A bit of a battle between my three days of stability and a lowering of my mood today. I just felt more blerrrgh and sad but I didn't feel worse, as though I was feeling the low mood more intensely without being more depressed.

I talked to my new boss today and she is a lovely person, kind, warm and non-judgemental. I wish the job were permanent, but despite my making representations to my old boss there is no changing that decision.

As I'm not a particularly nice person I do get some satisfaction in knowing my old boss effectively cut off his nose to spite his face in the way he got rid of me. He can't appoint anyone else to do the duties I was doing, as that would prove that my role is still needed and I could claim unfair dismissal and at the same time he is really struggling to get the work done, again that proves my role is still needed. He was so stuck he asked me to help him out. I agreed, even though I was tempted not to, partly because I need references and also because in helping out I get a bit of power over him and I want to make him squirm. Like I said, I'm not a particularly nice person, I wish I could be a bit more magnanimous, but I'm hurting from the way I was treated and as long as I don't abuse the power am I actually doing anything wrong?