I think I may be becoming nocturnal!

I’ve had so many of what are, for me, late nights over the past few weeks that I may have skewed my sleep patterns. Mendi and I went to bed at 11pm last night and instead of going straight off to sleep I had to get up and read or spod on the net until nearly 1am – well past cocoa time! Consequently, I’m feeling tired today.

I’m pretty bored at work, because I’m still writing up reports of audits (*1)I conducted at the beginning of the Summer before I was sick. I know it needs doing, but it is just so boring! Did I ever tell you that I have a short attention-sp…The write-up work finishes in another 2 weeks and I’ll be speaking to my manager on Friday to see what delights he has in store for me. My Doctor and I feel that I am well enough to start travelling again, but ST Bits are being very cautious about my health. My only concern is that once they decide that I am fit again they will hit me with an avalanche of overseas audits. Here are a few of the audits/reviews that were on my old schedule:

Singapore JD-Edwards Project Post-Implementation
Australian JD-Edwards Project Pre-Implementation
Australian JD-Edwards Project Post-Implementation
German Web-site
French Web-site
Irish Web-site
UK Web-site
French SAP Project Post-Implementation
German SAP Project Management and Planning
UK SAP Project Management and Planning
UK SAP Project Controls Design
Japanese Systems Review
Non-UK Purchases

Hey-ho – at least I’ll get plenty of air miles!

To make matters even more boring at work I’ve ended up being on my own. Our boss is in head-office for most of this week; one auditor is one holiday; another is carrying out a quality and H&S audit of our Irish business; yet another is working with an external client and the final one is kicking her heals in Italy waiting for her notice period to come to an end!

*1 I’ve actually just finished one of these reports this afternoon when it isn’t due in until the end of the week

I think I may be becoming nocturnal!

I’ve had so many of what are, for me, late nights over the past few weeks that I may have skewed my sleep patterns. Mendi and I went to bed at 11pm last night and instead of going straight off to sleep I had to get up and read or spod on the net until nearly 1am – well past cocoa time! Consequently, I’m feeling tired today.

I’m pretty bored at work, because I’m still writing up reports of audits (*1)I conducted at the beginning of the Summer before I was sick. I know it needs doing, but it is just so boring! Did I ever tell you that I have a short attention-sp…The write-up work finishes in another 2 weeks and I’ll be speaking to my manager on Friday to see what delights he has in store for me. My Doctor and I feel that I am well enough to start travelling again, but ST Bits are being very cautious about my health. My only concern is that once they decide that I am fit again they will hit me with an avalanche of overseas audits. Here are a few of the audits/reviews that were on my old schedule:

Singapore JD-Edwards Project Post-Implementation
Australian JD-Edwards Project Pre-Implementation
Australian JD-Edwards Project Post-Implementation
German Web-site
French Web-site
Irish Web-site
UK Web-site
French SAP Project Post-Implementation
German SAP Project Management and Planning
UK SAP Project Management and Planning
UK SAP Project Controls Design
Japanese Systems Review
Non-UK Purchases

Hey-ho – at least I’ll get plenty of air miles!

To make matters even more boring at work I’ve ended up being on my own. Our boss is in head-office for most of this week; one auditor is one holiday; another is carrying out a quality and H&S audit of our Irish business; yet another is working with an external client and the final one is kicking her heals in Italy waiting for her notice period to come to an end!

*1 I’ve actually just finished one of these reports this afternoon when it isn’t due in until the end of the week

I’m a Country Boy at Heart

For those of you who hadn’t noticed I’m a country boy at heart and the following will prove my point.

I managed to get some time to myself over lunchtime and went for a long walk down the green lane near to our offices in Corby. I went further than I’ve ever gone along the lane and broke out onto an area of heath-land. Well, it’s heath-land now, but 30 or so years ago it was part of the British Steel open cast iron ore mining area. The holes were filled in when the mining stopped and some landscaping was carried out. For years the land was touted as a site for a theme park – first for Euro-Disney and then for Wonder-World. Neither project came to fruition and Nature has been given a chance to weave her spell.

In later summer the place is adrift with the seeds of fireweed and the bright colours of the cornucopia of berries that are hanging from the bushes. Grasses and shrubs grow so close and tall that walking anywhere but the few paths is a chore and impossible in office clothes. Signs of game are everywhere – I’ve spotted rabbit, badger, mole, deer, and fox as well as a plethora of ground-nesting birds. I walked for about a mile and could have carried on for hours – I wish I had.

The signs of man are there, but they are few and fighting a losing battle to Nature. Signs and wire rust away posts and poles provide food for insects and hedges are now copses. I left feeling energised for the afternoon and with the hope that I would be able to get back there tomorrow.

Note to Self: Take lots of bags or baskets to collect some of the crops of blackberries and sloes that are so heavy that they are threatening to shatter branches. Would anyone be interested in Blackberry Jam, Blackberry and Apple Pie or Sloe Gin?

I’m a Country Boy at Heart

For those of you who hadn’t noticed I’m a country boy at heart and the following will prove my point.

I managed to get some time to myself over lunchtime and went for a long walk down the green lane near to our offices in Corby. I went further than I’ve ever gone along the lane and broke out onto an area of heath-land. Well, it’s heath-land now, but 30 or so years ago it was part of the British Steel open cast iron ore mining area. The holes were filled in when the mining stopped and some landscaping was carried out. For years the land was touted as a site for a theme park – first for Euro-Disney and then for Wonder-World. Neither project came to fruition and Nature has been given a chance to weave her spell.

In later summer the place is adrift with the seeds of fireweed and the bright colours of the cornucopia of berries that are hanging from the bushes. Grasses and shrubs grow so close and tall that walking anywhere but the few paths is a chore and impossible in office clothes. Signs of game are everywhere – I’ve spotted rabbit, badger, mole, deer, and fox as well as a plethora of ground-nesting birds. I walked for about a mile and could have carried on for hours – I wish I had.

The signs of man are there, but they are few and fighting a losing battle to Nature. Signs and wire rust away posts and poles provide food for insects and hedges are now copses. I left feeling energised for the afternoon and with the hope that I would be able to get back there tomorrow.

Note to Self: Take lots of bags or baskets to collect some of the crops of blackberries and sloes that are so heavy that they are threatening to shatter branches. Would anyone be interested in Blackberry Jam, Blackberry and Apple Pie or Sloe Gin?