Another day of escaping the rain. Not that we've had any yet today, but I'm sure it is only a matter of time.

I managed to restrain myself last night when it came to starting the Shelters, made myself wait for as long as it took to return Skies to the shelf and pick up the new one. Which I think was pretty good going by anyone's standards! Certainly seems to be living up to expectations so far anyway. And now we are nearly at the weekend where hopefully I will be able to dedicate some serious time to sitting around with my nose in the book.

OK, so I have to do a spot of patio laying if at all possible, but that's not nearly as important.

Then again, it is 10% off day at Homebase and I have a £7 voucher as well, so I'd better get the sand/cement mix to lay them on tonight on the way home rather than waiting for tomorrow. Its not that I don't want to get the thing doen, more that I can't see it being the end of the process. I just wish we could enjoy the damn garden occasionally rather than working in it.

Been fairly quiet at work today, which is nice. And thus I should be able to sneak off fairly early. I think I deserve that.

A result at last! Have put together a promotional page in the East Anglian Daily Times about Park & Ride to tie in with a reader offer and the corporate people like it!

Hoorah.

And it uses a couple of pictures wot I took myself, so now I'm a press photographer too.

Time to go home now, with a smile on my face for a change. Actually, most days the smile is there, but its because I'm going home rather than any other reason.

Just had a lucky escape - been to do a spot of shopping, got back and now it is raining like it's going out of fashion. Hee hee. Basement flood imminent I think.

Yesterday was both great and horrible. The grotty bits were all related to work, strangely enough. Had a little presentation at Park & Ride for the charter mark. Just the director and one councillor handing over certificates and getting their picture took. You'd think that would be fairly straightforward, but the number of people who have to stick their nose in or have an opinion is just unbelievable. Oh well, it seems to be calm again now. And good news is that two of the sicko's are back at work today, unfortunately we've lost someone else to it to compensate.

The good bit from yesterday was stonkingly good though. Finally got my hands on a copy of Jean M. Auel's The Shelters Of Stone. Only been waiting 12 years for it to be published so I had to invest in the hardback! Looks like the fiction/non-fiction alternating pattern will have to take a back seat for now as I don't intend to wait any longer than finishing the Anne McC book before I start that one, and with any luck that will be tonight. Another 700+ pages of prehistoric fun and frolics await. I was also tickled by the quote WH Smiths are putting on their carrier bags at the moment: Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read Groucho Marx. Oh, and am thoroughly enjoying the Skies of Pern despite the slightly glaring continuity glitches. I suppose they are inevitable in a series that developes over as much time as this one has and the author tends to jump around rather than always writing the next book to follow on from the last, but it does niggle me when things are referred to as gospel that weren't mentioned in a previous book because they hadn't actually been thought of then.

Nothing else to say for now, but I might be back later if things spring to mind.

This office is absolutely freezing today. I might have to go out and buy a jumper at this rate.

One of the girls in office services has a birthday today so her desk has been decorated with the traditional balloon arrangement of one long one and two smaller round ones. If that was on a chap's desk he'd probably get done for sexual harrassment. Hey ho.

OK, I've had enough of the rain now thankyouverymuch. Wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so windy at the same time - when you need 2 hands on the brolly it isn't nearly as much fun. And I've got to get out of the building at some point today as I have things to buy and pick up from Park & Ride and stuff.

Anyway, I blew another fiver on a PC game on Sunday (at Sainsburys of all places) and am now getting to grips with Grand Theft Auto (and the London expansion levels, all in the price!). Took a while to figure out a control method that worked with my joypad, but am happy now. I think I will have to try not playing anything tonight though to give my thumbs a rest.

Not done anything else with the pics I scanned yet, so you'll have to wait a little longer.