Midnight walks with the dog.

So here I am, still awake at the back of 1am, not long after taking the dog for a walk.

Don't get me wrong; I've already been to bed. I had those couple of minutes of sleep and then woke up. Tried to get get back to sleep and it didn't work. So I got up, and took the dog out for the walk that I should have taken him for at about half 8.

The dog is called Loopus, and the reason for the blog's name. I expect the blog to include all sorts of stuff including walking the dog, old cars, cars, walking, family, friends, and quite possibly jobs.

At the moment, I've been told that my department closes by the 31st March. Supposedly, we have 6 months notice of termination of employment, but that seems to be in limbo too. Hence I'm stressed to Falkirk and hence why I'm taking the dog out for a walk at midnight.

I've been here before, with the stress thing. 15 years ago when I worked in the Hotel, I was stressed. Part of the walking at odd hours was the shifts, but a lot of it was the shit you have to deal with when futures are uncertain and your recent plans for the future are in tatters.

At the time, I was not long out of University, admittedly with a shit degree, but as a scientist it should have held more than a shit job in a hotel kitchen as a promise. FFS, even the worst uni course in the worst university should prepare someone for not having to fill that role! This is not snobbery - it's socialism, and a failure of the education system: just how can a person leave a 500 year old University with a degree, but end up working in a hotel as kitchen staff for 4 and a half years? FFS, there were jobs I coulda done! More importantly, there were people who weren't as lucky educationally as me who needed my job! They were on the dole!

So now I'm experienceing these sorts of things again. The not being able to sleep, etc.. Still, at least I understand it a bit more now.

Back to the walk. The underpass is still flooded, so we wentout towards the children's play area.
He does go mental when I go on the kids deathslide thing!