So you really want to keep commuting, eh?

When I started temping at my current job, it was -- if I remember correctly -- for an initial period of six months.

Almost two years down the road, I'm still here, still temping, still filling in weekly invoices for Manpower and still signing short-term contracts with them every few months. It does your head in, it does. At 41 it's not how you envision your career.

I've seen many other contractors come and go since I started. I did not worry too much (unlike a lot of people, for me the day job is not the be all and end all of my life, or my sense of self), but at times I did wonder if my time would be up soon. But I'm still here and it looks like I have magically survived the government-imposed funding cuts and subsequent re-organisation of the company.

I don't want to jinx it, but good things are coming and by golly, this time I think I deserve it.

*pats self on back*