Posted: Fri 10 April, 2015 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Domestic, Driving, Getting Organised, Public Transport, Thoughts, Time, Travel |
The trip to Edinburgh this weekend is also pretty much the first time I’ve taken a long-distance train journey since I lived in Manchester. I was considering driving, but looked at a minimum of six hours each way, as well as the consideration of fuel costs etc., and thought “You know what? Eff that”. (Which is pretty novel in itself)
So I checked out the train costs – the journey’s about 5 hours each way by train, and the ticket price is pretty much on a par (within £10 or so) of the expected fuel costs. Plus it’ll mean I get to read, write, or just look out of the window, rather than being stuck having to concentrate on driving the entire way.
All told, it’s really been quite a sensible decision. I’m not sure how it happened – I normally see a sensible decision and run in the opposite direction. I’ll write more about it once I’m back, and know how it all went.
Posted: Thu 9 April, 2015 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Domestic, Health, Thoughts, Work-related |
Yesterday, for the first time in ages, I had a real belter of a migraine.
Migraines are something I never used to get, until about ten years ago – and even then I don’t get them often. It probably averages one a year, but of course these things don’t work to averages. I don’t think I’ve had a proper one in three years or more, but today made up for it.
It started off (as usual) with a weird little visual artifact, almost like a blind-spot in my field of vision. It’s a weird feeling, even though it’s just the precursor. Sometimes it’ll all ease off at that point, other times it won’t.
In this case, it didn’t. It ended up with a prolonged set of visual weirdness, flickering at the edges, and like constantly looking through a kaleidoscope – which is even less fun than it sounds. And it’s even less fun when driving home – doable, but it felt like driving in a Star Trek warp-speed effect. I have no idea what speed I actually drove at, but man alive, it felt fast.
And of course through all that, my head feels like someone’s put a vice round it, and is tightening it slowly.
It’s finally waned in the mid-evening, although the headache stayed on, if less intense than it was during the day.
All told, as always, it’s left me a bit drained, and not in the mood to do much. In an ideal world, I’d spend the day at home and vegetating, but that’s not the way it’s worked out, as I’m off to Leicester today to see one of my clients. As it is, I’ll be quite happy if I don’t have another one like that for a good few years again. It’s been a belter.
Posted: Wed 8 April, 2015 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Day Trips, Domestic, Driving, Getting Organised, Sociable, Travel, Weirdness |
This month is actually quite busy for me outside of work.
Last weekend, I ended up doing a daytrip to Somerset.
This coming weekend I’m in Edinburgh – I may have mentioned that before
The weekend after, I’m in Manchester.
The weekend after, I’m in London.
And then it’s May.
I’m not quite sure how that’s all happened, but it’s going to be fun.
Posted: Mon 6 April, 2015 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: Domestic, Getting Organised, Work-related |
With any luck, this week will be the end of a generally madly busy first section of the year. Work has been ridiculous – and will still be busy – but should calm down after Friday.
It’s actually coasting down this week, although I’ve got some things to finish, but one of the big projects is out the way for the moment, and the other is finishing this week.
As a result, I’m all booked in – and greatly looking forward to – for a break this weekend, travelling to Edinburgh and coming back on the Sunday.
It’s a long time since I’ve been to Edinburgh (current calculations make it about fifteen years) so it’ll be interesting to see the place again. It’s been one of those places I’ve always felt I could live – although it would put me a long way from all friends, family etc. – and I kind of want to see whether I still feel like that about it.
Work-wise I’m still secure ’til mid-June now, but the next phase should be a much easier piece of work than the last three months have been. (I hope so, anyway – there’s been far too much complex maths and codifying of guesswork in this bit)
Posted: Wed 1 April, 2015 | Author: Lyle | Filed under: 1BEM, Charm School, Cynicism, D4D™ |
And so, another International Day of Japery and Shit Tricks/Jokes/Pranks.
Happy Happy Joy Joy.
Normal programming will be resumed tomorrow.