Sunday. 11th. I actually blogged on time last week I think but a bit early for the evening. Did a spaghetti rosa bake for dinner but I'll put that it its own post. Turned out pretty well. Then Simpsons and X Files and I might have watched Fantasia 2000 again.
Monday. Had to be Neil because he'd landed himself in hospital .. !!! Did some cleanup I'd been planning in test which all went well. Otherwise just mostly being Neil all day.
Got onto Neil. He was doing ok, just a bit wobbly on his feet, awaiting MRI results. Did a stir fry with leftover pork for dinner. Then watched the third episode of Brides of Christ, and more photo labelling.
Tuesday. omfg such a busy day, mainly in the afternoon it just didn't let up - people talking to me and wanting me to fix stuff all at once *all afternoon*. Actually nearly lost it a few times. Leftover roast pork for dinner. Did some photo labelling, although spent entirely too much time trying to identify birds seen along the Nile in Aswan. Fourth episode of Brides of Christ with a super young Russell Crowe. Only managed to label 136 photos, so now a day and a bit behind.
Wednesday. Too much stress, not enough time, and that's *before* going to work. Spent all day investigating a problem that Aquila alerted us to late Tuesday afternoon. Not nearly enough time to be Neil. I can't deal. Watched the fifth episode of Brides of Christ in the evening and nearly lost it when I saw Naomi Watts, Lisa Hensley and a magpie thirty years before the Penguin Bloom movie!
Thursday. Sharpie called me super early. I didn't hear the phone ring (phone is on silent anyway). I did hear the buzzes of smses but didn't wake up enough to look at my phone. So woke up at normal time and saw the messages and figured out instantly that the problem that had been affecting dev had also affected prod (I was actually worried that this might happen). So was able to put a workaround in pretty quickly, but it did mean for a day of insanity. In fact I spent the entire day on the phone on support calls and even missed drinks. Sigh. But we did still have pizza and I had a few beers at home.
Friday. Another day of being on the phone *all day* but at least this time just with Connor and Jim which was a lot less stressful, but just as intense. My ears hurt from having my headset on all day :(
Stu worked from home too which was nice. I even had some pomegranate "tea" I got from Turkey in 2014 in our nice Cunard tea cups. And he made lunch (leftover mince on toast).
It was definitely a candle and beer kind of an evening.
And I also finally tried Ray's method of reheating pizza - fried in a little oil with a lid on.
OMFG it was *so good* !! Even better than the evening before and with a crispy base somewhat reminiscent of the old deep pan pizzas from the 80s. Yum yum yum.
Simsons, X Files, and I watched Old Yeller, which I'd first (and last) seen a long long long time ago. Thoroughly wholesome movie and super sad.
Saturday. All the houseworks in the morning. Checked on servers sporadically throughout the day (all good). Spent ages rearranging pieces for the Disney behemoth jigsaw section. We did pop out for some food shopping as well.
Jim was talking about these on Friday so when we went out for lunch on Saturday we got one. Delish!
In the evening Jenn came over for dinner. Stu actually cooked a pretty amazing Indian feast with four different dishes plus rice. Only small amounts of most of them so not much leftovers though!
We played a couple of games of Fluxx, then a game of Carcasonne (which I won) and a game of Ticket to Ride (which I also won). It actually ended up being a pretty early night.
The candles I'd lit for the evening still had a good hour to go after Jenn left, so I watched the final episode of Brides of Christ. Definitely quality television from back in the day. I did have to laugh at some of the Sydneyisms - "It's like painting the harbour bridge - you no sooner get to one end then it's time to turn back and start at the other" and "I was wondering if getting off at Redfern was a natural method". The second one in particular amused me because it makes absolutely perfect sense to anyone from Sydney, but even in the rest of Australia it may not make sense.
Today my neck hurt. Actually it started hurting yesterday. Much the same as a few weeks back. Vaccine related?? First time it was nine days after, this time about twenty. Weird stuff. Annie and Lily and Immy came over for a bit around lunch time, and we did pop out to the chemist. Otherwise a fairly quiet day.
Lamb roast for dinner tonight. Used up some cauliflower and broccoli, finished up some cream, parsley and basil that were in the fridge.
Simpsons (into season 13) and X Files and aiming for an early night.
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