A friend and work colleague today dragged me off for a talking to. 2 days back into the same grind and I had begun to lose the positive outlook I had spent all last week cultivating. There are jobs available that need to be applied for by Friday and I have been thinking though not seriously about them. My friend though challenged me about my apparent willingness to be walked over and asked me what I was actually scared of. I spent an hour this afternoon with a senior manager discussing the job possibilities and actually what do I have to lose? Details will follow, but involves the new buzz area of commissioning and involves service redesign. Trouble is it is in Children’s services, now what do I know about children? I am sure I can learn, after all I didn’t always know much about education either.