So here I am at lunch time...

I've had a ridiculously busy day yesterday and morning today, so I'm taking some well earned time out.

It seems that people at my work are sither not very good at forward planning when they need information, or they just have ridiculous expectations. Last week someone wanted a list of postcodes for several key towns in Oxfordshire by Friday. When did I get confirmation on the exact list of towns? Friday afternoon! Another group need some detailed population and economy data for Oxfordshire's market towns. Time frame? By the end of Tuesday.... *sigh*

Needless to say, here we are at 1pm on Tuesday and they are all done... Sometimes I ROCK!!!

I've actually got an almost finished version of my Population forecasting tool done. It just needs a bit of User Testing to make sure it does what they want it to, and then I can release it. YAY!!!

Big news is that I recently decided to get back into drama and last week went to a social night at the local amdram group. It was awkward at first as they're in the middle of rehearsals for their panto (rehearsing panto in January???? Weird...) and so everyone was kind of busy. Eventually we were noticed and went and did a read through of a script that someone had written for some upcoming festivals. This inspired me and I started re-working a screenplay I started some time ago for the stage. It's looking in fairly good shape with all the characters sorted with their goals and backgrounds, all plotlines are sorted and I've made a good start on the dialogue.

Well... I suppose I'd better get back to pretending to work for the rest of the day! ;D

Shhh..... Don't tell anyone....

It's a start.

I suppose the first thing to get out of the way is the fact that I hate my job. I make this clear from the outset so that, from here on in, I don't have to mention it again and can concentrate on more important things. Suffice to say it is the one thing in my life I would change in a heartbeat. I know people will say that it's within my power to change my own position, and I am trying, but the world is not very forgiving of silly mistakes made in employment choices over the years.

That said I am looking forward, not due to any half-baked new year's resolution that I'll forget in a few weeks time, but as a result of my re-invigorated focus on things that really matter to me.

I've spent the last few months finally getting my head around Linux, something which I have been meaning to do for nearly 7 years now. Now I'm up to speed with it and plunging neck deep into C++ and KDevelop (another thing on my to do list for several year's now).

As well as geeking out, I'm currently working on several creative projects, including a tabletop RPG, a LARP and a couple of screenplays and short stories. As per usual I'm spreading myself a little thin and finding it a little difficult to concentrate on one thing at a time.

I'm hoping that actually sitting myself down to write this blog will focus me and give me a bit of direction on whichever task I'm currently working on.

Anyhoo... not getting too in-depth this evening, it's already ludicrously late and the chores commence anew in the morning.