The last temptation of iMark

Much as I love surprises (both receiving and giving them) I think I'd better put you out of your misery by telling you that after the trials and turmoils of yesterday I still manage to find myself gainfully employed. Yay me.

I could have taken redundancy if I'd wanted it and I can't deny that it held a lot (a lot) of attraction for me - after all, I've been patiently waiting to escape this city for a goodly while now. But I didn't. Much as I wanted to, much as I considered it, I decided against it, and shame of shames, my reason for doing so was primarily financial. I want to have enough money in the bank so that when I leave my job I can do fun things. Things to make the last 6 years here seem more worthwhile than I oftentimes suspect they really have been.

Nothing desperately exciting, probably. A little travelling, hopefully fulfilling a dream I came up with last year to circumnavigate the globe. Shopping for a few trinkets and furnishings for my flat - moulding it into what will hopefully be and feel like my home. Buying a gift or two that I won't go into now because it would spoil a surprise. And last but not least, some simple peace of mind - the knowledge that I can return home and take my time finding a new job without worrying about how I'm going to survive in the short term.

But I'm not quite there yet. I'm annoyingly close though. If the events of the last two days had happened even a few short months from now I would likely have jumped at the chance. Just not today.

So near and yet so far...