It's funny. Despite doing it for over 24 years, waking up alone just doesn't feel normal anymore. When my better half is away the bed feels wrong and waking up alone is a most uncomfortable experience.

It really has been ages since I last posted.
I haven't been terribly busy so I putting it down to simple laziness :)

The podcast is coming along very well indeed, I've had some excellent guests so far including heavyweights like J.C. Hutchins and Matt Wallace and the superhero duo that is Rick and Anne Stringer (lovely people). I'm really enjoying talking to all these people and getting the chance to thank them for filling my days with such high quality entertainment.

On the work end of things, everything is fine. I'm not in a very interesting job at the moment but the pay is enough to keep me going. I'm still waiting to hear back from the local university. It's been a bit of a mess really getting references back from my previous employer because they don't like to give out references and for anything more than a 'Yes, he worked for us' I needed to send them written authorisation! Apparently the references were put in the post last week so the uni should have them by now but I still haven't heard anything. I'm tempted to email the HR department again but I've pestered them enough over the last week just orgainsing the references. I think it's best to wait a few days at least before I get in touch again. The waiting is driving me mad. At this point I'd just like to hear back, one way or another.

In other sad news, my 12" Mac Powerbook is dying... One of the fans has started to fail and from what I can see online this can be expensive and difficult to fix. Its especially hard in Ireland as we just don't have apple stores and official repair centres. I got Isaac about 4 years ago and it has served me well all this time. I'm going to try using it less so as to increase it's lifespan. I'm also going to backup all the data to an external drive just in case. Maybe by the end of the year I'll pick up a shiny black Macbook as a replacement  but with college fees (assuming i get into my masters) money will be a little tighter this year.

Despite the job  hassle and the powerbook trouble, everything else is fine and dandy. I'm living with the love of my life and if I had nothing else then I'd still be deliriously happy :)