France blog

(Edit: After being threatened with legal action, I’ve removed the bulk of this post)

For the last few weeks I’ve been in the Aveyron in France, enjoying some downtime after finishing at Sophos and starting the next year (although I have ended up with a big stress, more on that in a bit), but whilst I’m at my parents house, there’s always a few jobs that need doing, this year my main job has being added Sky to the “yellow room” (a task now completed!), a task not made easier by one hand being in a splint. However, today I’ve been helping my Uncle Keith sort out a blockage in one of the upstairs toilets that meant the water wasn’t draining very fast.

This is where the text was removed – it included speculation alongside facts and I unfortunately did not make a clear distinction between the two, which I apologise if it was misleading. I’ve discussed this further, in a more recent journal entry

So, just a warning if you’re planning on renovating a property in the Aveyron or Tarn – I will not be recommending using Patrick Paul Porter.

Anyway, moving on to my other stressful situation, it seems I may have failed the year, because I didn’t have a signature on some of the forms I needed to fill in to get my industrial placement accredited (the reason I didn’t get them signed is because my manager from my stint as a tester left Sophos, so I assumed it’d be okay). Then I got an e-mail a week ago telling me it wasn’t okay and I couldn’t be accredited. So I had to print off fresh forms, post them to Sophos HR who will sign it on behalf of my test manager, who then post it to Gus at the CS department. Sophos received and forwarded the forms on Friday. The accreditation board meet at 11am on Monday, so I just have to hope the corrected forms arrive by then. Otherwise I’m screwed. Royal Mail, please don’t let me down…

I’ll do another vlog soon too.