The most momentous thing happened this month

I actually got an interview for a Proper, Grown-Up Graduate Job.

I've been keeping quiet on this front because I wanted to be sure whether or not I'd get the job.

After having put down a deposit on a new place (five minutes up from the old one - yeah, I moved by the way) I found a job that sounded like great fun. It was with a PR company in Edinburgh (I know, I know, lengthy commute etc) who worked mainly with IT and computer companies. However, I had read the person specification they had put on the website and it sounded like it fit me. So I applied. I wasn't expecting a reply, but I thought it was worth a shot anyway, and besides, I'd just had yet another crap shift at the Paid Job. So I rattled out a covering letter, attached my CV and emailed it.

To my surprise, I got a response from them three days later, asking me to come through for an interview. I was absolutely delighted. So, among everything else that had to happen that day, I headed to Edinburgh the following Monday and was interviewed by the two people who make up the company. I personally thought the interview went well, but by Friday I hadn't been asked back for a second one. Just now I received confirmation that they'd now filled the position, but the rejection was nice enough I guess - just that really I'd been up against some stiff competition, all more experienced than me, and that they wished me well. While I'm gutted to have missed out, I hope I made a good enough impression that I might be successful if they ever recruit again.

Meanwhile, I've found two more jobs to apply for that require English degrees and that I fit the specification for. Feeling a bit more hopeful in general. Maybe I will get a new Paid Job this year - which will be grand, given that it has now transpired that the current one lied to me about my holiday allowance, potentially fucking up my Christmas plans again...