Still alive !

My God ! It's been ages !!!

Sorry to all the faithful readers who have kept on dropping by to see if I have bothered to update this thing ..... I appreciate both of you sticking around :-)

So .... where have I been ? Why have I been such a slack arse at throwing in a new entry ??

I've been around (no ! not like THAT ! ) but it's been a bit crazy in public service land for the last month or so. MBB has made similar remarks recently and while my side of the wall (I sit beside MBB) deals with a different pile of crap to MBB's it's been no less overwhelming.

A little while ago I was moved to a new position within the team - dealing with an area I acutally do enjoy working in but an area with a LOT of problems so things have been frantic since day one. Now, I have always enjoyed a challenge but I am really missing the feeling of being confident and at ease with what I am doing at work. Before the move happened I was just starting to hit that comfort zone with what I was doing and suddenly it's back to baby steps again so I am looking forward to getting into that 'zone' again.

Mind you - that will probably start to happen around November - just before I am away for nearly 2 months so I figure I will have forgotten a lot of it by the time I get back !!! :-D

So what else has been happening ? Last time I was here I mentioned a technical type problem I was having. Well luckily I managed to get that sorted out because it was starting to drive me berserk. Not because of what I was trying to do so much, more because I knew that what I was trying to achieve was possible but not one of the supposed 'experts' in the field was able to give me any sensible advice.

Aside from that - work has been about it really. Too damn tired by the time I get home to do too much at all.

With just over 60 days to go till we fly out and a hell of a lot to organise in that time the rest of the year is not looking like easing up much but I will make sure I get some photos and a blurb about Paris on here in the next couple of days - which was the intention at the start of the month too. Between now and then I also intend to be moving house - our lease runs out here 3 DAYS before we leave and I really don't care to renew it for another year so it's time to go. Not a lot of detail on that one yet but more when I have something to say. What it does mean though is 2 or 3 completely separate lots of packing - trip, move and maybe storage - so it's going to be a wee bit full on.

OH ! One last thing ...... I have joined up as a contributor to a new blog - there is a cast of thousands contributing to it ( well 5 incl me ) which will hopefully cover my lack of reliability when it comes to posting blog entries.

Starting to get into holiday mode now as the countdown progresses so Paris pics soon ...... I promise !! :-)