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wolffyluna ([personal profile] wolffyluna) wrote2021-10-13 09:24 am

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Somewhat belated update, but the longer I procrastinate the more [wiggle hands] embarrassing it will be.

So, I disappeared for three months to go work at a mine. It went fairly well, all things considered! Left with a good reference and a desire to go back to that mine except for the fact it probably wouldn't be a good idea*. Unfortunately, they were not able to justify extending my contract, because I could not drive, so I'm back in my hometown, focusing on learning to drive.

The learning is going well so far. Yesterday I managed to drive for 50 minutes and it involved traffic lights and roundabouts and 80km/h roads and merging lanes. And I only had one Educational Near Miss.

*The mine's remaining life is not that long, which combined with fact that redundancy payments are based in how long you've worked somewhere + the job market for geologists is good now but may not be good in the future, means going back would not be super advisable.

[personal profile] contrarianarchon 2021-10-12 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Congrats! That sounds pretty successful. And Driving is a good skill.

(I've been trying to do internship-searching at the same time as honours, it's hard and bad. Still, thesis due in ~3 weeks so it'll be over soon. Maybe I will have the energy to post then...)
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[personal profile] queenlua 2021-10-13 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The mine gig sounded so cool; I enjoyed the lil' posts you were able to make about it on Tumblr from time to time :)

Best of luck learning to drive!