ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor

it came in the mail and it is official now – i’m a qualified ISO 9001:2000 Internal Auditor.

as i ripped open the envelope i must confess to my heart performing one of keith moon’s faster drum rolls in my rib cage.

much as i abhor self-congratulation (more due to an unshakable fear of tempting fate than modesty), i couldn’t resist a fist-pump and a mental ‘come on!’ as my eyes fell on the ‘certificate of completion’ bit.

it was a nice moment - but not quite the super-orgasm i had always imagined it to be. i’m as weary as I am relieved.

what is tragic, comic, ironic and just plain damn icky is that the occasion is going to go by without so much as a single drop of alcohol being consumed. happiness once used to come in multiples of thirty and we used to get shitfaced over no reason at all and for good or bad those days are all over. hmmm.

while my eyes aren’t getting moist, my mouth is certainly going dry.