Fast Forward

So it's Thursday already and I haven't blogged. Too much going on really. I'm on a course this week and, as expected commuting on the tube is a living nightmare for the first hour of every day: Rush Hour tube trains are worse than cattle trucks. You are crammed in with literally no space to move. On Monday I had the hair of the woman in front of me catching in my beard as the train moved. Today I was breathing in the garlic emanating from the man whose head was in my armpit as I hung on to the rail. If we were cows, at least there would be animal rights protesters lobbying parliament and flour-bombing MPs!
The course itself isn't too bad. Quite hands on and with good equipment. It's probably worth a blog in its own right as IT training courses are such a microcosm. It's easy to see where the geeky stereotypes originate; we are all very technical and just a little bit socially awkward. The only downside is (believe it or not) that it finishes early every day. Since I have something on in London every night this week, this means a lot of hanging around and eating fast food. On the upside I am making good progress on my book (A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin) and, for the first time this week, Brett and I get to spend an evening together as we go to see Matthew Bourne's Highland Fling.
The Big Chorus Issue reared its ugly head again on Tuesday night and, after getting in from a Chorus meeting, I spent a further three hours replying to Chorus email. A lot of that time was spent editing the anger out of an email reply to the Chorus Chairman. I really am losing my patience with the whole thing. Roll on April, with the AGM, so I can get away from all this and go back to having a life and the Chorus as a hobby!
Anyway, got to go eat now. Need to keep my strength up as, betwen Chorus bitching, long daily studying sessions and late nights I'm feeling pretty weary.