2. Then I received a considerable tax rebate which will temporarily solve my financial problems, and allow me to get tanked up over the holiday season, ending this period of cash-enforced sobriety which is not good for the soul.
3. And yesterday I received the news that, as of January 4th, I finally have a permanent full-time job - as an "E-Marketing Executive" with a publisher of psychology books here in Brighton & Hove.
I am still grinning like an idiot (particularly at the job success), have treated myself to some proper Marlboro instead of rollies, several cans of Stella - and a lottery ticket to see if my roll of good luck continues.
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