Peace & Quiet

Take one work day, sandwhich it betwen a weekend and a public holiday, and what do you get? Peace and quiet!

The roads are empty. Schools are closed today. The office is basically empty too - with merely a few representatives in each section (I'm it in mine), some perhaps here only for the free coffee.. :-)

(Of course, out of the entire area it would be my phone that suddenly decides it won't log on. The joys of having things running of servers!!! ::update:: now fixed by my friendly tech bloke, but I'm considering writing a "Getting Started Guide" for new staff, who have no clue how these things work)

Yet it's not a nothing-day. I've got a load of stuff to do, and one monthly report-back on what I've achieved to write up. Trouble is, I haven't been keeping score too well, cos I didn't know I'd have to do this. So I'm going to have to do some serious thinking and remembering - the past month's been a bit of a learning-curve blur. I know I've done a lot - but what??? :-)

This morning it's grey outside. Clouds drifting past the mountains, one or two rays of sunshine breaking through, low cloud snaking over the gap. With no colleagues to bother (reflections, sunshine etc on screens) I have the blinds open and a view to admire, for as long as I want to today. Variety for the eyes, varied focal length so I don't end up with strain. The mind's doing a varied focal length thing too, settling on thoughts of today, tomorrow, yesterday, things that need doing, things I'm sure of, stuff I have gathering dust on the back shelves of the head. I'm going to have to make a concerted effort to be concentrated today it seems.

At least I've got the silence I need to do so. I plan to take full advantage of it.