Well, it’s finished. A break of nearly two weeks. Now for some reason it does feel as though I’ve been away from work for a full month. I suppose it’s a sign that I’ve really relaxed. And to tell you the truth, I am probably more relaxed than ever.
I appear to have made peace with the fact that yes, my job is crap, and yes, I don’t like working where I’m working, I’ve posted enough on that: under other circumstance I would move from where I am, etc etc. I know I work 2 weekends out of every 3, and even then those hours can’t be exactly sociable, and the type of work I have to do, means I’m not always treated with respect.
After time away from it, and also sorting out a few things ouside and also inside my head, I’ve made peace with the whole thing. The one thing I always come back to is that at least after the redundancy that took place last year, at least I have a job.
As I was saying before, I managed to sort out a few things out that really needed doing. Which I did, and I’m really glad I did.
My next real break is the middle of November, just close to 3 months away….
About time too.
Peter Jackson has a Knighthood. We ll deserved. Even though it’s probably down to just 3 movies, but boy, those 3 movies are amazing. Whatever your views are about Knighthoods, OBEs, MBEs etc, he’s earned it.
That is all.
At the moment there is a small amount of upheaval in Chez Threelight. We are having a new shower put in at present, and it’s likely to be a week until everything’s back to normal, and we get a new shower. The two contrasts of workmen, the one now vs the one last time (January 2009, if memory serves) is striking. This one turns up on time (unlike the one last year who turned up at odd times and worked until about 8 or 9pm). The sheer professionalism of the one here now is there to be seen. There is a lot to be done, ripping out what the former “workman” did. At least here, everything will be wired in and all correct. I could go into a long list about what was wrong last year, but it’s such a long list, I could be here all night (wrong procedures and wrong parts).
So, soon we will be getting a brand new bathroom (again), The old one has been ripped out, along with the sink which will be repositioned to a more logical place than it was before. And also the shower will be slightly bigger. Hopes are high that it’ll look quite good.
It’s the warmest day of the year so far, and I have a late shift at work to look forward to. Which is absolutely great…not!
I can think of many things that I can do other than go to work for 8 hours. And the most annoying thing about it? My original shift was supposed to be the early one, but then I decided weeks ago to go do a shift swap with somebody and take their lates. I have called myself a load of names I don’t normally call myself for doing that, and I’m regretting making that decision. And another bad thing? The next week, I swapped some perfectly good day shifts to do even more lates (cue much shouting and gnashing of teeth).
Why did I do that? It’s not that I like the job…unless I was thought helping a pretty girl. I see the pretty girl quite often at work, and I’ve mentioned to her that I’m regretting doing the shift swaps. She didn’t seem at all interested in my change of heart. And who can blame her? I’ve done the shift swaps and that’s all there is to it.
So I’ve had my “weekend” on Thursday and Friday. God, I really miss the normal working week…
I live relatively close to a major UK airport (about 5 mins, if that, away. Very useful).
It sure is quiet today. Normally there is a steady sound of planes taking off and landing, but today it is eerily quiet. When I woke up and was having a small bite to eat (I have another late shift at work to look forward to), I was watching the coverage of the ongoing calm that is taking place in UK airports over the volcanic ash coming over the UK. On Sky News they had an interview with Eric Moody, the pilot of a plane that went through volcanic ash in 1982. A few of his remarks took the interviewer by surprise (like, “I had to think of what to do. So I was calm about it, and over the mic I said, ‘Hello this is your captain speaking. We have a problem in which all 4 engines are not working. We’re looking into this and would the Chrief Steward please come up to the flight deck’ “ and one I couldn’t possibly say as this is supposed to be a politically correct blog. [ Really?]). That is why all the flights are grounded now.
In a way I suppose, because I’ve lived close to the airport for well-nigh on 20 years now, I’m used to the sound of the planes. Still, it sounds a bit odd with the sound not there. And it probably made me sleep a lot longer this morning too.
