Two things, actually. A recent post from aliiis reminded how angry I get immigration, so I wrote about it ("Immigration:a major election issue") on nickoli.name.

I also uploaded a photo onto flickr - not exactly a recent one, as it was taken last October whilst I was on holiday in north Wales, but this is the first time I've downloaded my camera in a while, so it's new to the internet and I'd forgotten taking it, so it's almost new to me.



I guess now that I've mentioned these on livejournal, that's three things I've updated today. And I've not done it today, but I do sometimes update twitter (because it's easy to do straight from my phone). I'm Nickoli.

I passed my driving test a couple of weeks ago. Today, I drove for work for the first time. I'd only ever driven very small cars before, and work have very big van-like cars, nearly the biggest thing my licence allows me to drive. It was a little weird: sitting in the driver's seat, I suddenly felt rather small.

Perhaps this is a dangerous thing to say, but sometimes I feel like my life is too easy. It's a strange thought for me to have, as I'm struggling with quite a lot at the moment: I'm not managing to keep up with my share of the housework, I don't hit my targets at work (but new job soon! Yay!), and I'm not getting the studying I want to do done either (I'm on-and-off trying to teach myself French, learn PHP, and study the Bible).

Focus, Nickoli, Focus.

Bonuses:
- FINAL SALARY PENSION SCHEME!
- Being unpopular for a living.
- Lauren gets £50k if I die on the job (as in before I leave, I don't have to be actually at work at the time).
- Working for government = security. Working for government in profit-making role = even more security.


Downsides:
- I'm probably not allowed to talk about politics. Or stand for office.

Overall, I think that's a pretty big win.

I handed in my notice this morning. It's just four weeks now until I finish this job, and get to go and be unpopular for a living.