My birthday today! Yippee. Working in the office at The Swamp. Chris and Vicky have invited me to supper tonight.
One of the bonuses of working from home is that you can do things out of the normal order. Straight out of bed I started the PC and checked some emails before getting into a shower.
After finishing my toilet I got back to the ball and chain. Round about 10 or 11 o'clock the computer decided it was going to let me play ball anymore. Toys well out of the pram. Something to do with the security certificate not being recognised any more. I sent a ticket in to IT support.
Tried to reboot the machine etc. and sent an email to IT support.
Called Vision Express to see if they had the glasses in yet? They said they'd had a delivery but hadn't sorted through it yet.
After an hour I decided enough was enough. No replies from the IT support guys in that time so decided to take the rest of the day off! Didn't need much pushing today as you might have realised.
Webster had asked if I was available to go to QAB for lunch but I'd said I didn't know where I'd be because of the glasses. I headed into town and diverted to QAB on the off chance that Webster would be there. He wasn't so I sent a text asking if he was coming. The queue was going to take too long so I headed outside again. Before I started I asked Vision Express about the glasses. They said they'd be about 1hour.
Took a while to get from QAB to the mall car park. The signs indicated there were only 9 spaces left. As was my usual trick I just headed up to the upper floors. As you use the elevator anyway I think you're better off heading to where there are usually loads of spaces. I actually had to wait for somebody to leave before I could park. First time that's happened in a long while.
On the way down through the mall I stopped into one of those shops which sells small knick knacks. Found the following. I'll leave the comments to your own heads.
I still hadn't had any lunch so headed for the food court level. Longs queues here as well. As I was walking to the other end of the mall I spotted the Yo! Sushi place.
It's my birthday so I decided I'd give it a go.
I thought I knew how it worked with the conveyor belts etc. I didn't understand everything. You don't have to take anything off the belt as it is possible to order off a menu.
I was quite surprised at how few dishes it took to fill me up despite the apparent small size of the portions.
After lunch I headed to Vision Express. The glasses were great. They seemed to be better than the previous set certainly. Will give them the full 90 days. A lot happier with them. It would appear the Norwegian optician knows his stuff.
By the time I left the mall, the car park was almost empty. Must have been a lunch time thing.
I went to visit Maison for a cup of tea. Had a chat about this and that and things I'd need for the Norwegian apartment. As the bedroom wouldn't be big enough for the large double bed I have I'd have to take a single. Maison convinced me to go and buy a new one rather than have the chatty mattress from Staff' old bed.
Good idea.
I thought I'd have enough time to visit one place before I'd be expected at the Shelley's for supper. Went off to Just Beds on Valley Road. Quickly found a single bed base with a foam mattress, headboard and pillow totaling about £280. The bed base was in a fairly chatty brown plaid design but I thought it'd at least be clean.
Got back home and had another look at the base in the spare room. It was the same design but in blue which I thought was much better, and still relatively clean and solid. Seemed stoopid to buy another one, especially as it was in a colour I didn't like.
Got some clothes together to take to Chez Shelley as they'd quite kindly offered me the bed for the night rather than trying to get home.
Victoria was cooking a victoria sponge for a birthday cake when I came through the door. Simon was also invited for the evening. He bought me a bottle of port. Very nice.
The food cooked by Mr Shelley was very good. Starter consisted of artichoke hearts. Not something I think I've had before but lovely. Main course was steak and chips all round. Veggie steak obviously for Chris and Vicky. There was also homemade bread and tomato ketchup. Chips had been double fried and delicious. We had a break before dessert. Through the whole meal Chris kept plying Simon and I with red wine. We didn't manage to finish the third bottle.
The port went untouched as we'd had too much red wine. Will have to keep it for later then.
All in all a very good evening.
One of the bonuses of working from home is that you can do things out of the normal order. Straight out of bed I started the PC and checked some emails before getting into a shower.
After finishing my toilet I got back to the ball and chain. Round about 10 or 11 o'clock the computer decided it was going to let me play ball anymore. Toys well out of the pram. Something to do with the security certificate not being recognised any more. I sent a ticket in to IT support.
Tried to reboot the machine etc. and sent an email to IT support.
Called Vision Express to see if they had the glasses in yet? They said they'd had a delivery but hadn't sorted through it yet.
After an hour I decided enough was enough. No replies from the IT support guys in that time so decided to take the rest of the day off! Didn't need much pushing today as you might have realised.
Webster had asked if I was available to go to QAB for lunch but I'd said I didn't know where I'd be because of the glasses. I headed into town and diverted to QAB on the off chance that Webster would be there. He wasn't so I sent a text asking if he was coming. The queue was going to take too long so I headed outside again. Before I started I asked Vision Express about the glasses. They said they'd be about 1hour.
Took a while to get from QAB to the mall car park. The signs indicated there were only 9 spaces left. As was my usual trick I just headed up to the upper floors. As you use the elevator anyway I think you're better off heading to where there are usually loads of spaces. I actually had to wait for somebody to leave before I could park. First time that's happened in a long while.
On the way down through the mall I stopped into one of those shops which sells small knick knacks. Found the following. I'll leave the comments to your own heads.
I still hadn't had any lunch so headed for the food court level. Longs queues here as well. As I was walking to the other end of the mall I spotted the Yo! Sushi place.
I thought I knew how it worked with the conveyor belts etc. I didn't understand everything. You don't have to take anything off the belt as it is possible to order off a menu.
I was quite surprised at how few dishes it took to fill me up despite the apparent small size of the portions.
After lunch I headed to Vision Express. The glasses were great. They seemed to be better than the previous set certainly. Will give them the full 90 days. A lot happier with them. It would appear the Norwegian optician knows his stuff.
By the time I left the mall, the car park was almost empty. Must have been a lunch time thing.
I went to visit Maison for a cup of tea. Had a chat about this and that and things I'd need for the Norwegian apartment. As the bedroom wouldn't be big enough for the large double bed I have I'd have to take a single. Maison convinced me to go and buy a new one rather than have the chatty mattress from Staff' old bed.
Good idea.
I thought I'd have enough time to visit one place before I'd be expected at the Shelley's for supper. Went off to Just Beds on Valley Road. Quickly found a single bed base with a foam mattress, headboard and pillow totaling about £280. The bed base was in a fairly chatty brown plaid design but I thought it'd at least be clean.
Got back home and had another look at the base in the spare room. It was the same design but in blue which I thought was much better, and still relatively clean and solid. Seemed stoopid to buy another one, especially as it was in a colour I didn't like.
Got some clothes together to take to Chez Shelley as they'd quite kindly offered me the bed for the night rather than trying to get home.
Victoria was cooking a victoria sponge for a birthday cake when I came through the door. Simon was also invited for the evening. He bought me a bottle of port. Very nice.
The food cooked by Mr Shelley was very good. Starter consisted of artichoke hearts. Not something I think I've had before but lovely. Main course was steak and chips all round. Veggie steak obviously for Chris and Vicky. There was also homemade bread and tomato ketchup. Chips had been double fried and delicious. We had a break before dessert. Through the whole meal Chris kept plying Simon and I with red wine. We didn't manage to finish the third bottle.
The port went untouched as we'd had too much red wine. Will have to keep it for later then.
All in all a very good evening.
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