Work 'n' Play

It's been a few weeks since my rant against the Man Made Global Warming - I'm glad to say that I've had lots of supportive mails - Looks like the brainwashing isn't working!

In the meantime, life's been a bit hectic. In mid November, I was just about to head off to Rome for a few days R&R when I got a 'phone call offering me a job at the place I used to work (large blue area directly overhead). There was a significant rate increase, so I had to say yes, despite being happy in my current contract. So I put the wheels in motion and returned form my break to work out the remaing 3 weeks of my notice period. Last Friday, I got the news that the budget for my new role had been frozen and there was no longer a job to go to! Luckily, the bank where I'm currently working were still keen to retain me.
I get the feeling that there was more going on than I knew about, but it's taught me a valuable lesson - No paperwork, no commitment! Since then, work has been very busy and quite enjoyable - looks like I'll be staying put untill March at least.


On the driving side, the season is pretty much over. Ros has sold his (championship winning) kart to Dom and Brett so for next weekend's 2nd round of the Crail winter series, we don't have a kart to race :-) But Craig's usual partner, Dave Morgan, can't make it, so at least I'll get some seat time!

I've also been organising next year's trip to Bedford Autodrome. I'm stunned by the response so far with 35 confirmed as of this evening, with around 10 folk on the maybe list and only 5 more place available. Given that this year we had 20, it just shows how much impact this day has on folk who've been before.

I'm going to post some more Climtae Change viepoints soon - Seems that's what folk want to read about!

So, 2007 - Well I hope that Ros and I will manage to buy a new kart to defend our title, and I still hope to race something more substantial if I can find a sponsor or two - Hopefully FPA or one of the Radical championships. I'm definitely going back to Monaco in October and maybe even another Thailand trip. But who knows, I'll just have to wait and see. For now, it's down to the annual pain of christmas shopping - I really am turning in to a grumpy old git :-)