Although, strictly speaking, I guess that "free" is overstating the case. I have, after all, just paid an extra half day for this hotel room with a wonderful scenic view of Miami International Airport. But the room is air-conditioned, has the aforementioned internet connection for my laptop to talk to, and is therefore an altogether more enticing ( Read more... )

Things definitely look better from the other side of today. I got a phone call from work early this evening - and it wasn't from someone ringing to tell me that things had got worse, it was to say that the miracle cure had been effected and that there were no more problems ( Read more... )

Because my last several posts have consisted mostly of OMG my job is killing me, and my hands hurt too, I figured it was about time I posted something a little more cheerful to my LJ before you all bail in a mass de-friending. :-)

So, here goes. Starting with the iffy ones.

1. I have to work on Sunday. But I've negotiated it down to late evening ( Read more... )

It's still raining. Heavily. I've been at work for almost 6 hours, and am likely to be here for several more. I have a headache, and all I've been able to get hold of to try and shake it is some Nurofen, which my headaches laugh at and ignore ( Read more... )

She just had to mention the possibility of posting drunk when I mentioned I was planning to drink myself to sleep tonight. And so of course I have to do it. :-)

My friend brought along a can of Stella Artois to the Jonathan Creek viewing session. This is bad. Very bad. Not only does the ebil lager smell foul to me (I have been trained by rabid ( Read more... )

This week two of my work colleagues returned from their respective vacations in France. Due to an excellent tradition established several years back by someone who no longer works here any more, when we go away on holiday we tend to bring back some kind of edibles that are "typical" of wherever we went for the team to share ( Read more... )