Adventures in unemployment

I can’t say that redundancy agrees with me.  I don’t mind the application or interview processes, it’s the wait that follows that kills me.  I was thinking that I’d make my applications then spend my downtime wisely.  Housework! Gardening! Bike riding!  More Lua and Unity work!  I’ve done quite a bit of the latter, but everything else has taken a backseat to checking my email, Facebook and LinkedIn every five minutes.  I’m sat in front of my PC all day, so in that respect being redundant is much like being at work, only I don’t have any Proper Coders(TM) to mock my shoddy indentation.

Waiting for emails, I’m a bit like a kid at Christmas – only I don’t know if that brightly coloured box contains an exciting new job and a new phase in my career, or a big ol’ bag of unemployment.  I’ve come to deeply resent Chain Reaction, Evans Cycles and Wiggle, as I’ll see that I have a new email, excitedly open it… and find it’s from one of the aforementioned retailers.  Shiny new bikes! Winter gear now coming in?  As much as I’d love to blow my statutory redundancy (yet to arrive) on biking year, this is probably one of those situations where I have to be an adult and not spunk loads of cash on biking stuff. So not only can I not take advantage of the FABULOUS WINTER OFFERS, but they’re also not offering me a job.  Pfffft.

Still, it’s given me time to work on other things, like faffing in Unity and Corona, and I’ve also been putting some stuff together for schools, to encourage kids to consider game and app development as a viable career (and encourage them to continue in the appropriate subjects).  I’ve also been over the Chase once, on a Monday.  Fastest time ever! \o/  Hopefully I can get back over there this week too.