Day 3684 (30/01/2020)

I popped over to see my mum first thing to wish her happy birthday and then caught the train to London for a meeting.

Luckily I managed to get a good deal on a First Class ticket.

Then a useful meeting in London.

Then out for a drink and a meal on them :-)

 

Then home via Paddington.

Day 3683 (29/01/2020)

Busy in the office and then we popped out to drop a present off for someones birthday and ended up staying for part of their party, which was lovely.

 

Day 3682 (28/01/2020)

Just busy in the office.

Day 3681 (27/01/2020)

Doing stuff in the office and made some pizzas in the evening.

 

Day 3679 & 3680 (25 & 26/01/2020)

It's the weekend but it was an early start than normal as we went off to Bournemouth to see Thomas, which was nice but a bit chilly.

 

On Sunday I popped into to see my parents then home and made a nice roast lamb dinner.

Day 3678 (24/01/2020)

Another busy day in the office but is the company ship s bit more settled now, lets hope so.

Day 3677 (23/01/2020)

Another day in the office doing things and planning training.

Day 3676 (22/01/2020)

Off to the Doctors in the morning for a blood test and then off to Cardiff at lunchtime for a meeting.

Day 3675 (21/01/2020)

A busy day in the office and had to pop out for a hair cut in the morning.

I needed that :-)

And then to the Doctors in the afternoon to deal with the stress of work over the last few weeks. 

Day 3674 (20/01/2020)

It was a very cold start to the day.

 

The rest of the day I was busy in the office but had to pop-out for a dentists appointment, which went well.

Day 3672 & 3673 (18 & 19/01/2020)

Thankfully its the weekend and I can rest a bit. It started with a very thick frost outside.

We had made plans to do quite a bit at the house this weekend but we had a slightly lazy time instead.

I made a paella in the evening, with some garlic bread.

Very tasty.

Sunday was another very frosty day, I even had to de-ice the handles before I could open doors to turn the engines on.

I got my wife some fresh flowers.

Made a nice pork chop dinner in the afternoon.

With pork scratchings warmed up instead of having crackling.

Very tasty.

Day 3671 (17/01/2020)

Hopefully I've suggested a way out of all of this stress but I doubt it will be that easy but I can't honestly take much more of dealing with him.

Day 3670 (16/01/2020)

And yet again another stressful day in the office :-(

Day 3669 (15/01/2020)

Another stressful day in the office :-(

Day 3668 (14/01/2020)

Another day of trying to sort things out in the office.

Day 3667 (13/01/2020)

A morning sorting out the my company, with a meeting at my accountants and then at the bank, which took me a while to do on the phone in the branch.

I'm wondering if I was supposed to back down, if so I'm guessing my partner is a bit surprised by my actions.

I have given him some options, if he doesn't see the sense in it then we will both lose out.

Day 3665 & 3666 (11 & 12/01/2020)

Home for the weekend, having a nice breakfast.

Then off to Bristol for Ester's 60th Birthday meal, which was very nice.

The food was quite tasty and was as follows, kombucha pickled pear, whipped goats cheese, rocket, brittle, goji/tahini dressing.

Then baked aubergine, fried plantain beetroot hummus, satay, spring onion.

 
Then thai ceviche tacos with mango salsa (which were very messy).

Then jerk chicken with beetroot risotto and thyme salsa.

Then date falafel, chocolate cinnamon sauce, pistachio/mint sweet pesto, fruit salad.

Then we had ice-cream made gorgonzola cheese, jalapeno peppers and pears, odd but tasty.

My wife was off on Sunday, so it was nice to spend some time together and I did a cheats quick roast chicken dinner in the evening.
 

Day 3664 (10/01/2020)

The last day of the course and then a long drive home.

Day 3663 (09/01/2020)

It was a busy morning as I had to give a talk to students before doing the course and the students kept talking, so I told them they were rude and used my scary face to get them to shut-up. The Uni were upset with their behaviour, so nice that I handled it well.

Then off to do my course and then in the evening we went out for some food, which was tasty, and quite a few drinks.

Also we had time to chat and discuss a few ideas, which meant I was a bit more positive than how I felt yesterday. 

Day 3662 (08/01/2020)

The course was going OK but slightly distracted because of the actions of my business partner, who is being a pain.

So in the evening I stayed in the hotel for dinner again.

 

Day 3661 (07/01/2020)

The course seems to be going OK and in the evening I stayed at the hotel for dinner as I had a few things to do.

 

Day 3660 (06/01/2020)

Started the day with a nice breakfast at the hotel and then off for the course for the day.

In the evening I met up with a friend who lives nearby, which was nice as was the meal we had at an Italian I go to every time I'm up here :-)