Progress!!!!!

..except my keyboard is packing in.....my shift key is obviously knackered from msn use!!!!!

Anyway..keep this short as off to the missus'...had a lovely weekend down at dads with her and the hire car...went to Gullane and Haddington on Saturday...revisiting the old haunts..weather was a lot better than we had expected..and we walked a total of 8.5 miles..and the missus managed to buy a nice bracelet thing..while I got savlon for my knackered finger..which is healing fine now as well.

But I got a stinker of a cold..not man flu..never succumb to that...just sore throat and all snotty..lovely!!!!

Job wise is a bit better....although the Heritage Lottery Fund seems to be becoming more complicated...I think there is a lot more work to be done there before they accept it....which is surprising the pre application seemed to go with no problems...never mind.

So...we were looking at a bridging fund and I managed to sell the idea to both CSO and FCS...and they both bought it...then I had to get CSO chappy to the table with FCS..which took a few weeks (tick tock tick tock!!!!)...I had to remain calm and chivvy along while not seeming to put pressure on him...then they met and all was fine...until my boss comes up with..."it will need a business plan passed by Committee which won't be until May"...rubbish..that's not what I said but he got the picture after a few mins...I have worked in a good number of Ranger jobs and money appears so they simply extend the contract by issuing an instruction to HR..really surprised me the way he didn't seem to be aware of that and referred up...which was referred back to him....at which point he contacted HR/Staffing..by e mail...we had a final WIAT Forum day whereupon FCS chap and I cornered him and explained/introduced the concept that e mail is fine when you have the time but not when you don't...telephone call is the way to do it.

So...again...it was my role to chivvy, remember and remind to call this that and the other...the upshot being an extension of 1 month has been issued....this serves the purpose to illustrate it CAN be done..it illustrates how it can be done for future use...it will illustrate how the money comes in from CSO/FCS until our major funding stream kicks in..now we need to collar CSO chappy to front up the money for April...discuss how far he can bridge fund..and other possibilities...so we are still in the game and fighting on all fronts!!!!

One more permutation...it is possible...irrespective of CSO/FCS funding...I can only extend to 24 months....having been on contract for 20 months already...due to Council policy...after 24 months they have to redeploy you NOT simply punt you out....I am going to get round that by signing something saying i am not interested...as the big funding stream will mean a new post..so this one will become redundant.

All this on top of jobs and property stuff!!!!...and I am now doing my weekly Monday night slots on SHMU...10 pm to midnight..all the fun of the fair.

Well, life would be boring if this wasn't the case.

Tara for now.

SB