Thursday, 19 March 2026

New job?

 I had an interview for a new contract yesterday and they have made an offer.  It's slightly less than i'm on now with less bonus opportunity.  It's also 4 days a week in the office which i'm not keen on but it's an offer.  My current place wants me to stay but no formal offer has been made (they're in the process of a take over), despite my boss trying, but I can't hang around.  With only 6 weeks before this contract expires, i'll need to start looking for the next one soon.  If they get back to me with an improved offer, and agree to being flexible with working hours I might take it.

RPG display

 My local second hand bookshop has a rpg display this morning.  I sent a message to all of my local nerds and most of them already knew. 




Wednesday, 18 March 2026

More arrivals

 These two i'd written off as hey never turned up.  I managed to get a refund from etsy because of it.  The postie came round yesterday and apologised as they were delivered to the old peoples home opposite by mistake (Mid January).  Doh!  I tried getting in touch with the company I bought them from but they were no longer on the etsy site.



Oxen Bone dice

 This arrived yesterday, it's quite nice.  Made from real bone.



Moussaka

 I made my first moussaka yesterday.  Not bad.  Perhaps a little too brown on top, but other than that, it was nice.




Finally, some prolonged good weather

 Walking with the dog yesterday for lunch.



Tuesday, 17 March 2026

Shoulder update

 It's been 5 weeks and a day since I had my shoulder operation and think my recovery is going fine.  I think I slept awkwardly on it last night so it's a little akey, but I managed to go on the cross trainer this morning and think it's going okay.  I had another physio session last week and he's got me doing lifts with 1kg and 2kg loads.  Not what i'm used to but little by little will be a better then lots and the repair failing.

I had a look at the claim from for the operation last week too and it was over £5.5k!  Ouch!  Ouch indeed.  The total cost so far is probably over £8k.  With a number of consultations, a pain injection, an MRI, a separate bill from the anaesthetist and multiple trips to the physio.  

New D20

 My new d20 made out of bone arrived yesterday.  Back to the game's cafe tonight so will put it straight into action.

Monday, 16 March 2026

Pizza and rugby

 What's not to like?  We had 3 rugby coaching families over on Saturday including their kids.  We made pizzas for everyone before watching the rugby.

My attempt at a calzone

The best pizza

Arwen helping


Rugby training

 We had good numbers on Sunday for our rugby training.  Here's Arthur outrunning one of the other boys.