Wind Rain and the end of Summer

Well, the last day of summer is upon us already.  It’s official, after nearly 2 years of summer we are finally going to experience autumn and winter again.  OK, not winter like Canada but still MUCH colder than we have been used to.  Just to emphasise the point, we are getting nailed today with 40 knot winds, driving rain and all that fun stuff.  It’s nice to be tied up to a nice sheltered marina.  We continue to grind away looking for work.  It has been a bit weird of late.  A couple of weeks ago I received 2 emails from Vodafone HR saying they understood how frustrated I must be and they were apologizing about not briefing me on a role I had applied for.  The bottom line was a offer to meet with the HR person to find out more about the role.  Great I thought, I’ll give this person a call.  Of coursed, no answer, so I left a message.  No return call was forthcoming so I sent an email off the next morning, no response.  Another phone call that afternoon (we are now up to Tuesday afternoon), no answer, so I leave another message.  One more email Wednesday which finally got a terse response that my CV had been forwarded to another person and they would contact me if they wanted to see me.  It was a VERY strange apology to say the least.  I sent one last email off to the head of the PM group yesterday to see if I could get a response.  I’ll wait and see what happens.  I did get a call from Telecom NZ about a training specialist role I applied for and I had a video conference interview yesterday.  It went well, I think.  I will find out next week just how well it went.  It’s an interesting job and a good entrance to Telecom.  The other high point is that we have finally confirmed a permanent live aboard berth here in Auckland.  As of April 1^st we are moving across the harbour to Bayswater Marina.  It will be nice to be settled and get an address at last.  There is a ferry that runs across the harbour from the marina to the downtown core.  If I get the job with Telecom, I may use that to get to work instead of fighting traffic.  I’ll have to work out the costs involved and see if it’s worth it or not.