2020 DIARY WEEK TWENTY NINE 13th JULY - 19th JULY Isolated WFH #17

This new week should have been a nice peaceful one with two days off Monday and Tuesday and while I still have the days off I am feeling stressed due to the demise of my laptop computer on Friday afternoon. Meant I had to order up a new one which hopefully will arrive sometime this week, but at a cost of £500 that I don't really have I shall have to increase payments to my Freemans account to over £100 a month from August. Thankfully I do have data backed up recently and will need a list of things to install once the new machine arrives which could be by Wednesday. Getting the docs, music and data from the back up will help though and should be back up and running in a few days once the new laptop arrives. Spoken with Vince too and that was good, will have another gaming session on Tuesday night this week, hopefully I will have been out on one of the days off I had, get some nice dinners in too. Try not to look at my work mails or slack until Wednesday so I can switch off for a few days. Popped out Monday morning and topped up my Oyster card as well as a little bit of shopping in Iceland but mostly lunch items and sundries, will need to get some bits later in week though. Struggling to sleep much this week, very warm at night and uncomfortable for the likes of me. 

Up on Tuesday with another day off, and as I still waiting for new laptop to arrive spent the day playing with some of the N Gauge model trains giving as many of them as I can a good clean up, oiled and a decent run around my simple test track. Some of these will also go up on display on the window and in the coming months hope to get a display cabinet or something to show more of them.

Gaming with the guys tonight (Tuesday) then returning to work (at home that is) and hopefully the rest of the week will pass by fine. Gareth has flounced off again sadly, hopefully he is going to be fine and we pray that he returns soon (not the 20 years gap that we had last time) Struggled again with lack of sleep overnight, back to working now and aiming to catch up with some tickets. New Laptop arrived lunchtime so spent most of the afternoon getting it set up, plus I have a Kempton horse-racing meeting to blog later on too, got one winner but nothing else. Turn in for the night and try to sleep, then see how things go on Thursday (might need some shopping). Not as bad a night as recently, up and did stand-up meeting and a nice chat with Liz afterwards too. Went out lunchtime and got Iceland stuff in so fine for the weekend. Plenty of work to do and the afternoon was busy. Friday don't feel very well, plenty to do but really tired. Think I will just get through and call it a day then aim to rest over the weekend. Had a nice email from Fabrizio so have replied to him, now rest over the weekend (incl get a hair cut)