I have been off line most of this weekend and most of Friday. Not as a result of a lifestyle decision but as a result of technical gremlins. I couldn’t figure it, tech support couldn’t figure it and it annoyed. It’s quite alarming how much I rely on the internet. From in the supermarket to look up a recipe to full charged up with creativity and needing a screenshot of something.

Apart from that it’s been a great weekend
Perhaps it was meant to be. Had friends over on Friday, one of which has just upgraded from veggy status to fish eater status. Caviar and vodka with toast points to start, Splendid salmon, pasta, asparagus, mushroom sauce combo for main and they brought round a rhubarb grumble for afterwards. Super doop. Scrabble and extreme uno followed by sleeps and a reunited family as Felix came back from camp.
Eirene went to cinema to see Rocky Horror with friends and I stayed in and finished reading a fine book called eleven minute by Paulo Coelho.
Today, I gave the fishtank a deep clean and got a new fish called Billy.

After a the recent sad departure of Fiona, Sid and Lemon Bun Just got a couple of new pet fish. We’ve called this Lion Head ‘Goggles’ and we got another fish – a baby Panda Oranda – currently about 2cm long. We’ve got a Fish called Panda.

fish, originally uploaded by DragonDrop.

Back at work today. Have been into the habit of working from home for ages now. The snow seems to be beating a full retreat for the time being – so the route to work is safe to travel. Shame in a way. It’s great working from home, although after a while I do start to feel a bit like I’m stuck in the tank. There are massive benefits to working from home though.

Most of the stuff I do, I can do from home. As well as being able to take photos of fish at lunch time (as above) and eat fried egg sandwiches cooked on goose fat, it saves petrol (and the green bits) and travel time. It’s good to work away from distraction. Isolate myself in my own thoughts. Face time is missing though although and that’s important, but I can communicate through many other methods. Hmm.. ups and downs. I think I’m going to angle for a bit more homeworking though.