T O T K a t

Today was my last day at the Pink Palace. And now I feel weird. It doesn't feel like I've left. I made a hash of my little speech this afternoon and I hope I didn't offend anyone by saying the same thing about 4 times. I did say thank you and I did say that I was very sad to be going. It's true. I am sad. And yet it still doesn't feel like I've left.

I'll miss my lovely Mac Book Pro, but I'll miss a bunch of people a lot more.

Tomorrow is my penultimate day at Lastminute.com. It's been a whole lot of experience over 15 months and I'll say it again and again, time and experience goes 3x normal speed there. This is not the right forum to go into detail, and I'm not sure I'll remember it all. But as long as I remember even half of it and learn from even only half of that, I'll have learned an awful lot in that 15 months.

I'll be going on and into finance and that's a bit scary to be doing for the first time, but I've 'done' oil, telecomms, broadcast and e-commerce now, so... I guess it's just a whole new set of jargon to learn really. (*ahem*)

Anyone interested in this job, one careful lady owner:- my current job If you are, I can give you more details and pass you on as a recommendation.

WTF? I have a cold. Again. This time on the right side of my head. Last time it was the left. Sore throat, swollen tonsil, sore nose and ear as well as sneezing and general snottiness. It kept me awake a bit late last night and woke me up at 5.30am. Not great.

Still, by lucky co-incidence, the scaffolders showed up this morning at about 10am to take the scaffolding away. Which is great. There is light in the house again and it feels so much nicer now. We're getting quotes in for decorating the hall, stairs, landing and the new stairs and landing and loft room. If we decide today, one of the companies can start on Monday due to a cancellation. Which would be great as that'd mean the decorating was done before we go on holiday. Then we'd just need to get carpet sorted and we could choose carpet this weekend so it can be ordered etc. for fitting when we get back.