Monday, February 20, 2006
And Now For Something Completely Different
Hopefully tonight's other post should mark, if not the actual conclusion, at least the dying embers of one of the problems that've been plaguing me the last year. So happy (relatively) stuff only for this post.
My first proper post of 2006, and the anniversary of my return from my round-the-world trip last year. So how's 2006 gone so far, 1/7th of the way through as we are?
Tried to buy a laptop the day after the last time I posted - 29/12. Still haven't got it! There's been much comedy with my credit card company (having to ring them 4 times to get them to action the payment I'd asked them to make), and with the laptop company (who, as far as I can work out, cancelled my order on my behalf as they'd taken the rather generous special offer I'd bought the thing under away, and replaced it with a new, much less good offer they thought I might be more interested in). Still, fingers crossed for it this week - it's currently at production stage 9, which as far as I can tell means they've run out of stamps and have gone down to the Post Office to get some more.
Survived (most of) my first year-end with only a few cuts and bruises. It doesn't help that everyone keeps saying "It went so well, it was a really good one." I'm doing my usual of focussing on the negatives. And I've already said I'm not doing that in this post.
Been to the cinema twice in 2 weeks, having not been, I think, for about the previous 6 months. Aeon Flux good, Final Destination 3 bad.
Regained contact with 4 friends I thought I'd lost. Technically, I haven't quite finished off the making contact with 2 of them, but I will send you all e-mails or phone this week before I go on holiday.
Received the second most positive appraisal I've ever had - we'll see how that translates into bonus in the next few weeks, but I'm hoping the laptop will be paid for (which is pretty much what I told the credit card company back in January...)
Got to the 1/3 point in CNPS - that was tonight. 2006 has been pretty poor for CNPS - I've averaged one every 5 days (despite what I told you earlier, Jimbobjo - my math was a bit off!), or around 1/3 of the rate I was getting last year. Current estimate for finishing is somewhere around June 2009.
Tried out my ski boots last week. I'm sure a lot of this is psychological, but they feel at least as good as the ones I had in Cortina (my previous best), if not better. Looking forward to finally going down a mogul field without limiting myself to right turns!
Going skiing on Saturday! 'Nuff said.
Won quite a few quizzes recently. Tonight's at the OWS was at least my third of the year, and a new prize record - £11 each! And we thought we'd come about 4th! Also came joint first at the Swan last week, but due to our usual rubbishness at the tiebreak round, we only won the £25 drinks voucher rather than the 50 quid cash.
Marathon training has gone surprisingly well. I've got 2 months to go on Thursday, and I can comfortably do 10 miles at a 4-hour-for-the-marathon pace - would probably be able to keep that up for several more miles, too. Considering that for my first run of the year, on 08/01, I just managed 5 miles before collapsing in a heap on my bed and I couldn't walk properly for the next 2 days, I'm quite happy with how things are going - just one problem so far, with my knee getting locked about 7 miles along on one run. I will be going for a half-marathon on Thursday evening - I'll let you know my time.
I've applied internally for a new job. I reckon that I'm about a year behind Lint, so getting a promotion is one of my 2006 challenges, where he had it for 2005. Hoping for the interview to be after I get back from skiing - the other 2 people I know who've applied have already got their interview dates though...
Really enjoying Battlestar Galactica. It's an excellent update of the rather camp 70s/80s series, with much better acting, believable sympathetic characters, good plots and amazing effects. If it manages to keep this up for another few series and hold together a coherent plot over that time, it could rival B5, and I never thought I'd say that about any series.
My first proper post of 2006, and the anniversary of my return from my round-the-world trip last year. So how's 2006 gone so far, 1/7th of the way through as we are?
posted by Chip : 23:36
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