Jobless no longer

I have a job! In the words of our old high school chemistry teacher, Yay! It is with a consulting company called Celerant so I could potentially be working anywhere around the UK or Europe, depending on the client.
So, events of the last week:
Got up at the ungodly hour of 5.30am last Tuesday to get to Heathrow for my flight to Brussels. Was in business class because the travel agent couldn't get a seat for me in economy. Bonus! Ate my second breakfast on the plane. (A-la Pippin) Had to sit around waiting at the office for 1 1/2 hours before my session started (with lunch). The session went well: group exercise, role-play, case study and interview. I had almost 2 hours to kill before my flight back so I took myself down to the old town centre (photos are on my website). The lovely narrow cobblestone streets are so full of character. The Grand Place is stunning and the Manneken Pis (the little statue of the pissing boy) is hysterical. He is on the corner of a couple of lanes and he is tiny. I overheard some people saying that he was one of the most photographed statues in the world. Bought myself some Belgian chocolate. Mmmm... Was very restrained and only bought a little bag. : )
They said that they would make a decision within a week but on Wednesday afternoon, the recruitment agent called to say they were offering me a position.
Had another assessment centre on Friday (in London but my tube line went down and was almost late in arriving). No food offered. : ) Told them I had another offer on the table so needed to know asap whether they wanted me or not. Got notification today that they didn't so full steam ahead with Celerant.
In other news, I went to a strange BBQ on Saturday with Yvette and her friend. It was a dress-up party where everyone was dressed up except us. There were nurses, soldiers, police, Fred Flintstone, cats and Smurfs. The Smurfs kept multiplying. Everytime I turned around there were more of them. Their blue paint kept coming off their hands and bodies too - onto clothing and their food (overheard one of them asking his friend whether the paint was edible...) During the BBQ, Suzi, Yvette's friend, told me that a colleague of hers plays badminton and might let me play with him and his friends. Got in contact with him today and will head down to Canary Wharf to play next weekend. Will probably get smashed. He's Indian.
Went to watch Spiderman 3 yesterday. After the previews, I am now dying to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Ocean's Thirteen and Harry Potter (all sequels!). Spiderman was ok. Not as good as 2 and definitely not as good as 1 but still good entertainment. I like the Spiderman series because it is more emotional than just comic book action. For the same reason, I loved the first X-Men, liked the second and hated the third (changed director and lost all of its soul). Same problem here (except no change of director).
Need to plan what I want to do for the next 2 1/2 weeks now as I don't start till June 4. Let the fun continue!