Or my life.

Things are going good. I had an interview with the Canada Public School of Service two weeks ago, the Monday before Easter. I have no idea how I did - might have done well, might not have. I'm now at the waiting stage, again, to see about the next step. Waiting kills me - I am not, by nature, a very patient person!

I also did English language tests, for the *third* time, last Saturday, for a job with the Department of Justice. It's for a Legistic Revisor job. Basically, I'd be proofing and editing Legislative texts and publications. It would be a sweet job to have, although it might be a long shot. It's an SI-04 position, which is fairly high to start at. I was one of the youngest people at the exams - and after writing them, I can see why. Holy crap, batman, they were hard!

The first test was a 35 minute proof-reading test. We were given a Master Copy and an un-correct proof that we had to match to the Master. That wasn't too bad - I just had to make sure to pay attention to the spelling, which is often skipped over as brains tend to read what it *should* say, not what it does.

After that was a 40 minute grammar test, which was freakin' hard. And I teach grammar! If there is one thing in this world that I know, it is English grammar, but this test was picky picky picky.

The last one was a one-hour editing test. We were given a legislative act draft that we had to edit - looking at logic (does it make sense?), grammar, punctuation, spelling, all that good stuff. I think I did ok on this one, too. I do know that I caught a couple of small errors that some people might have skipped over.

So the end to all that is that I'm in a holding pattern job-wise. I still have my job, but I'm looking for a change. I've been put into a pool of semi-qualified applicants for CR-04s at Industry Canada, as well, so we'll see how that one goes.

Otherwise, things are moving on as usual. Trivia is going good - we average about 40 people each week, which is a huge number. People seem to like having me host - I joke around with them, but keep the game moving forward. Curling finished a few weeks ago, and this Saturday we have a BBQ to commemorate the season. After that, soccer starts up, so hopefully that'll also keep me busy.

I've gotten back to running - doing a 5.6K run at least once a week, although with nicer weather coming, hopefully I can up that to three or four times a week. Helps me burn off some extra energy.

Also hoping to get another Festival Pass for Bluesfest. Why break a tradition now? And one of my favourite singers, Paolo Nutini, is coming this year. Along with my friend's band, The Brother's Chaffey, not to mention all the big name acts this year. (Although can anything compare with 2007, when I saw Van Morrison and Bob Dylan?)

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