This morning was much
like yesterday morning - a lie-in followed by a late brekkie and some
job applications. One of the agencies phoned back about one of the
applications, so the morning wasn't entirely wasted. After a while
"My Boy TM" came home. We bandied
insults for a while; he's off to a dirty weekend in Eastbourne (which
will be nice for him). Unfortunately two minutes on Late Rooms
(dot com) came up with several hotels in the area at a cheaper
price than he'd paid. Oh well, he'll know next time.
As "My Boy TM"
set off to work, so my mobile rang. It was another of the agencies
about one of the jobs I'd applied for. In fact three different
agencies phoned me during the afternoon about jobs I'd applied for.
Nothing seemed immediately promising, but I suppose that the fact
that they phoned me shows there must be some hope.
The Rear Admiral arrived,
and we turned on the telly: Challenge TV and an old episode of "The
Crystal Maze". A quality show - at the end of the show they
had five crystals, three of the team locked in, and one of the lowest
scores I've ever seen. Oh, how we laughed. There is nothing like the
thwarting of naked greed for cheering me up.
Being the last Friday of
the month, we set off to astro club. We started off with an update on
matters astronomical, and then moved on to the business of the
evening. Tonight was billed as a telescope workshop; and we had a
good talk on telescopes, and as I hawked the raffle so everyone had
the chance to look at the telescopes on display, and to bring in
their own scopes. We got word that there was a break in the clouds,
so I quickly called the raffle, and people went outside to look at
Mars and Jupiter. As they looked, so I tidied away the chairs. And as
I put away the last chair, so the clouds rolled over, and everyone
came in for a Stellarium show. A show they had to stand for, as I'd
put the chairs away. Whoops!
But, all things
considered, another excellent astro club meeting. It turns out I'm
lecturing there in October on a subject which has yet to be decided.
I wonder what I might talk about...?
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