Happiness

Another big gap between Blog updates, but there hasn't been all that much to talk about lately - Just a slow, steady stream of happiness and contentedness.

Work has been busy (And probably worthy of some cheap, tacky documentary - When Transitions To Active Directory Go Wrong), but never to hair-pulling-out extremes. It seems to have been an unlucky couple of weeks, with failure after failure of systems, hardware, etc, but we seem to be over the worst of it now so maybe things will quiten down. Aside from that, I've loved being back - I honestly didn't realise how much I missed hearing a 'thank you' from someone on completing a job, it just seems to make it all worthwhile. The reintroduction of deep analysis of the football from the night/weekend gone by has been a big bonus as well.

I've also enjoyed my reintroduction to the fullness of the Elite Bastards fold over the past few weeks as well, I swear it's one of, if not the, best communities there is. It really is a joy to post news and articles there and see the responses and debates that follow, it makes the whole process worthwhile.

Finally, life at home is very good - Tara has (understandably) had a few pangs of homesickness this past week, but we're both very happy with everything right now, and I love spending every free moment with her. We spent last night watching 'Saw' on DVD - A pretty good movie, but still kind of a poor man's 'Se7en'. Mind you, 'Se7en' is probably one of my top five movies, so it would take a Hell of a lot to knock it from its lofty perch. I also shelled out on the new Doves album, which I haven't listened to properly but sounded pretty good, and also 'Dead Or Alive Ultimate' for the X-Box - The opportunity to let my wife beat seven shades out of me was too much to pass up... ;o)