I have had to hang around all day waiting for a delivery of some furniture which i bought on eBay. I have got a new wardrobe and chest of drawers, not because I currently need them but because of the planned move and they were a bargain. The wait allowed me the opportunity to downgrade …
Category Archives: My Life
Saturday in the office
A few of us are in the office today helping with a round of UAT. The project we are working on is basically assuming 7 day weeks at the moment and we are being pushed into doing silly things like a parallel release into SIT and QA at the same time. It means that our …
Terrorist attack in London
The morning has rather been overtaken by the news of the terrorist attack in London. First of all, everyone here is OK. My office is on Houndsditch which is one of the roads which has been closed and we are being advised not to leave the building but my feeling is that the threat is …
Big day all round
Yesterday was a good day.First, and best, of all London won the right to stage the 2012 Olympics. It isn’t often that people in this country genuinely get excited by something en masse, but when I popped out for lunch just after the announcement it was all you could hear – people talking into their …
Change of plans
I had booked next week off work a few months ago to go and do a few more counties but things all changed today. I have been asked to put the break on hold as we have a new application going live on the 18th. Actually I am not too worried about this as, with …
First viewer
So I got my first house viewer yesterday afternoon apparently. The estate agent took them round so I don’t know any detail but the word passed on is that they were quite keen, they have more property to look at over the weekend so I’ll get a decision early next week.At least there seem to …
Sunday in the office
A day in the office spent preparing for a major application release into the test environment, not entirely successful but we have knocked quite a few issues on the head so hopefully it won’t be a late one tomorrow. It was all topped off with a farcical journey home where we were turfed off the …
Rude Buyers
I rushed home last night for an arranged appointment for someone to view my house but by the time they were an hour late and no-one had turned up I had to dash out. According to the estate agent they hadn’t heard anything so the viewer was just a no-show. Now, that’s just rude.
Unfortunate Leaver
A colleague I have been working with for almost 5 years handed in his notice today which is really bad news for everyone except himself. We’ll be losing a top member of the team and a good bloke to boot. It’s an unfortunate side effect of the extremely high pressure project that a few of …
Hot and sweaty day
I’ve just got home from helping Judith and Matt move into their new house. After picking up the rental van early this morning, we have just been lugging boxes and furniture for the rest of the day. With the weather being so warm and muggy it has been hot work but everything I can help …