Wedding and job
The last few weeks have been dominated by a wedding and a job. I spent a week (more or less, when we managed to get over there!) in Alderney for Nick & Jane’s wedding, which was a fantastic event and a chance for me to relax for a few days afterwards as I decided to stay on. Although a lot of places are technically closed outside of the main tourism period, it turned out that several people I knew on the island had keys, so I still got to see the museum and a guided tour around the island.
Some amusing moments from the trip include:
- My disastrous attempt to vault a gate, which would have succeeded had the gate not been off the latch. Cue a crashing sound and much pain, though I was mostly worried about whether I’d damaged my suit and if anyone had caught it on film (alas, the answer turned out to be “no”).
- The vicar being confused and having to adjust to the fact that apparently I have a Northern accent.
- Everyone dancing in a line to Combine Harvester at Nick’s request. Quite possibly the scariest video footage the world will ever see.
If I hadn’t had a job to start the next week I might have stayed for longer (possibly permanently), which leads me on to some unexpected news… I’ve finally succumbed to the world of employment and got a real job, working as the technical manager for an insurance intermediary. I avoid discussing work on my blog as all sorts of people read it, but so far I’m happy with the role and things seem to going well.
posted by Paul at 7:36pm on Sunday 8th March 2009
March 9th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Cos I’ve got a brand new combine harvester and I’ll give you the key!!