Ok, so I'm a bum....

Well I have been in Cork for 5 weeks now and I am still unemployed! All that bragging about never having a problem finding a job...well... I guess its caught up with me!

I have currently got FIVE job agencies looking for a job for me, and despite numerous leads and the odd interview, I'm still home long enough each day to watch Oprah and Dr Phil.

I have had the occasional job though, so there has been a trickle of money coming in, but not enough to keep me going. You've never seen a cupboard with more generic label food in it then mine at the moment!

After the thrilling job watching the printer (living the dream!) I returned to that same company for a whole day as a receptionist (no miniskirt jokes ok!) and since then I got a job for a few days through a friend working at a school. Basically I was one of those crusty old guys they bring in to supervise exams. I would have started to have a mini midlife crisis had I not been mistaken for a student on more then one occasion!

Its not all bad though. I have moved into a very cool house with one French guy, a French girl, a Dutch girl and a German guy, and we have already had a couple of big household nights out and in, so I think Im going to enjoy my time here.

Another one of our friends from Edinburgh, Katrina, has also joined us, and managed to get TWO jobs since she arrived 3 weeks ago....thats not good for the ego, but good for her.

Anyways, I have a couple of leeds on jobs at the moment, so keep your fingers crossed that I can afford a drink on my birthday!

Cheers