Stuff by Sarah

Personal Ramblings 07/10/2007

Sun, 7 October, 2007 – 6:25 pm

Another week of work and mice. Yep the little annoying vermin are still in the kitchen. They've gone through a third of the bottle of poison, surely more than enough to kill them off?! I'd at least hoped that they were on their last legs but whilst out in the kitchen this evening, getting dinner on we saw one come out from behind the fridge, run back and forth to the shelves and then I'd left the kitchen before it disappeared under the cupboards (having to jump over a 4" wood plinth, so clearly still capable of movement). I'll be on the phone to the council in the morning. I can't deal with this any more.

So, besides the vermin problem, this week has been pretty pleasant. We started the week off in Cardiff. I met my new IT manager at the company I contract for. I feel sorry for him as the IT support assistant, who started just 6 months ago, handed his notice in with the required 1 weeks notice. So now the new bloke is on his own until they find someone else! If I'd lived closer then I'd have probably offered to go in but a 7-8 hour return commute is just a little too far. They can put me up in the Hilton or Marriot if they want though Still, other than that he seemed pretty pleasant and didn't have any concern over me working from home, something that concerned me as some people don't appreciate that way of working. After finishing in the office we headed back home which turned out to be a bit of a long journey due to major traffic on the M6. We didn't get stuck in this but instead diverted on the way home, still the scenery is nicer along the other roads.

I started Tuesday off with a bang. I got up, grabbed my stuff and went downstairs, however half way down I missed my footing and fell down the rest. My laptop flew out of my hands and into the wall (there's a 5mm dent in it now!) and landed on the floor. Dave heard and jumped out of bed to find me in a heap at the bottom of the stairs. I grazed/burnt my left elbow (which is annoying as I lean on it often!), grazed the back of my left calf muscle, and twisted/knocked my left ankle and lower part of my leg. To be honest I was more concerned over my laptop at first! Thankfully that's been okay since so I guess the whole road testing info on the Dell site was true! My leg and ankle hurt for most of the day and my leg continued to hurt for the rest of the week. Mainly for going up and down stairs, the pressure can be felt where I guess I've bruised it.

Luckily we didn't go anywhere for a couple of days, especially as on Tuesday night my neck really started to hurt. I can only assume I jarred it from the fall and it took a while to stiffen up. By Wednesday I wasn't feeling to great from the ache and pain so after clearing my work I spent the rest of the day laying down to support my neck. Thank god I have a laptop! Luckily it finally started to ease and I was fine by late evening.

On Thursday and Friday the weather was glorious. The sun had finally returned (for a few days) and so on Friday we took the afternoon off and went out to Chester for the day. We had a really nice, easy day out, the sun and blue sky held for the whole day, and it was just nice to have a break from things. (More plus photos at A Glorious Friday). The good weather continued through to Saturday and so we went to Chester Zoo. Besides too many noisy kids, we had a good day out, catching sight of a variety of animals plus grabbing a few photos along the way (I'll get these up when I have time!).

Now if only I'd not seen that mouse…!

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