First of all I needed to get some official stuff done with the bank (trying to stay solvent), then cancelling one of my dongles, as I do not need two any more, followed by affecting some changes to one of my saving accounts in terms of the beneficiary. Don't want to bore anyone with long winded, stupid detail, but these three took up nearly a whole day. Then I had to write an article for the BP O magazine and the deadline was Tuesday, then I promised some friends to do a transcription job on a speech (I haven't finished that one yet) then a friend rang to ask if I could do some proofreading for a project he is involved with and which also has a "Could you do it by yesterday?" type deadline. Thankfully that particular job looks as if it has gone to someone else. Phewww!!!
Also I promised myself that I would go to the meeting organised by the TrailO World Champs team at one of the disability insitutes, where they were reporting on their trip, their successes and trials in France last summer. This one I did manage, although it was quite difficult to find the place. Fruzsi is so lovely as well as an excellent Trail Orienteer and I met some of the wheelchair athletes that were part of the team.
Finally, the crowning glory of all the last few days was Roy and I spending 5 hours looking for control sites for a midweek event I am planning and organising on 30th November on Margaret Island. We were not particularly lucky with the weather, as it was bright sunshine both the day before and after, but at least it didn't rain. Both Roy and I suffer from bad backache when we walk slowly and hang around, ie. what you do do when planning. Roy got a bit cold towards the end, so we couldn't finish it completely, but did most of it. I am introducing the local clever clogs to an English Score event. I wonder how many - if any - will turn up on the 30th, but I enjoyed looking for control sites yesterday. The pictures were taken on the island, which looks magical in its autumn glory.
Needless to say, of course, that while all this is going on I am also visiting the thermal baths for massage and bathing as a treatment for my arthritis and today I also had to go and fetch my new computer from Dylan who kindly built it for me. I will only put it together in the village as it is for there, but hopefully it will be the fastest machine I have ever had with bells on. So he promised me!
A friend is supposed to come in about 5 minutes to return my Flip video camera that I lent him for his trip to Istanbul and I will show him how to make films with Flip Share the software that comes with the little machine. The gasman should also come between 5pm and 8pm tonight and after that the rest of the time is my own.
I still have the transcription to finish, as well as return to Margaret Island to complete the planning, then go to Laci to draw it, as I no longer have OCAD on any of my machines. Sunday is F1 as well as another visit to the baths and a free concert in the evening. I cannot for the life of me imagine when I had any time to go to work in the past, as I cannot keep up with myself even with supposedly having all the time in the world!!
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