Permanence.

So last week I went off on a little tangent and ranted about a digger who had moved onto the patch of wasteland, directly outside my flat window.

Sadly I can report that the bugger is there to stay, and he's brought some friends along.

Scoop, muck and dizzy... Roly too...

Yes, Bob the Builder has moved in next door to start work on a shiny new skyscraper. Oh the joys.

They haven't given me too much hassle thus far, and I even stayed in Leeds over the weekend all on my own to go to York races with some colleagues.

I'm getting so brave.

If you can excuse the horrific cliche, it's been a bit of a rollercoaster so far. This whole thing came about in such insane circumstances, I still sometimes catch myself disbelieving I've actually done it.

After a particularly nasty, heart wrenching break up, I ditched my country pub job I loved, in favour of a fresh start at a new pub closer to home (in Newcastle) which incidentally, I ended up hating.

After a particularly awful shift, I kind of lost the plot and applied for about 20 jobs across the country.

One got back to me.

After a written assessment, email correspondence and a nerve-wracking interview, I landed my job in Leeds and moved my whole life 110 miles down the A1.

The whole thing was quite whimsical and half-baked really. Some would say "spontaneous"... Personally I think I was just having a not-quite-quarter-life-crisis.

Despite the challenges I've faced being away from home, I've really learned to stand on my own two feet here, so I can't honestly say I regret a second of it.

However, when I took the job, in my head (because it was a short term contract for an internship), there was no finality or permanence in my move here.

But now it's looking like I could be here to stay.

Although the company hasn't exactly thrown contracts at me and begged me to sign, it's looking pretty likely that there will be a full time position available to me at the end of my internship if I want it.

Of course, there is time yet to make a decision but wow... Even having the option has completely blown my mind!

I'm just thinking out loud here really... 

L x