Sheer laziness has prevented me from updating this blog on a more frequent basis, so I shall attempt to summarise the last two months into a list of achievements and non-achievements:

Successes in the last two months

• Negotiated my first ever payrise after only 4 weeks into a new job
• Picked up an 8-month old baby of my own volition without heart palpitations
• Played in my touch football team’s (the Touchy Feelys) only win of the competition so far
• Reunited with my long lost mate, Al, who I met on exchange in Sacramento
• Attended Reading Festival for the first time and managed to survive without suffocating in the pit toilets

Failings in the last two months

• Having my Highly Skilled Migrant visa application and subsequent appeal rejected on the basis of failing the English-speaking requirement
• Dated several guys, none of whom particularly floated my boat
• Was completely unable to get into any semblance of routine for taekwondo or salsa dancing.

Well, it seems as though the successes outweigh the failures so that’s something to celebrate.