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Date: 14 August 2005 08:32:15
Apologies for the lack of entries the past couple of weeks. Having returned from Brecon, I cancelled my whole 2 weeks holiday in favour of preparing for a quite important presentation I have to give in Japan on 22nd August. Only one week away - argh! I am quite a long way off having it finished - I have a lot of ideas and scribbles, but not much actual presentation. I have meetings with my boss every day this week to ensure that it's right and as polished as it should be, and with him and his boss on Wednesday to check it over too. No pressure...
While all of this has been going on hubby has been busy sorting out a case study for his Phd and looking for a new job. The Good News is that he's accepted an offer to work for his old boss again - who's based in Swansea. We won't be re-locating though, his first task is to do a 6 month contract placement for a company in Chippenham. Yes, still not really on our doorstep, is it? So he starts tomorrow. I can't believe that it's all happened so quickly. He will have to find himself a room and stay down there week by week just coming home at weekends because it's just not practical to commute all that way (plus we just have one car, and I work quite a way out of town). He's also got his case study sorted out. It's been quite problematic mainly because he has lots of possible ideas, but he's not allowed to use them because of confidentiality issues. But he's been getting involved in the big Restoration project at our Church - St Nicolas, Kings Norton. Of course, being funded by Restoration, all of the information is in the public domain already (or should be) so there's no problem him using his work for his Phd submission. Hooray!
My Dad had a knee replacement operation on Tuesday. We are currently in Nottingham staying with Mum and visited Dad for a few hours yesterday. He seemed pretty alert and happy - we had a good old chin wag for almost 3 hours - which is much better than mum said he's been over the past few days. We're off to see him again this morning before returning back to Brum.
Lots of things to get sorted out before Mr Moog goes off to Chippenham for his first day.... Plus I fly to Japan on Saturday, so have a fair bit to do making sure I am ready for that (on the domestic front as well as at work). Apparently Japan is very hot at this time of year, and I don't cope very well with heat and high humidity. I will have to wear a suit for at least 2 of the days... Methinks that cotton blouses are the way to go!!