That went faster than I expected!

We have sold a house!

We got an offer not far off our asking place, with a closing date that works for my moving date, so we're now doing all the legal stuff involved in a house sale. This included the house inspection yesterday, which pulled up a couple of things we have to do (most critically, the mast for the electrical wiring coming into the house is apparently about to fall off, so getting that fixed is high priority before it actually falls off and wrecks the electrics) but not as many as we'd half-feared.

Nothing to derail the sale, anyway. Phew.

And it means we don't have to do any more viewings! Hooray! The viewings were so not fun. Particularly the day we had three at totally different times, so we were in and out (and the cats were in and out of their crate) far too many times for one day. Urgh. But that stage is over and now we can focus on getting ready for the move.

I started applying for jobs a couple of weeks ago and somehow I'm already through to a second interview for one (actually typing this while I wait for the clock to tick round to the start of that) so that's going better than expected. This is a role that sounds really good, so fingers crossed for me? Even if I don't get it, the experience has been useful.

And I got my paperwork submitted for the Transfer of Residency, so I don't have to pay tax on my stuff when I move, so that's moving nicely. They say it should take two weeks or less and I've got six weeks from tomorrow, so that's loads of time.

This moving back to England thing is complicated and overwhelming at times, but it's starting to feel real in the good ways, too. I just don't plan to do another big move like this EVER AGAIN.

Tiny interview update

You know that thing where you think an interview went well but then you start replaying it in your head and finding all the ways you did tasks badly (OMG, why did I make my solutions so complicated??) or answered questions badly and it no longer feels like you did well? In fact, you probably bombed it totally and they're just searching for the polite way to turn me down?

That. That's how I'm feeling right now.

I mean, maybe the good feeling was right and I shouldn't second-guess but...maybe the second-guessing is right. Maybe I really did come off like an incompetent idiot who shouldn't be allowed near a stapler, never mind a lot of really cool database technology. At least I remembered to admit when I hadn't done something before (streaming ETL, totally new) and emphasise that in the real world, I'd research it a lot to find a good solution. And that only happened once. Then I wittered vaguely about possible solution ideas anyway, which probably didn't do much for my credibility. The rest of the time I *thought* I knew what I was talking about, although currently I'm half-suspecting I just repeated "I am a fish" over and over and they were too polite to say anything.

At least it's a learning experience and I will be better prepared for the next one of these I do.

Let's hope there is another one and this wasn't the *only* interview I'm ever going to get.

My brain. It's a fun place to be right now.