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18:00 Nicole seemed pleased with her Zeit subscription. Now she's gone to have her baby... blimey.

In the morning, Amanda had a meeting with us 4 applicants for the Linguistic Analyst position to confirm that we are to take a test next week, followed by a phone interview with Chris and a face-to-face interview with herself. She's scrapped the Senior position now, so it'll all be the same level.
Stephen was his usual positive self when I told him this piece of news and he claimed that I might as well start looking for another job now because I won't be offered as much money for the new job as I make now. But the salary band I have seen suits me, and surely I have some haggling power?! Why should I accept to be downgraded?

The test will be -- surprise! -- on February 2nd. The one day of the year on which I will be fully able to concentrate... NOT! Well, what can I do? I'll just have to roll with it.
And who says horoscopes aren't true?

In the afternoon, Amanda called me into her office to tell me she would like me to go to Seattle in mid-February for 2 weeks! And I thought those plans had fallen through? She wants me to go regardless of the outcome of my application. Maybe I should remind her that if my application fails, I won't have much reason to stay on in the company. She has strong hopes in me, I suppose...

Saturday

20:00  We've had a quiet Saturday afternoon, just reading the paper and listening to music (George's actually, not my choice funnily enough...!).

Later I'll go to the Plug, making an effort to support the local, emerging music scene.

Fiona is back on the forum, and her posts are boring/annoying me to tears... well, these words are maybe too strong to describe my reaction. Let's just say some threads annoy me so much that I won't even bother replying. We've got enough amateur psychoanalysts posting there as it is.

I've realised that without a full gaydar membership I'm not able to send/receive more than 5 messages a day. I've also realised that you can track the people who've visited your profile in the last 72 hours. I feel foolish now. Kinda.

I've booked a flight to Germany in April for Papa's 60th birthday. It's British Airways again! After hours of puzzling with the low-budget airlines BA eventually turned out to be the most convenient AND cheapest. I managed to pick flights that allow me to only take 0.5 day of holidays on the Friday afternoon.
Mum asked if Stephen would come, too. He's not sure yet. Aggressive flight schedules scare him.

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