Dave's Grumblings

Readers who visit the actual blog rather than via RSS will notice the rather nice new-look blog theme. It's in keeping with the main site and was (mostly) done by Andy. Thanks Andy. Thandy.

I'm all settled in to the house and it's certainly come to life now that everyone has moved in. Fun times are ahead, I predict :). The kitchen is a little on the small side considering there's 6 of us, but nothing's perfect. The landlord/lady seem to be on the ball as well, which is nice. A few days after requesting a dining table, they arrived with a gigantic refectory-style beast, which has pride of place in the middle of our lounge.

The Great Job Hunt paid off, and I've been offered an evening job at Woolworths... It's only a temporary position, so I'll probably have to go through the whole process again in January, but whatever keeps the wolves from the door in the meantime. I had a group interview today which was a bit scary but I must have done a good enough job of impressing/deceiving (pick one ;)) the interviewers so no complaints there.

This year I'm going to try harder to give my bike the love and attention it deserves, and it's not a moment too soon. 12 months ago (when I started riding it with any degree of regularity) I was fairly routine with the maintenance - a weekly clean, oil and tweaking of the brakes - but it didn't last long and the poor thing has had nothing but maltreatment since last January. It all came to a head this week though, and I've replaced brake blocks, an inner tube, bearings, rear spindle and handlebar grips with about 15 trips to the bike shop. Nothing major, but it still needs work. On the TODO list as soon as the loan comes are the bottom bracket bearings, re-adjusting the gears and an overall clean and grease.

Jen's coming tomorrow, which is going to be good fun, and then on Monday it's Jo's Quarter of a Century Celebrations AKA the Mumbles Mile in wigs. Can't wait. :D

Oh what an exciting life I lead.