Optimistic As Ever

2 months of unemployment +
4 months 12-hour call centre shifts +
2 months of unemployment +
9 weeks commuting hell =

10 MONTHS OF SHIT.

frustration++
moan++
hope++

There were roughly 6 weeks in all, where I was training in call centres, during which life was actually enjoyable to an extent.

Optimists will call it character-building - I call it 10 months of shit.