Ch.. ch... ch.... changes

Oh lordy, I'm going to be going from a part time, freelance project manager to a full time, employed communications and marketing manager.

I got the job I interviewed for yesterday! It's going to cut into my knitting time and stitching time - the commute changes from 1.25 hours on busses to a 20 minute walk - but the opportunity of working for a national charity in such a role couldn't really be passed up.

Just need to negotiate a handover with my client - and hope they give me a good reference - and then, by midsummer, I will be in a new job! I'm quite sad to be stopping working for the circus, but this job, although it is a fixed term contract, offers me more security and - of course - more money.

Update

Well, I finished the good luck present for the two guys I work with - it turned into a small flatfold, and they were thrilled with it! I should have a photo to show of it completed when it comes back from being a lucky charm in the dressing room ...

I'm working on the pinkeep for the Hooked on Exchanges exchange, and I think I've chosen too big a design - especially as I'm stitching it on 28 count fabric. When I've made it up, it will be about 5" x 6" which seems a trifle large to me. I do have a smaller design I could stitch as a replacement ... especially as this current design would fit into the "freebie" theme for the next exchange, if I'm fast enough to sign up. Oh, what to do ... perhaps this is a sign I should keep away from exchanges, as I cocked up the last one I was in too, I got the lady's birthday date wrong :o( How silly - and such a shame for the recipient! The package is in the post now, of course, but I haven't heard if it's got there yet.

I'm having trouble getting my digital camera to talk to my PC at the moment - the PC recognises it's there, but it won't upload the photos! I've got stacks of finishes to share, but no way of showing pictures ... I might bring the camera and USB cable to work, and try and sort things during my lunch break, as this blog is rather dull without pictures! It's probably a bit dull with them, but I tell myself there are people interested in my witterings...

Right, I'm going to go and get stitching on a pinkeep - which one yet, I don't know!

I'm full of a cold at the moment, and being at work is interesting - the guys I work with have a World Premiere performance on Monday, and so we're trying to avoid each other ... which is a bit tough when I'm also trying to sort out press and such for the event and need their input ... my office is next to the rehearsal room, and the tech stuff has been added, so I'm getting all the sound effects and music score now - think Victorian Music Hall. Well, it makes the working day interesting ... I'm online at the moment because I've just decided to stitch a good luck card for them, featuring the relevant Chinese character, given that the play involves a "Chinese" conjuror. Yay for Google - I found a great freebie, so with a bit of personalisation, I will have something nice for Monday!

It will mean that Random Thoughts get pushed aside for a while, but as I didn't sleep well last night, I got quite a bit done on it in the wee small hours! I'm over one third done, and even the over-one stitching isn't proving too tough. I've changed the Queen Stitches again though - they have to be my least favourite stitch of all time. Is there anything you really dislike working?