A new way...

After yesterday's worry about parking, I decided to leave five minutes earlier and take a different route. Sophie had a horrible headache, so she didn't go to the gym this morning. She heated up my porridge for me and made my flask of coffee, bless her! That helped considerably!

I drove through Holcot and then Moulton, and picked up the Kettering Road into town, which seems a far more direct route. It meant I arrived just after 7.30am and parked easily. No snow on the ground this morning!

When Nicola arrived, she took Sara and me into the boardroom to discuss my formal request to work from home two days a week. As expected, the answer was no, but I was asked to be patient until the 1st of April, when things should be more settled. I was fully expecting this response, even though Sara's daughter works from home three days a week. Nepotism is alive and well! I have two stark choices: carry on and hope for a change or look for another job.

 

The parking issues were brought sharply into focus when Angela called Sara to say she hadn't been able to find a space anywhere. In the end, she was forced to park in our customer car park and arrived in our office crying her eyes out, as it was two minutes to 10am, and she'd left home at 9.15am (she lives about fifteen minutes away). She was angry and fed up. Jo had parked on a side street as she was determined not to pay for parking, on principle! She certainly made her feelings known!

The rest of the day passed uneventfully, and I helped out on the phones several times. Next week, we're short on Monday, and I can't see anyone volunteering to come in now!

At 4pm, I hung back to talk to Jo and Angela, so I was a little later leaving than normal. It took me a good twenty minutes to exit the hospital grounds, as the queue to get out was horrendous. Oh joy!

At home, the house felt cold, and I realised that Keith had turned the heating off earlier this afternoon! Brrr! I turned it on and lit the fire in the living room! Sophie and I sat on the sofa, and I watched a lovely documentary about the Bernina train in Switzerland, which travels from the town of Chur to Tirano in Italy. The scenery was staggeringly beautiful!

After Keith's delicious curry, we watched three episodes of the Christmas University Challenge and did quite well! The questions are easier than the regular series!