demob happy

a whole week off / coming up ...

why

don't I just say that this is unacceptable / I'm being routinely left on my own to do a job which requires at least two people (it isn't just about the number of calls, it's about the fact that some of them are urgent, some require planning, most involve people who are for some reason upset) ...

downtime

really would have preferred not to be working to-day / but there would then be nobody in that office ...

lurgy

no longer struggling into work - let's see if a day at home helps ...

here

I didn't want to provoke a crisis / better (maybe) to be under par, but working, than to be at home, and to have twice as much to do to-morrow ...

sick

if I'm not better than this by to-morrow morning, then I shan't be going into work / even though there was only going to be the one of me there ...

eScape

it's tempting to contemplate a computer free weekend, but hardly practical, when calendars, timetables, bank accounts, and communication all seem to require internet access ...

crisis

if what I've planned (for to-day) is successful, we move on / if not, I simply don't know what happens ...

frightened

moved towards a couple of resolutions, yesterday, but still there's an underlying fear ...

trying out

uBuntu ...

organisation

even where the desk is almost bare, apart from a computer, need to do preliminary work before I can start being productive ...

breathing space

it may not be possible, but it is required ...

psalm 104:1a

bless the Lord, o my soul ...

friDay

the only difference, I guess, being that whatever challenges we face to-day can be laid aside for two days, subsequently ...

breakfast

a cooked breakfast in a canteen / a luxury, I guess / helps to start the day ...

longevity

at least, blogger is still here (was that a dangerous thing to say?) ...

change of place

induces tiredness ...

positivism

can't do this ...

my thanks

especially to ian / got through the day (though next week should be busy, helping all of the people who kindly cut me some slack) / and appreciated some downtime to-day ...

likelihood

of breaking down to-day is pretty high ...

jabber

hope

that in crises, God will resource ...

fragile

vulnerable, coping, so far ...

uncomfortable fame

a suspicious death in the town where I live ...

that was yesterday

if anything, to-day promises to be worse ...

tired, angry

but with no options ...