I know, I know, I know. I'm as disappointed in myself as you all must be. What a bastard, not updating the blog for a whole week.

Well, that's well and truly broken the New Year's resolution. Damnit.

As it happens, the last week has been very busy, and has had some ups as well as downs. There was a 'shock' announcement at work, David came to visit us, and Aimee learned how to point to the various parts of ones body in the "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" song! Such a busy life!

Anyhow, David came to visit and stay for the weekend, which was great. We're doing some preliminary investigations into how feasible it might be for us to 'tank' out our cellar, and make it a livable room. Presently, the floor is laid with bricks - David dug some up and discovered that there's just bare soil underneath - so it might be possible for us to rip the bricks out and get a proper floor laid.

In other news - last week, my employers decided to announce the closure of the office I work from, and relocate all staff to their head office some 45 miles away. This is somewhat surprising and certainly disappointing news, but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't totally unexpected.

Many years ago, in my first job, I let work-related things affect me so much that it messed my head up totally. Bad management, stupid decisions and downright unfair working conditions affected me so much that my usual cheery disposition was slowly erased and replaced with a panic-stricken wreck. Things got so bad that I registered the domain you're reading this on!

After all this passed, and I got my head right again, I became determined to never allow work to get in the way of my well-being. So, I took this bad news by the scruff of the neck and dealt with it positively - not just cattily whinging about the situation. Time to go back to freelancing.

I've no intentions of commuting to our head office everyday, certainly not long-term. So, 'strike while the iron is hot' is my mantra at the moment - and, thus far, things are going well.

One benefit of a more 'flexible' working arrangement will be that I can spend much more time at home with Aimee. Nothing disappoints me more than having a day when I get up and out of the house before she wakes (no, really, she's a heavy sleeper!) and return just after she's gone to bed. It only takes two or three days of this and it's a significant time without ever seeing her.

A change is as good as a rest, as they say...