mute

a quiet weekend. had to force myself to go to the gym on saturday and sunday and am glad i did. its just too easy to let things slide and be lazy especially at this time of year when its cold and dark and you would rather just sit at home in front of the tv. actually the only times i studied this weekend was when i got back from the gym. its gets your blood pumping and motivated and full of energy and it has a positive effect on the mind as well.

speaking of being lazy at this time of year, a measure of how bad i had got was that i didn't send off my timesheets last week. it wasn't because i was particularly busy or they hadn't been signed off. it was just because i was lazy and just let it slide. you would think the fact that it held up payment of my wages for the whole of last month would be a motivation to get it done promptly, but no. anyways, i sent them off this morning as i still have some energy left from working out.

my boss said something that amused me last week. i asked about the guy that almost started crying when his PC wallpaper got changed and who requested that he put his own picture on his desktop. i asked my boss what happened with that and if he would get an exemption. my boss, in a very dead pan and serious way, replied, " no, and people like that should be killed". ha ha ha!!!. we can laugh about it, but making a silly request like that means that the guy's stock has fallen. should be killed. ha ha ha!!. harsh but fair i suppose.

i have seen so many contractors commit proffessional suicide by saying stupid things at work. i think here where i work they must think i am a bit of a quiet loner. its not that, but i am just very aware of not being too vocal and being a loudmouth or even just saying something really stupid. i guess it comes from working in investment banks recently. i have seen people not have contracts renewed just on the fact that they have been a bit mouthy and difficult and not gotten on well with one person in the team.

am on earlies this week and i was leaving the home this morning it was really cold. its the first real cold we have had this winter season. it will get worse, but there are only another 6 weeks of work left before this year is effectively over. just need to count it down and get through it and i know i will feel better once we have broken the back of this winter.

anyways, today, like most days, i have been sat at my desk like a mute.

today i have mostly been listening to stellastarr - sweet troubled soul.