Some Things That Have Happened Already Today

1. My brother got the job he's been after at Derby Evening Telegraph. My brother is a fine writer. That makes it sound like he writes 'fines' but it was meant as a gentlemanly complement. (I'm feeling quite gentlemanly today).

My brother's name is Jonny and he got the job the good old way...getting in there under the premise of 'work experience' and then letting rip with his natural journalistic abilities and wowing them all into taking him in and paying him proper.

I am feeling very proud. There is an inflation in my chest. It is nothing medical.

Another thing that has happened already today:

2. Fine Before You Came are an Italian band. They are one of my favourite bands, and have been since I first laid eyes and ears on them years ago at The Victoria Inn. After that day they stayed at my house and their Manchester show was cancelled. So we put on another Derby gig the night after, and we (The Little Explorer) played with them. They really liked us as well, and when they came back we did a tour with them.

Then we went to Italy and played with them there.
I have shared some of my favourite experiences with these guys.
We are the definition of kindred spirits I think.

Anyway, we (The Little Explorer) are calling it a day, and they (Fine Before You Came) are going to travel to England all the way from Milan to play with us.

I am feeling very honoured. There is a smile on my face. It is not being held up by anything.

3. I got my redundancy papers through today. It basically confirmed my earliest suspicions that I'm quite...well not even quite...I'm proper fucked. I have lots of working things out to do for my application for remuneration, and I have a holiday booked for four days after the liquidation of the company starts.

Still, numbers one through two of this post make that pesky number three seem pretty insignificant.

The sky was grey.
Then when I typed that last bit the sun came out.

Some things that haven't happened yet today:

1. Job Centre interview.
2. Meeting with new landlord's agents. They sound nicer than the old ones on the phone at least. Let's hope they understand our seemingly 'different' way of life in our lovely house better than the last ones.
3. Jacket Potato and salad with Jenny.
4. Practicing shuffling cards.
5. Maybe watching 'The Counterfeiters'