Spinning Plates

I'll need to retrieve the trusty travel case from the loft that accompanied me to Germany and back so many times. It might be an idea to purchase some train tickets too. (Five minutes pass while I acquire said tickets via the magic of the internet) Hopefully travelling outside the school holidays means the trains…

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A Few Minutes

I'm grabbing a few minutes from my day to empty my head into the keyboard. If I don't do it now, something will crop up, and it won't happen. Work has been busy this week - and while it helps to make the working day fly past, it's also pretty draining. Thinking on your feet…

Counting Down the Hours

I have a couple of hours left at work before I stop for Christmas. Of course "at work" is a bit of a stretch - I really mean "sitting in the junk room in front of the computer". I've been sitting here for eighteen months now. I think perhaps of all the people I know,…

Two Sleeps Left

One more day of work left. Two sleeps left. I can't imagine I'm going to get a lot done tomorrow, given that I'll then have the better part of 10 days off. Given events unfolding around the world, we're not going anywhere or doing much over the Christmas period - so if nothing else it…

One Day Closer

One more day down. One day closer to Christmas. Things are starting to slow down at work, although a continual stream of meetings has succeeded in filling each day so far. More by luck than judgement my bullet journal has perhaps 10 pages left empty. This morning I have been reminded why I use a…

Monday Monday (na naaa, na na na na)

It's Monday, and that's all I have to say about that. The morning has been filled with meetings and administration work ahead of the start of a new project. It's exciting in a way, but also draining. I've drunk two coffees, sat through two meetings, and have a third coming down the track at me…

Late Night Radio

I've been learning something new over the last week. A technology, platform, and language that has been around for a few years, but that I've never crossed paths with before. It's been a near vertical learning curve. All consuming. For the last several evenings I've carried on late into the night because I was starting…

Long Time No Write

Somehow a week has passed since the last blog post. I can't remember the last time that happened. I suppose I should really fall back on the John Lennon quote - "life is what happens while you're making other plans". I sometimes wonder if the quotes you commonly see attributed to various people are true…

Coffee Break

The clock is ticking past four in the afternoon and I'm taking my first break of the day. I have a pretty bad habit of not stopping - I tend to work straight through lunch every day - eating over the keyboard in a madcap pursuit of seeing how much I can get done. I…