Yes! Wonder what the problem has been.

Anyway, feeling almost back to normal today. Still no idea as to a real cause of the mid-week dip, but not too bothered about finding one. I am still finding my way through them after all this time, and discovering new ways of coping or even enjoying them. Usually needs the chance to be on my own rather than at work to really benefit from it but even now they seem new and different nearly every time. I do find myself wondering now if I'm expecting too much. Just because I can't recall being such a gloomy git in the past doesn't necessarily mean I wasn't one I guess. Maybe I just didn't realise it so clearly. OK, better do some work now.

Can I get posts to appear today?

Feeling a bit more human today (although nearly lost it all again waiting for Blogger to open up, some serious slowness this afternoon!). Last night went really well, and we all had a good laugh so that helped. Plus today I had the sense to bring some music to work, so was able to wander the town at lunchtime assisted by my portable mini-disc player and a compilation of various stuff featuring loud guitars. Of course, I shouldn't really have that as yet cos it really is my birthday present from Joan, but hey, we are just too nice to each other. And it is also Valentine's day so love is flowing everywhere and feeling gloomy wouldn't fit in.

Tonight is once more a DIY and ER-fest so that should keep the spirits high. I might even find time to slip in a bit more reading on the magazines. New book info soon.

I think that will do for today as I really ought to go home soon. Perhaps I'll think of something interesting to fill this with in the future rather than just a few odd comments. Suggestions welcome!

Mood has lifted a fraction, but nothing to write home about!

Joan's Boss is coming to dinner tonight, so I hope I can at least contribute to the conversation. Will probably make a bid for "freedom" and lurk upsatirs if they get on to work too much or something else I don't want to know about.

Time to go home I think.

Feeling pretty down today. I'd like to be able to say it was caused by the "sorry, thanks for your interest but we don't want to give you an interview this time" letter from the East of England Tourist Board that came this morning, but I wasn't in the best of spirits before the post arrived. Just one of those woke up with it days. If they happen on a weekend I don't mind cos I can just ride out the gloom listening to suitably down music and not having to worry about interacting with people. Unfortunately today means work meaning people to try and get through. Oh well, the morning's done now in one long meeting/listening to other people while trying to stay awake session so only a few more hours to go.

We are involved in a huge database transfer project at the moment which has been ongoing for well over a year now and still sees no sign of ever coming to an end. There are stacks of other smaller projects and even jobs hanging on the outcome and I just want to get on with them rather than the continual hanging about while they try to fix another problem. I seem to be in a perpetual state of oscillation between manic panic-stricken deadlines to meet using outmoded software and late information and hanging about trying to find things to do. It would be nice for stuff to come in a steady stream, but I don't reckon much on the prospect of that in the near future. And we are always fighting against the opposing realities of having to get information out to the public in time for them to make proper use of new bus services or changed routes but not getting hold of it ourselves until a few days before services start. The upcoming change in notice period from 42 to 56 days will help, but how much is still in the realms of guesswork.

Anyway, seeing the doctor on Friday. Was hoping to say I was feeling great and can I start coming off the meds yet, but after today I don't think that would be such a good idea after all.

Hmm, this is making for gloomy reading, so I'll stop and maybe come back later if I get anything more uplifiting to say.

I was wrong - meeting turned out to be very interesting and useful after all. And then a nice lunch down the pub afterwards so I now have a smile on my face. Can highly recommend the Lord Nelson to anyone in Ipswich looking for a bite to eat.

Hmm, must stop using the phrase Highly Recommend here. Trouble is, I don't tend to have indifferent opinions - I either like something a lot or hate it and if I like it I assume other people will too. Basically, if I mention a film book or whatever on here it will be because I have enjoyed it thoroughly and hopefully you will too.

Speaking of films, we finally got round to seeing Lord of the Rings last Sunday. I was suitably impressed. At first I was just knocked out by how close to my personal vision of the Shire etc Peter Jackson and his team had got with their visuals and also by how the effects were great at reducing the hobbits in size etc. But then I just got lost in the whole epic nature of the thing, stopped looking for how closely it matched the book and suddenly it was three hours later. OK, so I would have liked ot have sen them attempt Tom Bombadil, but I can see why that section was left out. Will definitely end up buying all three on DVD for protracted re-watchings in the future (and no, they won't stop me re-reading the books every couple of years).

I think I've been at work long enough now so time to go home for pancakes and some tv-related vegetation. Holby City tonight and we need to know if Sam will do the decent thing and tell Alex about the vodka....

Urk, two whole days without sticking anything up. What can my excuse be? Actually, I don't have one other than laziness! So, what was the weekend like?

Finished the encyclopaedia and now catching up on a few magazines before deciding what to pick next book-wise. First up is F1 Racing. I used to be an ultra dedicated fan of the fast cars, but I have to say my interest in watching the races on TV has waned somewhat since ITV took over the coverage. Those adverts just get on my wick. I also wish they'd cut down on the pitstops (and overtaking within them) and get back to some proper racing with lots of real on-track battles. I do still enjoy reading the analysis and interviews though. And the pictures are uniformly excellent.

Following F1R will be SFX and Classic Rock. Well, you have to keep abreast of music, books & films somehow.

Today we are supposed to be receiving visitors from Norfolk & Cambridgeshire to talk about working together on publicity and the like. Trouble is, Norfolk have already had to cancel so it won't be much of a meeting at this rate. We shall see.

Not a lot else to add for the moment really. Didn't really do anything spectacular on Sunday. Most exciting thing was a bit more clearance of the spare bedroom prior to attacking it with the paint and rollers. Then when that is finished we can do our room again and finally get the new wardrobes we've been promising ourselves for 5 years now! More on that when it happens.