Finding a Job!?

Thank you God, it's Saturday.  It's been a long week at work, doing not too much except, well 'Clare' my humble assistant has been on a week long holiday in theEnglish Riviera The phones have not stopped ringing and when I have answered the home phone here this morning I have done it in my poshest english accent (is that possible for a kiwi?) reciting the proud company name only to get half way through the good morning to realise what a dork I sound.  Dialing 9 before making a call is another bad habit.
 
The Princess and I have just been down to the Yacht Haven for coffee and to see all the Beneteau yachts getting ready for battle in the Beneteau Cup today and tommorrow.  Alas the mighty Whislter and her trusty Skipper and Crew are resting agian this weekend ready for the all important race to Alderney next weekend to keep up their good standing in the JOG offshore series. 
 
Gus (my french friend Catherine's Son) is still here staying, having got himself a handy little job at the Island Sailing Club at the start of the summer season only to announce to me yesterday that he got the 'sack'!  Hmmm, I questioned him about this, as I find it rather disturbing that an articulate young man that has had a great education and is desperate to save money for Uni, gets the sack at a pretty laid back sailing club after only 5 weeks of working there as a waiter.  Er, seems he has an attitude problem.....yep, that will do it, that will get you the boot, if you have a glum face, your late a few times, you don't look like your enjoying yourself and making the members feel good.  And of course you don't make the boss feel like he is doing you a favour, you will get a boot right up the rectum and outta there!!
 
So, 8.30am this morning, I was up there (outside his bedroom) getting his lazy typically 19 year old ass outta the scratching pit to go find some other form of employment.  If he isn't going to walk the streets and find something, I can always get him up a ladder cleaning the windows round here, right?  I know he won't want that, so hey presto, after the Princess and I get back from the Haven from Coffee and a walk, we find, he is up and gone! Great news......Hope he finds something, otherwise it will be back up to London, to the smog, the crowded overheated tubes and back off to stay with his 'old man'.
 
I woke up this morning in realisation that my 'best friend' back in New Zealand is gong to be 40 this Christmas Day coming.......for years in our 20's we have dreamed of a flashy holiday somewhere like Hawaii, and even talked about it in January when I was home over the summer..but we haven't really done anything about it yet........I have booked a holiday for September out in Antigua, (of course a sailing holiday) but I need to seriously think about this Christmas and getting her out of NZ to do at least one thing we always talked about.....she has three adorable children, thankfully, as I have now pretty much given up the idea of ever having any of my own.  She did if for me, thanks mate!!  Anyway, this holiday, I can't help thinking now that Hawaii is just not the place it used to be when I was 18.  It all seems a bit over commericailised and somewhat.....busy!  There are far nicer places on earth to visit, but trying to find a half way point is going to be difficult......I will have to have a good think about it, surf the net a bit and come up with something stunning...
 
Weather is dull her today, not really nice, not really unplesant, just bland bland bland...My older sibling and his gf have been in Cork, Ireland all week at the Cork Week regatta sailing so it's sorta been a bit quiet.  It will be good to go and see them one night next week when they are back. 
 
I better push off now and go do some thing constructive instead of sitting here writing a bunch of nonsense..........