19th May

It seems this year that everything wants to happen on my birthday.

The 'Wasted' Punk Festival starts in Morecambe on the 19th (you want accomodation in Morecambe that weekend, you're six months late booking it, and there's about two beds, a cot and a closet left in Lancaster).

Dammit, there was at least two other things happening on the 19th that I noticed, but now I can't remember them. Sod, I'll just have to go to the (slightly tenuous and bugger-this-whole-birthday-tie-in-thing-because-it's-not-fucking-working) punchline:

The Graduate Teacher Training Registry want my acceptance of a place at St. Martin's College by the 19th.

Yeah, I'm in. :-)

It's going to be interesting. Apart from WFRP: The Enemy Within (starting Wednesday, out of LURPS), and maybe the occasional one-shots*, I won't be GMing at all next academic year, and WFRP's probably going to become a tad less frequent as workload piles up. It's probably going to help that Kate's on the same course as me, so we can bounce off one another if things get a little too hectic.

Hmm, this does mean I'll have to quit my Social Services job after only a few months (but it's a 6-month trial period anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem).

I'll also have to leave the Tourist Centre, which is a shame, because I enjoy that job and like the people I'm working with.

But, in just over a year's time, I'll be qualified to get into a professional career that pays reasonably well, is pretty much flexible in its working hours (outside of the core 8am-3.15pm slot, obviously). Sure, I have to kick a horde of psychotic little shits into the rough shape of responsible human beings with an understanding of literature, writing, drama and the media, but that shouldn't be too hard.

Now I find myself wondering which of the others from my interview (if any) got through? The girl from Blackburn (name began with F, I think; it was an odd Asian one) was kind of confusing in her micro-lesson, while Sarah from Preston was confident, outgoing, friendly (all good qualities in a teacher, in my opinion), but got confused between accent and dialect, even confusing Received Pronunciation with Standard English.


*Note to self - organise one-shots Sunday for LURPS. It's the start of Week 4 now. How about the end of Week 6?