Boring update (sorry!)

Just to let you know I haven't disappeared off the face of the planet - I'm still here!

Corrado hasn't moved from the garage. Still leaking and a bit broken.

2 weeks at Head Office was good - seems my profile has been raised which is good, but everything's pretty much back to normal now....

And I'm getting a new boss next week who seems pretty cool. Woot. Yay.

(See, really not worth blogging, was it!)

The curse.... part 2

It's been a mixed bag since the last entry.

Gamestation did successfully swap the hard-drive, so the '360 is back up and running again with minimal disruption. Just a pity I'm having to start PGR3 from scratch again :( Kudos to Gamestation Redhill for going above and beyond, again!

The slow punctures (yes, 2 now) of the front and rear offside wheels on the Corrado hit the plateau of annoyance yesterday. I left work early due to still feeling rough (that's another thing - still not shaken off this man flu thing entirely. I'm coughing my guts up as I type) and thought I'd get the tyres checked on my way home just to get it sorted once and for all.
They found 2 nails in the rear tyre and nothing really wrong with the front, however, when they popped the tyres off the rims, we were greeted by a large handful of shred rubber inside the wheel where the tyres had started stripping themselves whilst going flat whilst driving. A very dangerous situation, as the tyre wall integrity is comprimised and the likelyhood of a high-speed blow-out is more of a when than an if.
5pm Friday evening, and only 2 wheels on the car, I had little choice but the splash £120 on replacement tyres there and then. Was cash, nod-nod-wink-wink, so probably saved myself £50 from VAT paying, over-priced Joe Public, but still not a great end to the week.

But maybe a silver lining to the hell that has been the last couple of weeks.
I've been asked by Carphone Head Office to go work there for 2 weeks to help out with the current mess O2 and Vodafone are into with the new billing system going Pete Tong. The fact that this request came from one of the directors, and is a great oppurtunity to get myself known at Head Office. If I want easier career progression, it's an oppurtunity too good to miss.
The fact that its also all-expenses paid and being put up in the Ramada for the duration - it would be silly not to!