This week, I was meaning to get in contact with QC2 about meeting up some night, perhaps for a drink, to catch up. I haven 't seen her since the start of the year and there's a fair amount to cover, from my own perspective at least. I never got around to it though. I did remember, quite a few times, but then got sidetracked at work and never sent the email.
Definitely next week, though.
Due to USHW's favourite subject, the weather, I've decided not to go in to work today. It's pissing down with rain here and blowing a gale so there's no way I'm standing at the bus stop waiting for the unreliable bus service to turn up.
I reckon I need about an hour to do all the things I need to do to be able to take a day (or possibly two) off next week. I reckon I could go in a little earlier tomorrow and stay a little later and still be in a position to take the time I need to see E. I pretty much know what I have to do, it's just a matter of getting it done.
Two E-related things happened today... firstly, E's birthday present arrived in the post. Initially, I was disappointed in it as it seemed to be nowhere near the quality of the same items I ordered a few weeks back. I took a few hours out and came back for a second look. The content is fine, but the craftsmanship of the item is certainly of a lower standard than my own. I'm contemplating complaining about it, but with only a short time before E returns home, can I afford the time if the company ask for me to return the item and wait for a replacement?
I got a call from E this afternoon arranging our day out. I'll definitely have to go in to work tomorrow to sort out some things so I can get the time off.
It's cold and wet outside, though I'm quite comfy here. The heat put out by my laptop and desktop PCs are enough to keep the room comfortable. I can't settle though. I spend a few minutes doing something, get restless and move on to something else. I'm bored but not bored. I've books to read, films to watch, games to play, personal stuff to sort (finances etc.), stuff to write and my website to tinker with. It's not as if I don't have anything to do, but I'm lying on my bed, with the laptop, thinking about other things...
I'm thinking about a lottery win... my lottery day dreams come in four flavours.
The really big one! A huge Euro Millions lottery win... €60 million (approximately £45 million or $90 million) and just do what I please for the rest of my life, give a ton of it to my immediate family and not worry about work or anything again.
The big one! A good weekend jackpot on the lotto these days is about £8 million and that'd be just dandy thank you. After making sure the family were taken care of, I'd still have enough to live well. I'd probably not have enough to retire on, but I after an initial spending spree, I could invest the rest wisely enough to supplement any future income and certainly live extremely well.
The moderate one! £250,000 or thereabouts. I'm not sure what these moderate lotto wins are these days, but the price of a decent house/apartment in a decent area of my hometown is about a quarter of a million quid. I wouldn't share any of this... I'd be entire selfish andpay off my own debts before ploughing the rest into my own place to live.
The small one! A couple of grand... enough to pay off the majority of my current debts which would make me better off. The debt situation is something that sits at the back of my mind, though I am getting rid of it albeit a bit slower than I would have liked. A small lotto win would probably cut it in half and the rest could be paid off fairly quickly after that.
It's weird that I do get these lottery day dreams because money is not a huge factor for me. Yes, I have debts, but they're not crippling and I am paying them off. I don't have that many overheads and I am still able to afford a fair amount of luxuries like going to gigs, foreign travel etc. Guys in work are forever mentioning how much people get paid in other firms that do the same work, but I like our company and the money's adequate.
Ah well... I'm getting restless again. Back to my book...
So, it's the end of the working week. It hasn't been too bad, even though I'm trying to talk myself in to going in for a few hours on Sunday, though that's all for the greater good of getting a day off to see E. It ended on a good note with a bit of banter with SSCW about various things including a planned work night out and she was teasing me about my plans with E, hinting that I want to "do her" and when I denied any romantic involvement but admitted that E was single (to the best of my knowledge), SSCW said I should "do her" anyway.
Either way, it was a good way to end the working week. I hope the weekend is good, though to be honest, I don't have anything planned. I have a new game to play for the PC, a new DVD to watch and a couple of downloads on the hard drive as yet unwwatched. Maybe it's a weekend for chilling in front of the telly?
I slept quite well last night. Somehow, during recent years, I've become quite a light sleeper. I don't know why that it... wrong bed? This sleep apnia thingy that I've been told I have (by E and FA2)? Who knows? Either way, it doesn't take a lot to wake me most nights.
Anway, I came off bout of deep sleep last night with memories of a dream involving E and a group of my friends and my friends telling me that I had to tell her. What this was I had to tell E was something I never found out. I dropped off to sleep again and awoke on cue to get showered for work.
It's now too late for E to get in contact. I believe she arrives back in the UK tomorrow, but I really needed to arrange my time off next week before the weekend so I could clear everything with my boss. He knows I want to take the time (and why it's important to me that I do take it next week), so he should be accommodating. I might have to put in a few hours this weekend, though.
The work thing's getting tricky again. Nothing's gone wrong as yet, but I've been given a project to do that was supposed to be quick and it's turning into something that's a lot more complicated than anyone first thought. Usually, that's no big thing because we work around them, but there are time constraints involved and it will clash with time off I want to take to see E. If E ever gets in contact that is.
I was also kinda hoping that QC2 would get in contact this week as her obligations finished on Monday, but I've not hear anything as yet. If I don't hear from her by next week, I'll drop her a line.
