Well, I survived. It was one hell of a month but I think by and large it was a good effort. My month long secondment to the training team certainly kept me busy. I can however now say with complete confidence that when I run the photo-books class this month I will not need to refer to my notes at any point. Which, when you think about it, is a shame because I’ve worked bloody hard on them. But, such is life.
The ongoing drama with the training computers not letting me save any of the work has meant that every time I use the photo-books software I’ve had to start from scratch. Mostly because the way council has set up the training and public PCs, there are so many restrictions that you can’t get into even the most basic program files, and anything that might have been saved by a user is wiped every time the machine is turned off. I understand the reasoning behind it, but still it made my job harder.
Other than that, my month at the higher banding wasn’t all that different from what I was doing before. I was just “officially” supposed to do it, as opposed to just doing it because it needed doing. There has been some talk from the head of the training team about keeping me permanently, but no details on what that would actually mean. More hours? Permanent higher banding? Who knows? Miss R thinks I should be more excited about the idea. Don’t get me wrong, I’d be thrilled if it became permanent. I’m also aware that no matter how much someone wants me, if there’s no money in the budget it’s not going to happen. Still it was fun, and it’s something else to put on the resume.
Now that the month is over I’m back to my regular hours, and of course uni has started. I’ve put all the important dates in my calendar and asked for two weeks off before each major assessment is due. I was too late for the assessments due this month, but not the others. The first lot of leave has been approved, but no word on the second lot yet.
MQFF starts this week, and I’ve got tickets for about 10 movies. With that, uni assessments, and work, I’m not likely to get much reading done this month. Unless of course I’m procrastinating.
Maybe just one game of bubbles before I start ...
Books read in February:
41 50 people who buggered up Britain by Quentin Letts
42 Storm from the shadows by David Weber
43 Torch of freedom by David Weber & Eric Flint
44 Mission of Honor by David Weber
45 Hellsing vol 8 by Kouta Hirano
46 Hellsing vol 9 by Kouta Hirano
47 Hellsing vol 10 by Kouta Hirano
48 A crown imperilled by Raymond E Feist
49 After school charisma Vol 2 by Kumiko Suekane
50 After school charisma Vol 3 by Kumiko Suekane
51 Rapture for the geeks by Richard Dooling
52 Shadow prowler by Alexey Pehov
53 Shadow chaser by Alexey Pehov
54 iD_entity vol 1 by Son Hee-joon
55 iD_entity vol 2 by Son Hee-joon
56 iD_entity vol 3 by Son Hee-joon
57 iD_entity vol 4 by Son Hee-joon
58 Claymore vol 1 by Norihiro Yagi
59 Claymore vol 2 by Norihiro Yagi
60 Claymore vol 3 by Norihiro Yagi
61 Claymore vol 4 by Norihiro Yagi
62 Claymore vol 5 by Norihiro Yagi
63 Claymore vol 6 by Norihiro Yagi
