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Yesterday afternoon was rather incredibly frustrating, due chiefly to being locked in a car park, and having to make our way back home by foot*, bus, a long wait at Temple Meads and train. But it did have one consolation - a name-check on Test Match Special :-) I sent them an email just before we left the house, got in the car, turned the radio on, tuned to 198 metres, and almost the first words they mentioned were my name!
*Despite my twisted ankle.
*Despite my twisted ankle.
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Oct. 25th, 2007 08:50 pm*cries*
Crap day at work.
Loads of hospital appointments coming up.
Funeral tomorrow (Creatrix's uncle. He was only 55).
Crap day at work.
Loads of hospital appointments coming up.
Funeral tomorrow (Creatrix's uncle. He was only 55).
Knackered and pissed-off
Nov. 3rd, 2006 06:18 pmThat was ... not a good week. Foul emails from head office and our admin company, a funeral, an appointment, Glasgow to "look forward to" ... From now on, I'm taking the evening off, and devoting myself entirely to dinner, booze and books.
But - there is some good news. I don't have to go into work tomorrow! Admittedly, I do have to do some work from home, but probably only for a couple of hours. This does mean I can then catch up on the emails I owe to lots of you lovely people.
But - there is some good news. I don't have to go into work tomorrow! Admittedly, I do have to do some work from home, but probably only for a couple of hours. This does mean I can then catch up on the emails I owe to lots of you lovely people.
Trying to arrange attendance at funeral.
Talk with boss and boss's boss about the Developments - whatever happens, it's going to mean Change, and I don't do Change very well.
Trying to sort out the effect of one of the cock-ups the menial has made. Talking to boss about it. Talking to boss about menial.
Being too stressed even to complete phone calls properly.
WAAAAHHHH!
Talk with boss and boss's boss about the Developments - whatever happens, it's going to mean Change, and I don't do Change very well.
Trying to sort out the effect of one of the cock-ups the menial has made. Talking to boss about it. Talking to boss about menial.
Being too stressed even to complete phone calls properly.
WAAAAHHHH!
I need cheering up
Aug. 4th, 2006 06:57 pmI've had an absolutely knackering week at work - the total hours spent there haven't been too bad, but it has demanded a high level of thought and concentration, and made pretty full use of my skills. I've also had to cope with group head office, investment managers (who seem to think we work for them, rather than the other way round), trainees, accountants (sorry rustica) and our third party admin provider. And worst of all, I've got to go in tomorrow!
Home hasn't been a bundle of laughs either - I soaked my feet, socks and trousers, and cut my finger, trying to unplumb our old dishwasher (Comet will connect the new one, but not disconnect the old one, which seems odd to me); I had a hell of a time trying to wrap up my two swords; and I've still got several more parcels to wrap.
The house is a tip, I'm spending too much money on books, CDs and DVDs, drinking too much caffeine, and taking too little exercise.
OTOH, Creatrix has been taking care of me, and, er ... well, not much else springs to mind at the moment. I'm trying to keep myself going by thinking of Orkney ...
... but if anyone can tell me something to cheer me up a bit, that would help.
Thanks
Home hasn't been a bundle of laughs either - I soaked my feet, socks and trousers, and cut my finger, trying to unplumb our old dishwasher (Comet will connect the new one, but not disconnect the old one, which seems odd to me); I had a hell of a time trying to wrap up my two swords; and I've still got several more parcels to wrap.
The house is a tip, I'm spending too much money on books, CDs and DVDs, drinking too much caffeine, and taking too little exercise.
OTOH, Creatrix has been taking care of me, and, er ... well, not much else springs to mind at the moment. I'm trying to keep myself going by thinking of Orkney ...
... but if anyone can tell me something to cheer me up a bit, that would help.
Thanks
Up and down
Jul. 9th, 2006 09:38 pmIt ws our tenth wedding anniversary last Thursday. I got Creatrix a nice 1930s evening watch, which she likes - although with a temporary blip on Friday night, when it stopped! - but a jiggle got it going again. She had a tie-pin made for me, using a topaz she had inherited. It's lovely.
We had a few days away at Strattons Hotel in Swaffham in Norfolk, and saw two and a half castles (Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Weeton), a priory (Castle Rising again), an abbey (Anglesey), a Cathedral (Ely), a hall (Holkham), some graves (Grimes), and three bird reserves (Cley, Titchwell and Snettisham). Much good food in the hotel, but mixed experiences at lunchtimes.
And yet this evening, I feel like sh*t. Is it the fact that my nice new tie-pin was mislaid earlier today, for long enough for me to get really worried? Is it that too few people noted our anniversary? Is it the position at work (too much going on in the short term, too little chance of a job in Luton for me in the long term)? Is it the fact that our email access is down tonight? Is it my upcoming hospital appointment? Is it that I'm missing my friends, with no real prospect of seeing most of them again before Oxonmoot? Have I just got too much going on in my life?
If you know of a goat-farm in the Outer Hebrides that's looking for someone, let me know. In the meantime, a hug or two wouldn't go amiss.
We had a few days away at Strattons Hotel in Swaffham in Norfolk, and saw two and a half castles (Castle Acre, Castle Rising, and Weeton), a priory (Castle Rising again), an abbey (Anglesey), a Cathedral (Ely), a hall (Holkham), some graves (Grimes), and three bird reserves (Cley, Titchwell and Snettisham). Much good food in the hotel, but mixed experiences at lunchtimes.
And yet this evening, I feel like sh*t. Is it the fact that my nice new tie-pin was mislaid earlier today, for long enough for me to get really worried? Is it that too few people noted our anniversary? Is it the position at work (too much going on in the short term, too little chance of a job in Luton for me in the long term)? Is it the fact that our email access is down tonight? Is it my upcoming hospital appointment? Is it that I'm missing my friends, with no real prospect of seeing most of them again before Oxonmoot? Have I just got too much going on in my life?
If you know of a goat-farm in the Outer Hebrides that's looking for someone, let me know. In the meantime, a hug or two wouldn't go amiss.
