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I write from a lovely cottage in Norfolk, not too far from the sea. We’re spending a week here for the start of the boys’...
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I was in the office for four days this week. Colleagues from the US and Israel were visiting London, plus my Swedish boss,...
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It’s been an unsettled week. Rain storms and Saharan winds (leaving left red sand deposits) gave way to glorious sunshine...
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Hybrid working has begun at work. Three days at home; two days in the office. In our engineering team we’re coordinating on...
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We had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. L makes excellent thin ones. The boys had Nutella on theirs, but I insisted on drowning...
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It’s hard not to be horrified and angry about the invasion of Ukraine this week. I have current and ex colleagues affected...
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The Covid shackles are off – and just in time for a busy week of birthdays in the family.
L and I don’t really celebrate...
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Weeknotes are on hiatus. Spending the whole time cooped up inside isolating, I have nothing to write about! We followed the...
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Our family’s Covid saga escalated as expected. It spread from one boy to the other, then to L and me. After two years of the...
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As I feared in last week’s weeknotes, C was struck down with chicken pox this week. Poor boy has had little spots all over...
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The week started with a very nice breakfast with L at Bill’s in nearby Welwyn Garden City. Full English, naturally. No kids...
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I’ve got a new job! I’m joining Privitar as Director of Engineering this coming Wednesday. The opportunity to manage...
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I returned to work (at home) after my Christmas holidays, and then the boys went happily back to their local primary school....
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I had a surprise present from L: a Yamaha Reface YC synth/organ donated to a charity auction by the band Django Django that...
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This one’s a little late, because… it’s Christmas!
I was struggling to shake my cold from last week, so with my parents’...
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This week it was C’s turn for the school Christmas play. His nursery class did the classic nativity and he played an angel....
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It was my work Christmas party this week at Bistrotheque in East London. It was a boozy one: margaritas were offered as we...
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The Omicron variant is on its way and could be serious. I’ll continue being careful, avoiding crowds, wearing my mask on...
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I had the day off on Monday, shopping for a Big Coat for me with L in John Lewis. I don’t like shopping. I was unsuccessful,...
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We had a mini re-org at work this week as we push for the release of our new platform. Organisational changes are not to be...
