Week 9 and 10
13.13
There was no update last week since there was nothing to report,
I intensified my placement search which is always my first thought,
When I wake up tired in the morning after a night’s sleep plagued by stress,
Stress brought on by the placement search so it’s a cyclic, ‘Catch 22’ mess!
The housemate went away which gave me room to breathe,
I like the girl but the flat’s better when she’s taking leave.
3 months together have been good but at times i admit she grates,
I’ve thought of tying her to a concrete block and dropping her in a lake.
Oh god I’m making death threats, I’m tired and sarcastic,
That’s due to the stress of the placement search as well as being brassic.
I feel like a white-trash mother, balancing four jobs and fifty kids,
Waiting on a pay cheque whilst finding food under dustbin lids.
I’m course I’m not that crazy, I’m by no means a messed up wreck,
I’d be a fool to ever waste time, waiting for a cheque.
I’m working my arse off for free, and staying late as well,
What benefits it’s giving me I really cannot tell.
But it’s the office party soon and we’re off to Monaco,
I’m going to get my money’s worth it’s my main reason to go.
Since it’s on the company, I’m going to eat so much pricey food,
Feeding myself like a pregnant woman who has to eat for two!
I’ll eat my weight in grub, then shovel in some more,
I’ll pile in all those French deserts, til my stomach hits the floor.

14.12.
Ok so I didn’t manage it, I didn’t achieve my aim
To eat enough tucker to double the size of my frame.
But it was a lovely evening, my first ever company Christmas do!
And while I might not have eaten loads of it, I tried some tasty food.
We all received a present, to thanks us for our graft,
I started imagining expensive gifts, like a priceless piece of art,
I thought since they don’t pay their interns, this might be gold or silver,
But imagine my astonishment when it turned out to be neither!
I unwrapped it carefully, but was left unhappy and shocked,
When I pulled out a candle from the nicely gift wrapped box.
What’s a twenty year old lad supposed to do with that?
Use it as a paperweight, or hit someone with it if I’m attacked?
It came in a glass bowl you see and weighed in pretty heavy,
Which gave me the idea it could have cost a pretty penny.
But I turned it to my advantage and put it back into it’s case,
Wrapped it back up whilst maintaining my ‘I’ve always wanted a candle’ face.
I would have given it to Mum if she didn’t read this blog,
So I had to offload it somewhere and I knew just the job,
I gave it to my housemate Irene, who smiled and jumped about
I muttered that it’s not the present but the thought that really counts.
I only have a few days left in this little flat of mine,
Before I’m off to Paris then to my Mum’s for Christmas time.
This is my last post from Nice, and I’ve begun to reflect,
On the three months that I’ve spent here and its positive effects,
I refuse to get nostalgic since I might return in the summer,
My boss offered me a job and made a fiscal offer.
She said she values all my work here and their will be a vacant role,
But this time with a salary, saving me from signing on the dole!
So all is good and pretty sweet apart from the placement search,
But I’ve had a spate of interviews which I guess can never hurt.
One was looking promising until we spoke on the phone.
I muttered in a voice that was rather monotone,
She asked me to describe myself, which I wasn’t ready for,
I was thinking questions would be about work and not anything more
So I mumbled something about hockey, why? I have no idea.
I’m less likely to watch hockey than I am to buy a crate of beer.
So safe to say that job has gone, to a more exciting ‘Stagiaire’
I can’t complain but rather next time I’ll make sure that I prepare!
That’s it from Nice and me I’m off to Paris with my fingers crossed,
Praying that I find somewhere and manage to impress the boss
Have a merry Christmas, enjoy the brand new year,
I’m on my way to Strasbourg for family Christmas cheer,
Then it’s off to Manchester to catch up with my mates
Before returning to France where the next adventure awaits!