch in the Conerstone pub. And on Tuesday we have a free day to do a little shopping and then it's AFC Wimbledon vs Bradford City at Kingsmeadow in League One. After a win on the weekend against another relegation threatened side in Oxford (2-1 victory) if we can take a further three points from lowly Bradford this will help the cause greatly and instil some confidence in our young side. Sadly another piss poor offering with Bradford winning 0-1 with a penalty their only real chance in the match. Now it seems that looking ahead to the weekend we've Plymouth who are currently bottom so maximum points really are up for grabs now and anything less will feel terrible.
Rubbish week all told, no money, no sleep, no joy in my life at all. Trying to plan a way through to April 2019 but it might be in vain. Although that will be my 50th and seems like a nice round number to go out on.
