Having just spent most of the last week and half in a mostly sleepy depressed mess, I finally rouse myself and go visit the doc ( Read more... )

Yes, I am bouncy, as indeed is my icon . . .

Ahem . . .

Anyhoo, my latest addition to my small collection


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OK, work is still bleh, with only quasi-facilities.

That said, the lane from the bus is scattered with just ripening blackberry bushes

Om. Om. Nom.

Wild fruit is just GORGEOUS!!exclamationmark 1!!

It really isn't fun. I've pretty much spent the whole week trapped on the porcelain throne emptying my gastrointestinal tract. From both ends, though that's prolly TMI ( Read more... )

First I tried with the fuzzy fiction I'd been toying with, which I really need to get back to.


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FINALLY been out there, and it's surpisingly nice ( Read more... )

And I'm working on a Sunday why? Sigh ( Read more... )

Explained my decision to the folks at work, and nobody was particularly surprised, even mostly supportive.

Franky, we're all bailing soon.

Head driller, lab tech (me) and geochemist, all gone within a month.

Leaves the geotech, and the admin.

Dead company.

Got two months at most.

Time to walk away...

most, but not all, of our wages have been paid,and we'll all be bailing soon ( Read more... )

Finally got paid today, though only partially.

He paid us a few hundred quid, claiming the rest was due soon..

Due soon doesn't pay rent.

Sandra, the geochem engineer, was very vocal, getting into a shouting match with the boss.

He's rich, and doesn't understand us mortals who have bills to pay on specific dates.

Just , Argh!