So the decision has been made - the big release will take place this weekend. This is something I'm actually looking forward to - it'll be nice to get it out of the way.
This means staying behind on Friday night, to handle the initial release. Then I will also be working on the Saturday to ensure that it is all fully tested and working as it should be. This does mean a fair bit of working this weekend, but also means a day and a half of time off in lieu to take at a later date - not something to be sneezed at.
At the current rate I'll have enough saved up to have a full week off when I combine it with my leftover holiday before my holiday year runs out at the beginning of September!
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Working Family
So as today was Chrissi's first day at work, this also marks the first day of us being an official working family. All very exciting, of sorts - although I won't lie, it's not, but the additional money won't hurt one bit. It means I get to go on more holidays and see more people, which is always something to be excited about!
This week potentially marks a big release at work. Except it might not. The people who are making the decisions are keeping their cards quite close to their metaphorical chests at the moment so I won't really know until later in the week whether the verdict is to go or to pause for a week. Ah, suspense.
This week potentially marks a big release at work. Except it might not. The people who are making the decisions are keeping their cards quite close to their metaphorical chests at the moment so I won't really know until later in the week whether the verdict is to go or to pause for a week. Ah, suspense.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Additional Pressure
A conversation yesterday evening reminded me that I have to blog now, because if I don't blog not only will Chrissi not see my blogs, but also it will not guilt Carisa into blogging as well - so Chrissi won't see Carisa's blogs, which is what she actually wants to see. I am purely a means to an end here.
This weekend just gone was a busy weekend, which precedes a busy week. We were out Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night - an impressive tally. Friday night was a games night with work friends which saw us returning at around 4am. Saturday night we were meeting new friends in Woking for a drink, and on the Sunday Dad and Gill came over for a meal, and we then went out to the local pub for the quiz night. All in all, an action-packed weekend, and that wasn't all that was done!
Tomorrow is also an exciting day because Chrissi starts her new job! It's going to be several changes for both of us but it'll be very exciting, and I'm so happy for her that at long last she's got something. It may not be exactly what she was looking for, but after looking for any amount of time you just want to find something!
This weekend just gone was a busy weekend, which precedes a busy week. We were out Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday night - an impressive tally. Friday night was a games night with work friends which saw us returning at around 4am. Saturday night we were meeting new friends in Woking for a drink, and on the Sunday Dad and Gill came over for a meal, and we then went out to the local pub for the quiz night. All in all, an action-packed weekend, and that wasn't all that was done!
Tomorrow is also an exciting day because Chrissi starts her new job! It's going to be several changes for both of us but it'll be very exciting, and I'm so happy for her that at long last she's got something. It may not be exactly what she was looking for, but after looking for any amount of time you just want to find something!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Week Off
So I actually got back into blogging then suddenly took a week off. Crazy times, guys and gals! There was a reason behind this though - for the last week I've been around the country for work.
This wasn't quite as exciting as it sounds, although I always do enjoy visiting branches and going slightly further afield than London. It did involve nine places and eleven presentations over the course of the five days. My total work week could be broken down into its constituent parts; I spent approximately 18 hours presenting, 3 hours setting up and taking apart the equipment for presentations, a similar amount of time walking between branches and train stations, 16 hours travelling on trains, of which around 8 of these hours were spent sleeping on trains.
This does mean that last week, I was effectively paid for one day which I spent all of sleeping on trains.
This wasn't quite as exciting as it sounds, although I always do enjoy visiting branches and going slightly further afield than London. It did involve nine places and eleven presentations over the course of the five days. My total work week could be broken down into its constituent parts; I spent approximately 18 hours presenting, 3 hours setting up and taking apart the equipment for presentations, a similar amount of time walking between branches and train stations, 16 hours travelling on trains, of which around 8 of these hours were spent sleeping on trains.
This does mean that last week, I was effectively paid for one day which I spent all of sleeping on trains.
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Perhaps It's A Good Thing
I'm wondering if it's a good thing when I either forget to blog or simply don't have anything to talk about. I typically used my blog as a place to vent about things that weren't going well, grumble about things I disliked or disagreed with. Instead of late I've found little to say.
