2020 DIARY WEEK TWENTY ONE 18th MAY - 24th MAY Isolated WFH #9

Nine weeks into lockdown now and although work have sent out a guide to what our landlords are doing to make the office building in Blackfriars "safe" I think any return to the office is weeks away with the lack of safe public transport and social distancing a big barrier. Still we are fine and cracking on with work so best to just stay quiet, get on with it, keep calm and carry on. Given we did some work on Sunday we will probably have an early finish on Monday but generally just want to keep busy enough so that the days pass by and that I don't have too much stress and anxiety. Did go out too and picked up a few things so that was useful, shouldn't need to do so again till end of the week all being well. Tuesday didn't sleep that well and hay-fever is causing me some discomfort. We press on though and trying to get into the Kentico work now, while also wanting to find something to do for next week when off Thursday / Friday, given that I cannot really go anywhere it will be tricky. Had a brief call with Phil and Maria on the Isle of Man which was lovely and it was Phil's birthday too so good way to cheer myself up. Lee was doing a Quiz night but said 8pm and it kicked off at 7pm so missed that anyway.

Made it to Wednesday and see how that goes, didn't feel too great early on, seem to have got a bit better and received pay slip with a small bonus for this month, while only 1% I wasn't expecting much if anything so this will help a bit during the month ahead. Still rather anxious about returning to office so hopefully that will not be any time soon given the travel concerns and lack of clarity from HM Government. Thursday was not a great day as plenty of work issues and I was trying to get other things done. Went out and got some food shopping done for the weekend so that was fine, and had a call with David to catch up on where he is and sounds like he's doing really well. Friday night was good as the guys came together to have a D&D night online. Did a small adventure but really it was great to see guys and have a bit of banter 35 years after the last time? (thereabouts).