The job ...

As most of you know, I got the job! They first offered me a 3 month contract, but then phoned back later to offer me the permanent position (the guy who they offered the job to first got a counter offer from his company and they didn't want to match it) So lucky me!

Yesterday was my first day, and boy was the traffic bad! They wanted me to be there at 08:30 so that they could get stuff ready for me, and I left home just before 7, dropped Ryan off and managed to get there about 2 minutes late. Took me about 90 minutes to drive the 35 km. The traffic back wasn't that bad, drove a different route, 45 km, and it only took an hour. Left work at 5 and got home at 6. It's a small company, about 10 people, and they're all very friendly and helpful. The big boss is a South African (English), started the company 20 years ago, the IT manager is also South African (also English), here for 10 years. Then there's also another guy, a Delphi developer, in Australia for 4 months now, Afrikaans. I'm quite happy to work with the South Africans, makes the transition just a little bit smoother.

The nice thing about the job is that they offer flexible work hours. So as long as I do my 40 hours a week and I'm here between 9:00 and 14:00, I can come in earlier and leave earlier if I want! That suits me perfectly! This morning I got up at 05:15, showered, got ready and left at 06:00. Traffic was much better and I got to work at 06:50. Which means that I can leave at around 15:30. Great!!! Still gives me some time to spend with the family if I don't pass out ;-)
Ryan is doing great, he made a friend at school. Last week Thursday was the first day that he told me he wasn't ready to go home just yet. Showed me around the play ground and I chatted to him and his buddies. It's still a bit of a struggle to get him to go to school in the mornings, but at least we know that he has fun there.

I think it's time for Brett to contribute a bit to the blog again, I'll get him to write an update on our trip to the gold coast!