Still alive and kicking

The first two months of the year have just flashed by. Getting up at 6.15am and not getting home until 9pm a couple of nights a week and 6 or later every other night tends to make leisure time a bit restricted and I've had some busy weekends, too. This is not just leading up to an excuse about not having put away the Christmas decorations yet (no, they aren't still up, they just haven't made it from boxes on the floor to the attic yet) but it is leading up to a reason for the distinct scarcity of posts since the New Year.

I'm working hard, it's tiring because I'm not used to it - my last job is fading rapidly to the back of my mind, thank goodness, although I do still have the odd flashback nightmare of a couple of the freaks I had to work with. Well, 'work' doesn't really cover what I did there. I turned up, was treated like an imbecile, got paid and got more and more miserable with every passing moment.

Anyone from that evil place who is reading this will know that I don't mean that everyone was hateful and loathesome there - on the contrary, I met some really nice people there who I shall stay in touch with - but sharing an office with someone who thought the world revolved around her and interrupted and tried to take over every conversation, and who questioned every single statement, comment, request or observation was more than mere mortal flesh and blood could stand. Added to the smelly bearded git who was allegedly my line 'manager' and the neurotic stick insect who called herself a senior programme 'manager', and the lack of any real work to do, I'm amazed I lasted as long as I did with my sanity more or less intact!

All this ramble, though, leads me to my point (yes, there was one!) At the University, having sod all to do all day except try not to make eye-contact with some of the freaks who came into the General Office, meant that I had time to post regularly on my blogs and spend a fortune on Ebay. Alas! (or maybe Hurrah!) that is not the case here at CVML. I am a very busy little bee and a very happy one. I don't have time for blogging or Ebay while I'm at work - today is an exception! - but I don't want my faithful (if invisible) readers to feel I'm neglecting them.

Regular posts will resume when I've got into a better routine at home, so watch this space and don't forget - spit every time you pass the Boldrewood Campus of the University of Southampton! I do ....