Although it is exciting, I don't hold out any hope for of getting beyond the first stage, but at least we have made a step further forward. It's for a heating & ventilation & general maintenance position within a school district on Vancouver Island in the area that we want to move to. Unfortunately we haven't been able to get any work references yet. We've made lots of phone calls but are waiting for letters to come in, though we can't approach Gmans current company because he doesn't want to alert them to our plans until there is something concrete to tell them. We spent many evening hours this past week documenting his practical skills into a cover letter to accompany each job application. This particular job would suit Gman down to the ground. It involves maintenance in 19 schools within the district including 3 on Islands off Vancouver Island and he really would love to work within a school environment. I know he has the right kind of experience too, but we just have to prove it and we can't yet.
I get by on the buzz of the little acheivements each weekend, so that I can appreciate that progress is being made towards getting this house of ours ready. So much to do and so little time to spare.
We celebrated Gadgeteens 14th birthday on Guy Fawkes day and typically everyone appeared to celebrate with us with fantastic fireworks. It's such fun living in a suburb in England on this day because we can share the pleasure of such a variety of fireworks that shoot up into the night sky from many of the back gardens around here. Each year the residential displays seem to increase in sophistication as the market expands to meet the demand. The rockets fly higher, the bangs are louder, the colours are brighter and the patterns in the sky combine more colours and designs. These days people seem to think that anytime from about a week before to the week after the actual day can still be celebrated in the name of Guy Fawkes, and that's fine with us, we love seeing them.
What did shock me though was that 12 days before Haloween we went out as a family to a local resturaunt for a meal, quite rare for us, and whilst we were sitting to our meal a people carrier drew up outside. Two young kids clambered out whilst Mum waited in the vehicle. The kids donned masks and came into the resturaunt and up to each table trick or treating. We were gob smacked! 12 days before! that is just not on and needless to say we told the kids so, as did the other diners. They dashed back out to the waiting car and mum drove away. We are quite prepared on Haloween night, with a spooky dark house, ghoulish decorations and pumpkins, a basket of goodies, and we all dress up and join in the fun, but only on the 31st October and no other. That is just taking the mickey and greedy in my opinion!
Gadgeteen on his birthday
....And Gadgetgirlie sitting in the cereal cupboard!
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