The Light at the End of the Tunnel

I shall again apologise for my sporadic presence on this here blog over the last week, blame the vomiting. Oh the vomiting...

The result of this is that I come to you, a little later than intended, with some news... I have an interview!!!!!!!!!! Finally - I HAVE AN INTERVIEW! It has taken me over six months but... I HAVE AN INTERVIEW!!!!! (If I'm this excited about the interview, then I wonder what would happen if I get the job.)

I'm excited for a number of reasons, one of them being that I would love the job. Often you apply for something and there are aspects of it that don't quite ring true with your experience or your interests; this job is different - it's right up my street on all levels.

So right here right now, it seems like the perfect job. I'm also excited about the prospect of having something fulfilling to fulfil my days. I'm not saying that blogging and writing other miscellaneous bits and pieces isn't worthwhile, but I long for routine - to leave the house in the morning and come back in the evening after achieving a great deal. I want to put my yoghurt in the communal fridge, I want to do the morning commute whilst reading a book, I want to have water cooler moments, I want to legitimately wear business casual!!!!

The interview isn't for a few weeks, so I'm also excited about going for a few days away to see some friends, doing some Italian tutoring and even prepping for my interview - I'm hoping that I'll be nicely busy. Lovely.

So as I emerge blinking into the world from my sickbed with bleary-eyed optimism, it does seem like this stretch of unemployment is coming to an end. Ok, so there's no guarantee I'll get the job, but it means I'm finally on the right track and I've found a winning formula. Even if it's only the first domino to fall, it should fall into another, and then another, and then soon I'll get something.

Part of the reason I'm so upbeat about all of this is because things are on the up for unemployed people in general. There are streadily fewer and fewer of us out there - well in fact there are more, but that's because there are more people actively searching for work. And so yes, unemployment did rise, but by the lowest number of people in recent months and though public sector jobs went down, private sector jobs more than compensated for the difference between the two.

I love Spring. I love tulips - they're my favourite flower and I love it when they come out at this time of year. Spring is all about new beginnings and it seems to match both my current mood, and that of the UK economy at the moment. Finally it looks like things are on the up.

And about time too.