Maybe this shouldn't be looked on as a negative. It could simply be that I'm happier and have fewer things that need to be ranted about.
Maybe this shouldn't be looked on as a negative. It could simply be that I'm happier and have fewer things that need to be ranted about.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Exciting Evening
So while I attempt to restart the blogging habit, I am faced with the proverbial blank page and little to comment on.
This evening so far I have been working, excitingly so, on my paperwork. This has involved a battle with a Debenhams credit card in trying to pay off the laughable £1 balance (the origin of this was that the card got us a 5% discount, the rest was paid in vouchers). I've also tried to make progress on the council tax payments and gotten somewhere, and tidied my email. It's not been the stuff of great stories.
Tomorrow is work and my appraisal; we will see what comes of this.
This evening so far I have been working, excitingly so, on my paperwork. This has involved a battle with a Debenhams credit card in trying to pay off the laughable £1 balance (the origin of this was that the card got us a 5% discount, the rest was paid in vouchers). I've also tried to make progress on the council tax payments and gotten somewhere, and tidied my email. It's not been the stuff of great stories.
Tomorrow is work and my appraisal; we will see what comes of this.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Absence Not Unnoticed
So the other day while we were relaxing in our comfortable abode, Chrissi made the point that I sucked at blogging. As painful as this was, it was also undoubtedly truthful, considering that my performance of late has been pretty poor.
This does obviously skip over the slightly bemusing fact that my wife - who now actually has the bonus of hearing about my day while I remember what happened during it - is resorting to my blog to hear tales that I am apparantly holding back. In an effort to reinspire the one reader I have remaining, I will resume my blogging activities.
Today's effort was mainly recovering the four posts I had typed out but never posted while I was in Paris. After fighting with my phone for a while to try and get it to transfer the text from the notes to the browser so that I could post them, it eventually gave up and I decided typing them out would be quicker. You can read more of the story of our trip to France below this post.
This does obviously skip over the slightly bemusing fact that my wife - who now actually has the bonus of hearing about my day while I remember what happened during it - is resorting to my blog to hear tales that I am apparantly holding back. In an effort to reinspire the one reader I have remaining, I will resume my blogging activities.
Today's effort was mainly recovering the four posts I had typed out but never posted while I was in Paris. After fighting with my phone for a while to try and get it to transfer the text from the notes to the browser so that I could post them, it eventually gave up and I decided typing them out would be quicker. You can read more of the story of our trip to France below this post.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Paris 4
Today marks our final day in Paris - our train leaves back to London late this afternoon. We are making a lazier start to the day and will be having a little wander around Montmatre as the sole aim. We will also likely pay a visit to the Sacre Coeur while there.
Yesterday was also a later start - we left just after 10 and wandered down to the Place du Trocadero and across to the Eiffel Tower. The views from here were unsurprisingly fantastic - you could see quite a way! The structure itself is immense. Following a stroll through the CHamps de Mars to l'Ecole Militarie, we caught the RER out to Versailles.
Versailles is a place I have never been before. The palace is huge, and the gardens even more so. The original grounds covered a greater area than modern metropolitan Paris. The rooms were ornate and sumptuously decorated - the long Hall of Mirrors was particularly fine.
The evening - after the return trip to Paris - featured a boat trip along the Seine. This gave us an opportunity to see all of the sites lit up, although as you were at water level some were harder to see than others. It was definately the superior option to see it by night however.
Yesterday was also a later start - we left just after 10 and wandered down to the Place du Trocadero and across to the Eiffel Tower. The views from here were unsurprisingly fantastic - you could see quite a way! The structure itself is immense. Following a stroll through the CHamps de Mars to l'Ecole Militarie, we caught the RER out to Versailles.
Versailles is a place I have never been before. The palace is huge, and the gardens even more so. The original grounds covered a greater area than modern metropolitan Paris. The rooms were ornate and sumptuously decorated - the long Hall of Mirrors was particularly fine.
The evening - after the return trip to Paris - featured a boat trip along the Seine. This gave us an opportunity to see all of the sites lit up, although as you were at water level some were harder to see than others. It was definately the superior option to see it by night however.
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