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Well practically. They've rebuilt my PC while I've been away and so now I've got win2000 running on it. I've just had an interesting morning setting up all my applications up on it and customizing the settings to be as I like them. Almost restful really. We're *still* having problems with the proxy settings in my building - they haven't put the proper exceptions into the new scripts apparently so I'm still bypassing them to specify it directly. The only problem with that is that I have to re-set that every time I log on... One of these days it'll work!
Had a lovely weekend down with my parents. We went into the city (Norwich) for a serious explore of the home ware departments (Next, Habitat, John Lewis, etc) to look for stuff for my new house. I'm already really settled there and I've got ideas for it. I want a couple of rugs, one for the kitchen and one for the dining room cos they've got lino floors which are a bit chilly in the morning (I have to walk through to get to the bathroom) and I'd like to paint my bedroom (its very yellow at the mo) but I can't decide what colour would go with the carpet. By lucky chance the annual French market was in town - stall holders from our twin town come and set up for the day - which is always great. I've replenished my stock of French honey and managed to get hold of some tarragon mustard at last - fab for the salad dressing. All in all, a great weekend. I always feel vaguely sad that a lot of people I know don't seem to get on with their parents. I've got a very close family - I even get on well with my bro (he's lovely even if he is tall) and I call my parents most days just for a goss and catch-up. And I love Christmas - it's exciting and fun so there. Again, I don't know many people who feel the same, which is a shame. I'm really looking forward to starting my present buying for this year when my new credit card month starts.
Everyone's very tense at work at the mo - someone Claire knows just got made redundant so we're not sure if this is going to signify another whole round of redundancies or what. I think I'm OK for the moment - they haven't assigned someone else to learn how to do my job for "disaster recovery purposes" or anything but still, it's not fun.
Had a lovely weekend down with my parents. We went into the city (Norwich) for a serious explore of the home ware departments (Next, Habitat, John Lewis, etc) to look for stuff for my new house. I'm already really settled there and I've got ideas for it. I want a couple of rugs, one for the kitchen and one for the dining room cos they've got lino floors which are a bit chilly in the morning (I have to walk through to get to the bathroom) and I'd like to paint my bedroom (its very yellow at the mo) but I can't decide what colour would go with the carpet. By lucky chance the annual French market was in town - stall holders from our twin town come and set up for the day - which is always great. I've replenished my stock of French honey and managed to get hold of some tarragon mustard at last - fab for the salad dressing. All in all, a great weekend. I always feel vaguely sad that a lot of people I know don't seem to get on with their parents. I've got a very close family - I even get on well with my bro (he's lovely even if he is tall) and I call my parents most days just for a goss and catch-up. And I love Christmas - it's exciting and fun so there. Again, I don't know many people who feel the same, which is a shame. I'm really looking forward to starting my present buying for this year when my new credit card month starts.
Everyone's very tense at work at the mo - someone Claire knows just got made redundant so we're not sure if this is going to signify another whole round of redundancies or what. I think I'm OK for the moment - they haven't assigned someone else to learn how to do my job for "disaster recovery purposes" or anything but still, it's not fun.
