Posty posty

So I guess it's been a while since I posted here. I'd like to say that this is a big return and I'll be posting regularly again but who can say?
So what's new in my life? Not much really. Still working at Clarity, still plodding along with Laura and Anya and our house in Stretford.
I'm actually listening to "Lostcasts" while I write this - it is a podcast that goes into way too much detail about Lost and theories about what could be going on. It's really good and I can highly recommend it but be warned that it will make you think far too much about lost.
I've been doing some bowling at work which is fun. We tend to play once a week and more and more people come along all the time. I have all the results in website form at http://www.brendannewell.co.uk/forum
It's march this month so it's Anya's 2nd birthday, Kieran's 21st birthday, Mum's **th birthday and many others which makes it an expensive and busy month.
I've started playing a new game called Heroclix which is far too collectible to be healthy for a person like me. I've only played a couple of games of it but I'm already kind of hooked because of the collectibility of the figures. The game basically consists of each player building a team of superheroes and then fighting it out until only one team remains.
I've been playing squash with Russ fairly regularly which is cool but although me and Russ are fairly evenly matched, I played against Yvette at work and she beat me 7-0 in about half an hour which was not good. More importantly I was still able to get a good bit of exercise done which is the important thing.
I've started going out a bit with Russ and his mate Steve which is fairly cool. We go to a club called 42nd Street which is mostly full of students so I feel a bit old but its still pretty good.
Russ has also moved into a house with Olly and a guy called Geth which is good but they could be a bit closer. The downside is that they are in the same place so that means it makes more sense for me to go round there to play stuff which is ok except for the distance, the lack of a proper table, the inevitable late night and the logistical problems around Anya.
So anyway, life is moving along. I've got a holiday in Spain to look forward to in May and its my 25th birthday this year. I'd really like to try and get fit again this year and lose a few stone. I'm looking into buying a treadmill since it would be easier to motivate myself if I have spent hundreds of pounds on one of those and also I wouldnt have to worry about getting mugged when I go for a run.
Work is kind of 50% good at the moment. I really enjoy internal support but I'm losing the taste for visiting customers. I've never really dealt well with customers - I think it's because of a concern that I will screw up and the company will look bad which makes me nervous. I really work better in-house and Cliff (the systems manager) keeps telling me that I am really good on internal support and if he could have his choice then I would be full time internal support rather than split between that and project/installation work. I really dont think Paul (my manager) would let me go over to internal systems because of the amount that has been invested in me to train me up for project/installation work but I can hope. Anyway, pay rises are coming soon so that could be a big factor in how I decide to move forward but I have a sneaky suspicion that I wont be getting a huge increase...
SO anyway, I'll sign off now and hopefully post again soon.
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