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A nice couple of sort-of days off for me just went by involving strange three hour evening shifts and daytime inactivity. I was going to spend the time swimming but Tuesday’s trip to the pool was a sharp reminder of an otherwise un-noticed … Continue reading
9.26 I really don’t want to be here today. Not enough sleep last night and I can barely speak. Thankfully it is pretty quiet. 9.31 I hate the public 9.54 Just remembered I brought no money for food, will have to … Continue reading
On the 4th floor today, so a bit quieter. I think I’ll move up here permanently, I like it so much. Sauntered purposefully towards the swimming pool in the sunshine at lunch as usual. I’ve been thinking about the social … Continue reading
Working and swimming all day as usual. In the first part, there was at least one customer whose finances had been spectacularly fucked up somewhere along the line. In the second lots of macho fuckheads who seem to think the … Continue reading
I was up late last night, mainly concerned about an old friend who seems to be in a bad way. Managed to get to sleep at 3.30 or so, then woke at 7.15 and wandered how I’d managed to sleep … Continue reading
Didn’t get much sleep last night as everyone came back one at a time to put on various music and each time I had to go downstairs and ask nicely. Work was overtime so nobody was there to chat to … Continue reading
Began the day by bolting awake two minutes before my alarm was due to go off – a sure sign that routine is taking over my life if I ever saw one. Then had breakfast, went to work, blah blah, … Continue reading
Spent most of Friday and Saturday either working or on the net, leaving about seven hours for sleep instead of the usual sixteen. Caught up on Sunday by sleeping in til 3.30, something I was hoping I’d grown out of, … Continue reading