KwAcKy's Konfessional |
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Nothing of interest; just mindless links to bikes Birmingham City Football Club and useless junk  
  
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13 September 2003
Yes! I'm back! Loads of stuff to tell you, including:- My new job Little Kwacky Blues Stuff Bike Stuff The Stag Weekend and some new links to crap. I can't get them all in today but I always was a tease ;-) New Job Someone got in touch with me and asked me to apply for a job. I wasn't looking but I did know some people who had or do work for Beachcroft and they all seem to like it there. With nothing to lose I sent in my CV. I didn't hear anything for a while but I wasn't bothered. I wasn't looking to leave Lee Crowder so I forgot about it. Then I get an e-mail at home "interview on such a date". I get into e-mail correspondence with their head of human resources (don't you love these modern job tags? :-S ). When I get a job description it appears that the post was a little junior for me. So I sent them a "thanks but no thanks" reply. Next day I get anpother e-mail inviting me to apply for a more senior role. I go along to the interview and what an intervew it was! They give you a great big bundle of papers including court proceedings, medical reports and copy correspondence. You have to advise the client. prepare notes for a telephone conversation, identify key strengths and weaknesses (and how you counter them) and find conflicting evidence. Then you get some verbal reasoning tests (last one I did was for my 11+!) Then you get a grilling from the head of department. I was told I would hear within 7 days but by the time I got home from my 5 hour ordeal the 'phone was already ringing. Always a good sign. After some wrangling over personal terms I accepted the job. The fools have put me in carge of my own team }:-) Bwahaahahahaa. I'm really looking forward to it. It's a more senior role and it gives me the the opporunity to specialise which is something I can't do at the moment. I'll miss my current place but I need to move on. Plus, I won't have to work the silly hours I've been know to put in and take work home ona regular basis. And the hours are shorter which will give me more time to spend with the wee one and Mrs Kwacky. Talking of which.... Little me She's almost 20 weeks old and she's really growing. 16 pounds 1 oz and really taking to her food. It doesn't look like she'll crawl; she doesn't like being placed on her belly but she'll stand up if you support her. The little toe rag has learnt to smile when she pisses you off. It works everytime so far. We'll soon learn. Last week she learnt to scream! Oh joy. Little and large welps non-stop all day and into the evening. My mate Mike Keep my mate Mike in your prayers (for those that do). Late on a Friday night Mike was packing his things getting ready to move house the next day. He tripped on a box at the top of the stairs, tumbled, took a blow to his head and passed out. He woke up in the wee hours and couldn't move his legs. HIs phone was upstairs. He dragged himself up using his elbows and called for aid. He woke up the next time to find himself in a neuro ward. He had broken his back. He was told he would probably never walk again and that he would be permanantly doubly incontinent. He's got to lie flat on his back for 6 weeks to allow the damaged vertebrea to fuse. He's currently on week 2. I went to see him last night and he's in great spirits. I'm not sure I would be able to cope if that was me. The good news is that he has movement in both of his legs and he's starting to get more range of movement in his feet. They hope that they can fit him with a body brace so that he'll be able to have some limited walking capability. The wife of one of the partners at work specialises in this sort of disability and she might be able to introduce more range in his feet so that he won't have drag foot syndrome. |