Well now, life is beginning to get a bit dull and boring for me. It doesn’t help that I am presently in the middle of working 8 out of a possible 9 (does a quick calculation – Thursday to the following Friday week, yes that’s right). Even though I was working 9 – 5 for five days in a row doesn’t help when you consider that the “week” ran from Thursday to the following Tuesday. So far, my hours are all over the place. One of the most crappiest things about my job I think.
I think that’s why posts are beginning to be a bit sporadic on this here blog. My weird hours mean that I have nothing to write about, so I don’t even think about posting stuff whatsoever. Promises made to myself about posting are never fulfilled. Looking at past posts show that at least I had something to write about, even a year ago. But now, it’s a bit different.
It’s these weird hours I work, I tells ya.
Five posts over January, which to me is shocking. Compared to what I had in mind. But the best-laid plans never seem to go as you want them to.
I can go on blogging about the work I do, but that would only bore you, and at the same time depress me a bit. Something yesterday that happened at work (which I’m going to keep personal – very personal) made me realise that there are better things I can do in my working life rather than the work I am doing now (or supposed to be doing).
What I really need is a holiday. And that’s precisely what I’m doing. In 2 1/2 weeks time I am flying out to Spain for 15 days, and then after that I have another full week off (the type of office I work in allows that sort of thing: if you can get the time off by holiday and swapping shifts with your fellow work-mate, then you can).
I think I need it. 2009 was a blur, and something that, based on what I now know of the organisation and the area I used to work for, should not have happened. What is becoming clear is that I am not suited for this type of work. It doesn’t help that the work I was doing was work I absolutely loved. But that’s the usual way. You like doing the work, and someone pulls the rug from under you.
And I moved over to the new business area because I thought the any job is better than no job at all.
But it’s good to get new skills and experiences, innit?
This weather is beginning to get to me a bit.
When I last used my car 2 days ago after I finished work, I thought that it would be okay to drive tomorrow when I’m next at work. I went to check it today, and it will not start (turns over but will not start). As a result I have to wait in the morning for the breakdown service to arrive, and then I’m off to work for 2pm. Hopefully everything should be sorted out by then. Wih my luck, possibly not.
Whilst I laugh at the media’s panic because the snow has also affected them, when very little airtime was given to what was happening Up Norf, I’m at the stage where I just want it to be gone, or maybe a slight thaw to take place. Yes, it may be different, but at the same time, it’s just…irritating.
And now this thing with my car….
Okay, my excuses are as follows:
1) I would have posted on Friday, but I was at work
2) I would have posted on Saturday, but I was dealing with another project, Polyhex and Ahent came round and I was working out my X-Box 360 co-op play
3) I would have posted on Sunday, but we had a power cut for some of the day.
So, no excuses today, even though I have been back to work today.
Happy New Year, Y’all!!!
Yesterday was fun in it’s own way. From about 3:45pm to 8:30pm, we had no electricity. Not just us, but a whole block. Now, I don’t know about you, but I find it weird that the power should go out in this the 2nd decade of 2010. Of course they’ll probably tell you that the actual cause was an abnormally cold spell (we are getting nightly temperatures of around -4 here), and sometimes the infrastructure in the ground would’nt quite be able to cope with temperatures that cold.
But still, you’d imagine they’d build in something to cope with the temperatures, wouldn’t you.It looks apparent that they haven’t.
So, my new job is taking shape. And it’s completely different to what I thought would be. I didn’t believe somebody where I used to work who once worked where I’m working when she said, “You’re just a number”. Now I know what she means. My previous (but excellent) manager said I would probably be bored of the work I’ll be doing, and she was right. There’s quite a lot of “sameness” about it, which I won’t be likely to shake off.
I was working until 3pm today, and ended up going to the local Morrisons store near where I used to work to get some things I could readily get before. Why I did that, I don’t know. I got the things I normally would have got had I been still working nearby. A bit odd but there you go. I must miss working at the previous employment place more than I realise.
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