Post Crimbo

Now that Christmas is over, and New Year is also history, the full weight of 2010 is pressing in like a huge dumb-bell, ready to snap my arms into broken twigs.

It's looking like I've got a fair few airmiles coming my way this year - my schedule is mapped out until June so far, and involves about 4 or 5 trips to Aus I reckon, taking in the delights of Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. At least I know folks in all of those places - whether they'll want to meet up is naturally an entirely separate question! :-)

At least when I'm not travelling I'll mostly be at home, working on preparing for delivering course materials, not having to commute into the City. It thus seems fair to say that not only is the nature of what I now do different from before, but also the level of team contact, since I am no longer one of those who gets caught up in a project team for X months/years and all that that typically involves. Plus ca change, as my cheese-loving friends over the channel would say...

The house needs a few jobs doing, which I'm now getting around to addressing. Porch roof i leaking, the lean-to is as grotty as ever and I can't wait til we get to tarting up the interior and binning the cheap carpet which has lived through 2 sets of tenants and is now subject to daily abuse by the dogs. Pretty good chance that the place will see some investment this year I'd say, though depth of pocket will doubtless influence how far we go.

Last bit of 'good' news - I'm getting a nice Blackberry Bold 9700 tomorrow, which is gonna be groovy since it fulfils all the usual Blackberry usefulness, plus adds 3g to its armory. Sweet!