Priority

an old House

Why am I here?

Sore throat

I haven't had a day off sick since joining Operational Services (there's a actually a task in the pipeline which I'm quite looking forward to, but there's plenty of calls I'd rather not have to deal with) ...

friDay night

the weekEnd begins ...

So

Shouldn't I just walk away ...

Cruelty

take a conscientious individual / give him a job which he cannot possibly do / watch ...

snowDrops

no Choice

But to continue ...

sLeep

Would be nice ...

late Night

not my choice ...

Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev's ballet, danced by Ballet West at the Brunton Theatre ...

anXiety

Fudge was behind the toilet door - hoping that she's OK ...

Love, love changes everything

Tea was delicious, this evening ...

There's been a murder

in traNent ...

Shostakovich 4

An opportunity (both children rehearsing "Annie") to listen to another of my extensive collection of BBC Music Magazine cover CDs - Vassily Sinaisky conducting the BBC Phil in Shostakovich's rambling 4th Symphony. It's a long, but rewarding listen - so much so that, with limited time before I drive out to collect the children, and wanting a cup of tea, I was walking around the house carrying a portable CD player, wearing headphones, and colliding with a door - hopefully, no damage done ...

Planets

Listened to a recording of Holst's "the Planets" to-day - ironic, that just when some composers thought that it would be a good idea to add Pluto to the line up, it was de-planetised ...

imPossible

Don't usually blog about work, but to-day, I've been 'assigning', which means passing calls to other people - and I know how much work needs to go into each call. The arithmetic, surely, is simple - if, in the course of a day (a Friday, when you'd expect things to be quieter), each person receives more than a day's work to do, we have a problem (unless to-day was unusually busy, which I doubt) ...

sLush

rainBow

maybe Solas

Camping? or finding a b'n'b?