It feels like I'm busier than before I stopped working.
It's no-one's fault but my own, of course; I put off everything as something I can do "when I have more time", and now I have so many chores, errands and projects I don't really have any time.
I guess it's in part just the adjustment to having to actually manage my time properly! And then there was the first few days' battle to overcome the novelty of being able to sit in front of the TV all day watching downloaded TV series or playing Monkey Island.
I'm working on a stimulating and fascinating project which loads a Google Map, allows the user to search for an address; choose a radius and then returns geographic data for that area. It's been fun getting to know the Google Maps API and challenging to remember how to integrate ASP.NET with javascript, and I've got some other projects in the works.
I'm aiming to find another contract position for January; I don't know why I'm so reluctant to find a permanent post but I know that I very much am. I am extremely lucky to have the freedom to be that way, in that Steve's income is enough to cover our bills and he's awesome enough to give me the space and patience to figure out exactly what I want to do.
Monday, 11 October 2010
Monday, 13 September 2010
Only 9 months later...
I am so happy right now. So happy, in fact, that I am not even going to dwell on how the movers once again proved their incompetence once again.
At 10am this morning Steve got a call that someone was at the house to deliver something. He asked if they could just leave it there. They said no. He asked if it was, in that case, a big package? They replied, no, it's 50 packages.
In other words, more or less the sum total of our earthly possessions.
In short, our boxes from the UK finally arrived. As the title of this post indicates, it's taken around 9 months; so no, sorry if the title was misleading, no pitter patter of little feet just yet; just the pitter patter of me in shoes I haven't had in my posession for months.
We will have to figure out where to put everything, and then we'll have to unpack everything and mantle (that's the opposite of dismantle, right?) our bed and such, and then we'll have to HAVE THE HOUSEWARMING TO END ALL HOUSEWARMINGS!
I may post some photos later. I may even stop posting in all caps later, but I'm very excited right now so it's hard to say.
At 10am this morning Steve got a call that someone was at the house to deliver something. He asked if they could just leave it there. They said no. He asked if it was, in that case, a big package? They replied, no, it's 50 packages.
In other words, more or less the sum total of our earthly possessions.
In short, our boxes from the UK finally arrived. As the title of this post indicates, it's taken around 9 months; so no, sorry if the title was misleading, no pitter patter of little feet just yet; just the pitter patter of me in shoes I haven't had in my posession for months.
We will have to figure out where to put everything, and then we'll have to unpack everything and mantle (that's the opposite of dismantle, right?) our bed and such, and then we'll have to HAVE THE HOUSEWARMING TO END ALL HOUSEWARMINGS!
I may post some photos later. I may even stop posting in all caps later, but I'm very excited right now so it's hard to say.
Thursday, 2 September 2010
England, here I come!
Finally booked my ticket to visit England in November!
I'll be in England from 12 to15 25 November, which includes visiting family in Essex, friends in London and attending Thoughtbubble with Keo in Leeds.
Woohoo!
Anyone want to offer accommodation?
I'll be in England from 12 to
Woohoo!
Anyone want to offer accommodation?
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