Well the end of 2008 looms

And out of a little boredom and due to the family time not starting yet i am on dads laptop blogging.

What can i say about 2008, it was a good year in many ways, i found a job, dave moved in with us and richard got engaged. It had its downsides, dave is not allowed jobseekers and i spent half the year missing him. Altogether though this has been a good year and i hope next year has as many good points to it.

I feel that over the last year i have achieved things that i would not think i am capable of, i started my job in june and managed to become a supervisor by the end of october which has given me more responsibility at work. I have gained confidence from work and actually feel mostly competent at my job. I have started the level 3 counselling course and while i do not feel so confident about my counselling skills i do believe in my natural ability to listen to people which is key to becoming a counsellor. I am currently in two minds about doing the level 5 course as it is looking like i will have to pay the full cost which i am unable to in my current situation. Also i have yet to find a placement for my diploma course which i need to sort by the end of February.

In geekier news, i now have a new graphics card but not the power supply to allow me to use it, hopefully this will be sorted soon thanks to my geeky brother :P I have also been playing WoW on a fairly regular basis and have finally managed to reach level 70 with my Mage after 2 years of play. Considering i have about 20 chars over 3 servers i feel i'm doing quite well. Now that dave and i are level 70 we may get round to playing our other joint chars so that will be fun and i will finally get to play the other classes properly.

The new year will bring with it an exam on the 22nd of jan for my counselling course, which i should really revise for. It does however use the exact same 5 questions each year just applied to a different situation. Also next year my brother is getting married in may and as such i should probably start thinking about what i'm going to wear. Other challenges in 2009 will be what happens when 2 members of staff that went on maternity leave come back, while my contracted hours are ok i do like doing the overtime and the paychecks that result from it. Also i need the money now as i have to "support" dave but oh well we manage and we're ok til mum and dad get fed up of us and want us out.

Well i think thats enough rambling for one night and hopefully ill have a few drinks soon, my bros just started so roll on the new year. Many drinks and some good food and a day off.

I hope everyone has a good new year.

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