I did it, I changed the format on my Linked In profile to “Open to Work”, for public consumption. That means all my old colleagues and friends made over 20+ years in IT now know that I am looking for a new Role. Can’t really be a surprise – I was public about leaving my… Continue reading Day 1 – should take two months – right?
as usual awake before 8 on a sat, never do get a proper lie in. Pot of tea (made with real tea leaves, none of that world killing teabags stuff) steeping, in the quiet of the kitchen can hear a buzz – engine revving loudly and erratically outside. Look down from my third floor and… Continue reading screams, lights and sirens
Bemused Echo Owner
She has cancer, my mum said. That word, the other C-Word. The one that automatically means death. Except you rally and you grasp for all the positive news articles you’ve read and you repeat niceties like, “they can do amazing things these days”. Reality check. She actually has terminal cancer and that is what we… Continue reading Sad Family Times
I have been told I have “great potential” a number of times. I have just as often wondered what on earth they could mean by that. A few years go I was in a business which was about to be bought out. A team of HR consultants were employed to speak to the existing staff… Continue reading Here’s to number 2s – or 3s or 16s.
I think I have just found the perfect word game for me. Exploring the App Store at 6 am on a Saturday Genius has presented me with SpellTower, and although I am only 3 games in I am already hooked. Finding patterns in jumbles of letters has always seemed natural to me. Not quite Charlie… Continue reading Playing a Different Game
“I need a man”, I was joking. Unfortunately my Mum and Stepfather – via Facetime – laughed a little too loudly, “Yes, you do”. I was referring to things that needed doing in the flat. They were referring to the fact I lived alone, and that they couldn’t quite believe that I was happiest that… Continue reading And so it begins
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