I have 3 days paid leave left to take before the end of the year. Any suggestions as to what to use them for? All suggestions welcome, though I reserve the right to ignore any silly ones and give disapproving glares. ;)

I seem to have developed yet another cold. This is getting a bit tiresome really. *sigh*

Today I went out to Westonbirt arboretum with my family, really wanted to see the trees in autumn and all their colours. :) Also recently went to Bristol zoo, only two pics from there though, as I forgot to charge my camera batteries... Doh!

( 2 from the zoo, and a few from the woods, click for full size )

F*ck me it was cold out there this morning! With azekeil taking a couple of days off, I'm commuting on the bike¹, and I'm so very VERY glad I don't have to go all the way to Bristol anymore. Just over to Gloucester was quite far enough!

I'm actually thinking I shouldn't have come in to work today. General colddeadly manflu symptoms are abound and I feel ( Read more... )

Been a while, again! I'm very much still here on LJ, reading everything that gets posted, just don't get the time to post as often myself anymore. I actually find myself doing work, which is something I'm still not quite used to when I realise it ( Read more... )

Last week I went along to a stag do at Spy Games, which was awesome. unfortunately I sprained my wrist during the last activity, and put my left arm out of action for quite a while as a result. Even now, 8 days later, it still hurts like hell if I try and do any lifting, or put any pressure on it at cetain angles. But I at least have a full range ( Read more... )

My right arm isn't working properly; I have no strength in the hand, and the wrist occasionally hurts when turned in certain ways. I have mild cold symptoms which are nowhere near enough for me to call myself ill, which is in some ways worse than just being ill (at least when *ill* you can just sit down on a sofa with a nice hot drink and get on ( Read more... )

Anyone who is going along to Tewkesbury festival tomorrow, we are leaving the house at about 11, so will expect to arrive at the parking area at around 11:30am. If you're there and would like to meet up, give me a call! Going with me will be kissycat1000, Jordan, azekeil, ninjagirl, mars_malice, oholiab, and geneticphreak.

Hope to see some of you there :) Leave a comment  3 

Don't get time to update here that much anymore, or possibly don't feel a need to fill time with other things so much anymore. This job really is such a huge difference from the last one! Today is oholiab's first day working here at MessageLabsSymantec SaaS group too. I hope it's all going well for him! Lunchtime shortly, so I'll be able to see if his ( Read more... )

Friday at work was good. It was the last day of a good friend of mine, which was kinda sad as I'd really gotten used to having him around (I've not been working here that long after all). But it did mean there was lots of silliness and a big pub outing for lunch. Friday evening was then spent watching My Name is Earl with jinx_lbc, and getting beaten at ( Read more... )

Didn't have a good night last night. A dodgy gut combined with feeling overly hot left me feeling over-sensitive and not myself. But f*ck it, everyone gets like that sometimes, and it's rare for me. My gut still feels a little 'off' this morning, the lack of sleep has also given me a headache. But I now know I'm feeling over-sensitive/irritable, ( Read more... )