They're knocking down the building opposite at work. Not surprising really, they're knocking down most of Victoria. However, today we spotted two large digging vehicles at work - on the roof of the building. It's almost worth taking a photo of. It could be something to do with the gigantic jib that I spotted parked in the road behind Billy Elliot ( Read more... )

Every time I hop on one of those Barclay's bikes (I'm refusing to call them Boris Bikes) I get this tune going through my head, 'On The Road Again'. The only bit I can remember is 'On The Road Again', then I sort of go 'Hmm hmm hmm hmm'. I wouldn't like to find out the rest of that song ( Read more... )

So I've been on both sides of the fence now. What do you do when your staff leave early? What can you say if someone takes it upon themselves to leave at 4.40pm, rather than 5pm which is when you expected them to leave? On the one hand, it's only twenty minutes and to be honest the day's winding up anyway so there's little point in making a scene. ( Read more... )

I'm committed to a phone now. Committed. With all it's shiny benefits and nice dangly things ( Read more... )

All kinds of things going on at the moment. The jet lag from the flight left me rather depressed on Tuesday and Wednesday, combined with a couple of quiet days at work. Someone mentioned to me while I was on holiday that they always had a lot of work to catch up on when they returned to the office, which actually left me slightly jealous. Doing ( Read more... )

Well, it's been three months since the last update. In that time ( Read more... )

I had an unfeasibly good day at work today. It was an absolute delight to be back in the London office. Everyone seemed pleased to see me. I was able to sort loads of niggly jobs out such as sending off the form to get the train ticket loan, asking for a building card, that sort of thing ( Read more... )

It's not the only thing I've neglected lately. I haven't been running for ages. An attempt to write a novel is going slow, but may pick up now I'll be on the train more ( Read more... )

The worst thing about leaving Basingstoke is doing all the things people want me to do before I go! It's ridiculous! I've got an all-night site visit to look forward to, a set of junction improvements to draw up, a whole swathe of schemes to hand over and a very important and difficult thing that I've been putting off for ages. I keep making plans ( Read more... )

Had a chat with Office A today. Office A said that they don't know what work they'll have for me when I get back there. Perhaps I could have a chat with Office B (where I'm at now) and find out if I can take any work with me ( Read more... )