Work disaster! I have taken it upon myself to do Thankless Presentation which is proving even more soul-destroying by having several hours of my work vanish just now. Argh, argh, argh ( Read more... )

The whole suspense around the American Election is starting to get to me. So much so that I was briefly sorry that I couldn't afford to stay up to watch the results (work and small child say nooooooooo) even though in real-time it is often a bit more invigorating than watching paint dry. (Although nobody fears that paint will lead the world into ( Read more... )

Today was my first day back working for THE MAN after 11 months of maternity leave. I'm doing my old job, only in a new place (one closer to home, natch) so in some way it felt like starting over. Meeting everyone, introducing myself ( Read more... )

Today was also the first day of New Job ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my first day at Breaking Free.

The culmination of ten weeks training and loads of weeks for the agency to get its act together about arranging for assessments and shifts, but it was done and off I went, managing to get sopping wet on the way.

So, all the way there as I sat trapped on the Northern Line, I prayed : Please Lord, make ( Read more... )

Today upon arrival at work I was greeted by a rather prominent notice alerting me to the fact that the building next door had been infested by mice and rats and warned us not to consume any food in the office ( Read more... )

In which I have to read and tidy up a 93 page single-spaced document (by tidy up means to structure it and sort it out into some sort of semblance of order and sense).

It's not to bad really. I'm enjoying it so far and learning more than I ever wanted to know about the Dental Oral Health Behaviours of Minority Ethnic Populations in England and ( Read more... )

So this morning I woke up with the firm intentions of packing in my Part Time Job number 1 because it involves a hugely long commute (3 hours total) and about five hours of work, so I decided I was so knackered it wasn't worth it ( Read more... )

I have been practicing with poi, with mixed results. I found some free online lessons and hints and tips but they were a bit confusing since they contained instructions such as *pretend you're scooping air forward* *keep your palms facing the sky* and so on which on the whole largely had me doing a T. Rex imitation. On the other hand, if they had ( Read more... )

Today I have typed 42 letters and I have another 15 waiting. I think my brain cells are about to commit mass suicide.

The only thing that's keeping me going is my natural avarice stimulated by the fact that I'm getting paid £10 an hour. And that in three hours it will be over and I'll be going to see The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

( and a quiz I nicked from Meepettemu because bored and curious I is )