Continuing A Tradition
Our youngest just received a phonecall from Santa en-route. He got our postcode wrong. We heard the shouted conversation on the upstairs landing, and the thu...
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Christmas Shopping Complete
Today was really just about buying bits and pieces that were not on lists. A family board game to play, stocking fillers, and so on. I had planned on going o...
War Horse
This afternoon we went on our annual “surprise” family Christmas outing, and managed to keep a lid on it right up until the moment we arrived at the theatre ...
Finished For Christmas
At 3pm this afternoon I finished for Christmas. I go back on the 4th January. I don’t think it’s really hit me yet - it won’t until we get Christmas morning ...
The Last Jedi
I just got home from the cinema. I’m happy, sad, excited, weary, elated, and torn - all at the same time. So many emotions.
Frankfurt
In spring this year I was assigned to a project that involved travelling to Frankfurt in Germany to spend several days on a client site doing “proof of conce...
Turning A Corner
Final conference call done. Final expense claim filed. It feels like I’m lifting rocks from an imaginary back-pack and casting them aside, one at a time. I h...
First World Problems
Given all the things going on in the world, it often feels ridiculous to complain about the situations we find ourselves in. We bottle up our stresses, our c...
Counting Down The Days
Apart from a conference call that will determine much of the year ahead for me, I have little to do this week at work. I’m not entirely sure what I’m going t...
Starting Early
The alarm clock was programmed for 6am this morning. I woke at 5:50am after a pretty spectacular dream about some sort of school reunion, and watched the las...