London…again…

This is getting into a pattern almost…working at Edustaff again after Monday’s mammoth session because it’s still not finished there and they don’t want me off to the other offices until London is signed off and working. So up at 5.40am to get the 6.30am train – it was packed by the time of hitting Paddington, I don’t know how people do this every day, it’s a nightmare!

Took me an hour to get from Paddington to Stratford and then into the work I needed to do. I was receiving emails in the morning so I knew there was hassle to walk into but we got it sorted quite quickly and then I was able to work my way around the PCs sorting them out one by one. They’re quite comfortable with me in the office now and take the piss quite a bit to be fair, a lot of it is bravado and showing off, not quite sure why they’d do that with me but it’s amusing and passes the time.

I’d almost finished all the items I needed to and then was called into a TED meeting with Wayne, Dave and Andy and that killed my momentum as we did that for other 2 hours which is what I needed to complete my work. There is a bit of passion from Wayne now about the project and the time it’s taking and the way things are moving in EdCo in terms of the developments and progress. I suspect he’s concerned about my rising costs as well but I bet that the time I’m here for the installs it’s cheaper than Deverill doing it.

From experience of working with/in EdCo the project is going how things normally do, there is a spread of resources too thin for the work required with this and other projects, things will come to a head and there will be a kicking which will then make loads of development work get done.

It’s obviously quite hard being in the middle of this – I can only do so much as a Project Co-Ordinator and to be fair I asked if they were expecting me to be more pushy but was told I was more of the organiser and wouldn’t be expected to as that was there responsibility

I did a couple more PCs before leaving and then had to let Grossy down for football this evening as I couldn’t get back in time to play against Thame. Left the office about 5.50pm and got home around 8.00pm, had a quick catch up with Tash and then did another four hours work!! It’s a bit too much at the minute

Tash had been down to Kent to see Amanda who dying, she’s glad she went and it was a real shame for her as it is likely the last time she will see her alive, cancer is such a terrible disease, it must be so hard for all involved. It was a sad journey obviously but she did the right thing and Amanda appreciated it.

She also told me that Charlotte is going to be taking a gap year now after all. I am not sure how I feel about this, I was her to do what she wants to do in life and I hope that she’s made this choice for the right reason and not through being lazy with work or being smitten with Miles. Tash mentioned there was a bit of friction taking place on that front because he was suggesting going away for trips and a gap year on his own, I didn’t really get the full story and gist of it so need to have a chat tomorrow when I’m home and can be focussed on my family. Other than that all is ticking along ok.

Still items outstanding with Edustaff so my planned trip to Manchester on Friday isn’t going to happen now and I also back in the office tomorrow to finish things off once and for all for the Office 365 roll out and also to work with Wayne and that on TED items in the list! We shall see how that all goes. So another evening of setting my alarm for the next day at 5.30am and knowing I’m only getting about 5 hours sleep. The weekend needs to get here asap!!

Oh, it was 5th November as well – had absolutely no idea and only saw a couple of fireworks. My life really has gone on hold this last week/fortnight. Mind you, it’s paying the bills!