Wat De Fu: October 2021

Thursday, 28 October 2021

New FM out (beta), time to update the chart

According to Steam, these are my hours played for each of the last 13 versions of football manager

First week in the new office

The first week in the new office is nearly over and it's been good. Fairly quiet, there's been no more than one other person in here each day. I think that is more down to it being half term than anything else though.

Work itself has been quiet too. My boss is off work this week and everyone else seems to be ignoring me so not much else I can do. Oh well. I'll submit my October timesheet tomorrow. That will teach them,

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

New D&D group

Last night was fun. I was able to share my geekiness with some local strangers. My halfling rogue (now level 2) will be ready to play next Tuesday.

4 players and a DM was with a good balance of experience. Sadly me with the most. I am so very old. We're due the next weekly session next Tuesday. Looking forward to it.

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

School choices

It's nearly time to select a primary school for Florence. Currently both kids are at the same nursery for three days a week and two days we have a nanny. Next (school) year we need to find a school for Flo.

Because both kids are in full time care we are at our peak childcare expense. I don't want to scare future parents but this is currently around £30k a year. We are not at a fancy private school, it just happens to be the nursery right next to the station which was especially handy when we both went into London each day.

This got us thinking, and looking into other options...

The state schools near us are good and will prepare both kids well to get into the local grammar schools and we're are pretty sure Flo will get into our preferred choice given our proximity but given how much we're currently spending and can potentially continue to spend we've also looked at private options which broadly speaking is on par cost wise. The big difference is staff numbers per child which are roughly double. We've still got 2 state and 1 local private school visit planned but that's our current plan.

One more year of Flo (£15k per year) and another 3 for Arthur (same) at state and then free vs another 6 years for Flo and 9 for Arthur. To me that £225k. Fuck!

New office!

With all the work going on in our house (the extension starts on Monday) we've decided to rent two desks in a shared office. Yesterday was our first day and we were the only ones in. We're right next to the castle so only a 2 minute commute!

Holiday antics last week

Our lot went away for a week in sunny Kent with Shaheen and his family. His girls are similar ages to Flo and Arthur. The place we stayed at was lovely.