The Pine Lime was as incredible as I expected. Hopefully they stick around for a while.
Roast was lamb. My brother in law is a bit of a wizard when it comes to cooking, especially meats. Those are some maple syrup brussell sprouts too on the plate. Even my niece liked them!
In exciting news: 2 hours after arriving at work I’m done with my presentation and I’m on a tram home. I might even make it before my apartment inspection AND the presentation I was going in for tomorrow fell through so I don’t have to go back in.
Nothing like some midnight floor mopping because you put it off all day and have an apartment inspection tomorrow while you’ll be in the office and you hate having people in your apartment while you’re not there but you have to go to work because you have to present a demonstration to the executive leadership team.
Meeeeeanwhile, I’m seriously considering moving out and just going to stay with my folks for a while. It’s not about money (although it would be nice to save a bunch of money quickly) it’s more about how unhealthy it is for me to sit alone in this shoebox. Plus I’ll have to house/dog sit for them for their upcoming US trip this year anyway.
Then once I’ve saved a bigger chunk of dough I’ll finally bite the bullet and buy something. Likely right before the housing bubble finally bursts after 30 years of people saying it’s going to but never does.
How are you going to get a SIM bought and delivered in time?? You need a concierge/assistant. Travel insurance is a 15 minute job and packing (assuming you’ve got your clothes clean) is maybe 30 minutes so no stress there. Cutting it real fine for the SIM card though.
I used simcorner on my last trip and they were excellent.
If you want to combine what you’ve learned but make it a bit more modern/fancier, have a look at FSLogix Profile Containers. It’s just setting up file shares and creating a GPO but has one extra step which is installing an agent.
Probably an hour maximum and you get to add another skill to your arsenal.
There are a bunch of YouTube videos which run through it available too if you prefer that over doco.
I just saw your interview is tomorrow… ok it might be a little late in the evening now.
I’ve been working inside enterprise level active directory for a long long time and if you get the basics of GPO, filtering, policy ordering that’s a great start. GPO loopback is pretty important to know about in complex environments too.
Just loaded up my phone with a bunch of new audiobooks which I obtained completely legally and would never dream of getting from torrents. Looking forward to getting stuck into a new story.
Was wide awake until almost 4am and completely forgot an electrician was coming to fix my flickering downlights at 8:30am. He arrived 3 minutes early (my alarm goes off at 8:30am) and it scared the shit out of me. My door buzzer thing (it’s more of a ringing than a buzz) very rarely goes off these days so I spent a good 20 seconds wondering what the hell the sound was.
All sorted now though. No more strobe party lights in my kitchen.
I put in a consult online on Wednesday which I’m a bit anxious about. I doubt they’ll allow me because I haven’t tried prescription anything though. Still waiting for them to get back to me “Your consult is complete. We’re currently reviewing your responses. You will receive an email once your treatment plan has been created.”
I’ve braved the afternoon traffic and made my way to my parents place because mum is making chow mein. I picked up a breadstick, a sticky date pudding and some double thick cream on the way in.
London: Camden Town is a cool place if you’re into markets and food. The usual spots in London (Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, The Mall, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London if you’re into history). I enjoyed a low-key stroll through The National Gallery in London. Southbank is great for a walk too from Tower Bridge down towards Blackfriars or even Waterloo Bridge. Oh almost forgot… Ye Olde Mitre pub. It’s a tiny traditional 1547 real ale pub. I fell in love with hand pulled ales over there.
England: If you’re in the south/the coast I preferred Eastbourne and Hastings to Brighton even though Brighton is the most famous. Also if you’re after white cliffs, Eastbourne has more impressive ones than Dover even though the white cliffs of Dover are the more famous.
Scotland: Definitely try a nice sit-down meal of Haggis if you haven’t had it before. I spent a bit of time in Edinburgh just unwinding and soaking it all in. Obviously the castle is a focus point. You can’t really go wrong much there. Went to bingo at Meadowbank and that was great if you like bingo.
Wales: I only went to Cardiff and the main thing I went there for doesn’t exist anymore (Doctor Who Experience). The streets and Cardiff Castle are lovely to see though.
Wanted to show a couple of photos from the cliffs near Eastbourne… the first one gives you a bit of scale with the lighthouse. The second one was me demonstrating that there are absolutely no fences or safety measures of any kind.
Wrestling with the idea of heading off for a weekend adventure. Staring at the map but can’t think of where to go.
I feel like something in the mountains would be nice but only if I can find a good book to start on because I’m currently between books. I’m not sure if I loved the first Discworld book I read.
I’ve got a $100 Dan Murphy’s gift card I’ve had since Christmas itching to be spent and a desire to get outside myself today. Trying to think of something special to buy myself.
Maybe it’s a fancy whisky day. I already have fancy gin, fancy vodka and fancy tequila here which I’ve had for ages. Hmm.
Edit: further proof Gboard (Google’s keyboard on android phones) is tracking everything we type… I’m now seeing whisky ads in the Reddit app and this post is literally the only whisky related thing I’ve entered into my phone. I only just had the idea as I was writing it.
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