Seasons change...

It has now grown cold in Glasgow, and we've got the heating on most of the time. Heating is not something I ever put too much thought into, but as I am in the LPG business (for now anyway), I am giving it lots of thought.
In order to facilitate my trip to Japan, of course I must work, so I reluctantly signed up with a temp agency who have gotten me a long-ish contract with BP. I'm working witht the customer service team, ensuring a smooth product flow from depot to customer. That's my way of saying that I answer the phone a lot and get yelled at by people who have run out of gas, and then in turn yell at the route planners, who yell back and then don't schedule that customer for a delivery.
So I'm thinking ots about heating this winter, and it is going to be on my mind a lot, mainly from 8-5, Monday to Friday. And then I'll be glas to come into my warm house (which is on mains gas) and not think about heating at all, but somewhere in the back of my mind, I'll be overjoyed that I am not a BP customer.
There's not anything at all to report on the Shikoku front. I'm afraid that my posts will be few and far between for the winter months in that arena, so I'll try to keep this little blog going with other tidbits from my life.
In other news, some of you might know that D. and I have put forward a proposal to the owners of acertain house in the north of Scotland for a sort of reciprocal long-term lease and refurbishment/b&b kind of scheme...
No news on that front, either. We are just waiting.
You know that episode of Star Trek/TNG, where the Q show Picard, I think, or maybe ryker what is like to be Q, and the imagery is that of a shack in the desert, with a long highway running past, and nothing but emptiness as far as the eye can see?? They of the Continuum are immortal and all powerful , so they've seen it all, and done it all?? They are just waiting in the desert for something to happen.
I feel like that is what my winter is going to be like here in Glasgow. I am waiting for news about my house (which could take a long time...they may not make a decision about it until November or later, which would mean not moving until after Christmas!!).
I am waiting for March of 2010 to roll around so I can hop on that plane for Kyoto.
And I am looking forward to a very, very, very, long season of trying to assure angry people that they will have a supply of gas sometime in the near future. I hope.
I wish I could be more positive about this winter, but right now I can't, so I will just stop for now,
and leave you in peace.