This morning has been highly frenetic. I have put the flat rental on hold (which blows away the 250 pounds of agency fees). I've spent what seems like the entire morning making phone calls to various job agencies as well as my previous employers. I've fixed my CV script which …

There are some times in life when you get pitched a curveball. But before I launch into that topic perhaps a little reflection of the last week should be in order.

I've spent the last week in the Austrian resort town of Soll on skiing holiday with the family. The …

Tonight shall be an early night, I have still to pack for the Ski holiday which starts at an exceptionally deniable 0300 hours tomorrow. Fliss is making noises about not accessing the 'net for the week so I'm gathering and transcribing my thoughts now.

We have a place to live …

House hunting continued today. There was much messing about with mobile phones and reschedules and I've managed to book myself two viewings for Denial A.M. tomorrow before I drive back to Manchester. The spreadsheet (and gut feeling) seem to be gravitating towards the flat I saw yesterday although I …

I've spent most of today house hunting. After seven years of comfortable living in my frankly over-sized house I'm finding it tricky to walk into a 2/3 bed house and visualise the two of us living in it. The cheapest one I saw today was 695 pcm but there …