BEER

And yesterday there was much beer. Started off at the Royal Oak with Terry, who I haven't seen in ages, so was good to catch up. And there was of course beer, at least for me (the Armada there is excellent, though at 4.8% slightly dangerous). And there were chips, which was good (chips there also excellent, & you get lots of 'em for your £1.50. Indeed, it is a fine pub in general). Then he had to head home, so I took myself off to the George, where there were many folk, including marnameow, wintrmute, uon, kitty_goth, mr_tom, ali_anarres, boyofbadgers, mouseboks & MANY OTHERS. And lo! there was more beer, and much conversation & general FUN. Hurrah.

Less fun this morning. Headache & strange inability to focus on moving objects, such as for example scrolling screens. Ow. Yet, bizarrely, I still feel all bouncy & cheerful, which is clearly wrong & peculiar. I have a hangover. I should hate the world & be convinced that the world hates me & wish to hide under the desk & so forth. Ah well, at least it's a good way to be being wrong & peculiar, so I shan't complain.

Instead I shall go to the PUB again tonight. Um. Or, as the case may be, possibly not. I am supposed to be going to the pub, but feel that the wiser course of action would be to phone Martin & rearrange the pub-meeting in question to be instead a sitting-on-sofa-with-videos type affair.

I have a strong desire to go to sleep. I believe they (They) frown on this sort of behaviour at work. Apparently one is, instead, expected to work. Madness.

BEER

And yesterday there was much beer. Started off at the Royal Oak with Terry, who I haven't seen in ages, so was good to catch up. And there was of course beer, at least for me (the Armada there is excellent, though at 4.8% slightly dangerous). And there were chips, which was good (chips there also excellent, & you get lots of 'em for your £1.50. Indeed, it is a fine pub in general). Then he had to head home, so I took myself off to the George, where there were many folk, including marnameow, wintrmute, uon, kitty_goth, mr_tom, ali_anarres, boyofbadgers, mouseboks & MANY OTHERS. And lo! there was more beer, and much conversation & general FUN. Hurrah.

Less fun this morning. Headache & strange inability to focus on moving objects, such as for example scrolling screens. Ow. Yet, bizarrely, I still feel all bouncy & cheerful, which is clearly wrong & peculiar. I have a hangover. I should hate the world & be convinced that the world hates me & wish to hide under the desk & so forth. Ah well, at least it's a good way to be being wrong & peculiar, so I shan't complain.

Instead I shall go to the PUB again tonight. Um. Or, as the case may be, possibly not. I am supposed to be going to the pub, but feel that the wiser course of action would be to phone Martin & rearrange the pub-meeting in question to be instead a sitting-on-sofa-with-videos type affair.

I have a strong desire to go to sleep. I believe they (They) frown on this sort of behaviour at work. Apparently one is, instead, expected to work. Madness.

Latest Storm update

The nasty lump observed yesterday has indeed transpired to be an abscess, in that it's now burst, & is just nasty scar-stuff. This is a Good Thing as the antibiotics should heal it all up. Fingers remain crossed that there isn't any tumour in there causing the abscess, and that it's just the last remnants of the previous infection.

So: she really does appear to be on the way to recovery, bless her. We are, obviously, still slightly worried/nervous & attempting not to be too optimistic, but she does look so much better than she did a couple of weeks ago. Tough little beastie :-)

Latest Storm update

The nasty lump observed yesterday has indeed transpired to be an abscess, in that it's now burst, & is just nasty scar-stuff. This is a Good Thing as the antibiotics should heal it all up. Fingers remain crossed that there isn't any tumour in there causing the abscess, and that it's just the last remnants of the previous infection.

So: she really does appear to be on the way to recovery, bless her. We are, obviously, still slightly worried/nervous & attempting not to be too optimistic, but she does look so much better than she did a couple of weeks ago. Tough little beastie :-)

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Finally, I have a proper monitor stand. w00t etc. Can now look at screen at correct height, which is nice.

Work-related panic due to too many things all at once & then I get stuck & can't start on any of them because which one should I start *first* andandand
<sigh>

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Finally, I have a proper monitor stand. w00t etc. Can now look at screen at correct height, which is nice.

Work-related panic due to too many things all at once & then I get stuck & can't start on any of them because which one should I start *first* andandand
<sigh>