It's arrived

My Lord of the Rings table cover mouse mat.  I really like it.

I won't be billing this as an expense.

12 days left after today

No chance of getting a permanent role at my current place as they're on a recruitment freeze, who knows they may need contractors to fill the void.

Still not heard back about an interview I did a week or so ago, although the recruiter is going to chase.  My name has been put forward for another contracting role in a similar size firm, and there's an opportunity I might go for once I hear back about what the role will actually entail.

There's stuff out there so fingers crossed something will pop up soon.

Staying out in the Summer (early Spring)

Sun out, shorts and sandals on

Josie checking there are (where) no holes in the paddling pool

Big girl sitting on the big chair

Everybody's having fun until the incident.

Shortly after this photo as taken Flo let herself down.  She put the poo into paddling pool.  The warning signs are there, she had been farting for the previous two minutes!

We've been tidying up and I found these

I've been meaning to put them up in the shed.  Maybe i'll see if I can get them framed during the lockdown.

Weekend already

Despite all the turmoil this week has actually sped past.  It will be nice to get a couple of days off as the work week has been busy for the both of us.  More so for April.  I've only only got 13 days left in my role and April has only 30 or so before starting maternity leave, so will be very strange with neither of us working. 

Mostly dragging

I took Flo out to the castle yesterday to give her a little fresh air and some much needed exercise.  

She hasn't quite got used to the scooter just yet.  She mostly drags it around after her like a pet dog.

Departmental quiz

We had a departmental quiz today.

There were 30+ of us on the call and surprisingly it was quite fun.  My team actually won!  If you zoom in you can see one of the boxes is me with Florence.  April had a more important call so I had Flo for the hour.  She was pretty good, although she did tell the others to be quiet a couple of times.

My old boss was on the call too and I spotted the Wheel of Time series of books.

I showed him mine...

Film night, a success

We managed to watch The Fugitive last night with two other couples and it went fairly well.  Apart from the time Harvey the Hougham's cat sat in front of their tablet.

Good times

Myself and 3 ( friends re-watched the 2005 Champions League final last night, it was good fun.

Tonight a bunch of us are watching the Fugitive.  Should be fun. 

Very strange

I've been working from home for two weeks and a half now.  It feels very odd.  Mostly I feel isolated, I have a couple of calls a day at the moment with my new line manager and one or two a week with other people in the wider business.  For the rest i'm left to my own devices.  I'm still working on the parameterisation of 8 classes of business, 3 are officially signed off. 1 is pretty much there, i've got 4 to hopefully sign off tomorrow.  Not sure what else I will have left to do, I guess I will help out with the more general pricing work.  With the two bank holidays, i've only got 15 days left anyway.

I've been asked a couple of times if i'd like to go permanent, i'm unsure.  I've still not heard back regarding that interview I had last week, so I may see what sort of numbers they will offer as the uncertainty around getting a new role in the near future is certainly a lot higher than it was a month ago.  It's certainly nice to feel wanted though.