A days work

I volunteered to work to today in order to secure myself an extended weekend when Nicky and Kerry come down to visit. It proved a moderately productive day, since I was able to start my next project and complete the bulk of it. Given that it was scheduled to run through until Christmas I imagine my manager will be pleased (my previous projects have not be lauded for their timeliness shall we say). Although I had previously warned him that he was drastically overestimating the amount of time it would require, I don't think I managed to impress on him just how drastically.

Hopefully by way of a reward I'll be granted leeway to potter around with a few bits and pieces I've been hoping to get my hands on for a while. The problem with these sorts of things is that they usually fall just below the business radar - important, perhaps, but not quite important enough to do anything about just yet. As such they typically get shoved to one side, left to fester unseen in a corner somewhere. And I do hate to have things fester on my watch.