Not the greatest nights sleep, not the worst either so I’ll let it go. Fairly on time start. Got stuck in. Shit loads of asserts to deal with and then just left with a blank screen. Another beautiful day, walked Sasha. Walked to the gym, did Pump, fucking busy, walked home. Found the root cause of all my problems and then the main menu appeared. All down hill from here as that’s the worst of the problems over with, just a lot of fix-up to do. It’s very cold still. Jamie still has yet another cold.

By the time I went to bed my place had been taken by a dog and Jamie was rather spread eagled. So I went in the spare room, read for about ten minutes and then had no problem sleeping at all which was nice. Woke up fairly refreshed this morning. Cracked on with work, rather frustrated by some tools issues, finally got it sorted out so spent the rest of the day debugging my new stuff. Still requires a lot of work but getting there now. Beautiful day, bright sun, clear skies and a lovely view of the full moon. Bloody freezing though. Took Sasha for a long walk. Drove out to do a home check, it wasn’t far from the gym so called in there on the way back. Looking forward to another nights sleep, wonder if it will happen.

Not another great Monday morning, pretty much followed the standard. Took bloody ages to get into it. Weather is freezing and bloody miserable. At least it isn’t raining, yet. Walked Sasha anyway, she got the long tour. Walked to the gym, did Combat, walked home and did a couple more hours of work, finally getting somewhere with it now. Big day tomorrow, when I start testing it all, and it all goes completely to shit. Did a Sudoku, drank my Camomile tea and popped a pill. Jamie has another cold so sounds like a train, I’m looking forward to some peace in the same room.

A week or so ago we filmed a couple of videos, one is on Jamie’s channel so you can do your own bloody searching for that, the other one is on mine.

Once again I failed to get up at the crack of dawn, Jamie went to work way before I was awake. Sasha was getting edgy so I got everyone breakfast. I then spent the next two hours editing part of a video. Finally had some lunch and me and Sasha ventured out into the very cold outside. We had a good walk for almost two hours, I then cam back and finished off the edit. I’ve probably spent the best part of six hours editing that video. It was shot with three cameras and took a hell of a lot of work to get it all together. It’s now uploading, but still needs all the annotations doing. Had a nice bath and I’m now about to make a curry for me and the dogs.

Okay, so finished very late last night, I wasn’t going to be up at the crack of dawn. I’m not keen on Dawn’s crack anyway. So woke up a bit late and had a leisurely hour drinking coffee and reading the paper. The sun was blazing through the blind, so I grabbed Ben on FB and asked about availability. He phoned me straight back and we were booked in for three-thirty. Didn’t really have a clue where I wanted to go. Took Sasha out for a walk, via the vets, I thought they were due worming, but not. Started editing last weeks video. Had a good look at the map, and decided on a plan. Got to Staverton nice and early, but the previous pilot was late in, so we didn’t get going until about four-twenty. Flew south, down the estuary and crossed the water into Wales, so now, technically, I’ve flow into another country, we then joined up to the Wye valley and flew back to Staverton. A nice little flight, never been that way before, but certainly one I could take people on, it’s very picturesque. Drove home, stopped off at mothers, she’s still alive and annoying. Picked up Jamie from the station and did the accounts. Nice relaxing day really.

Started far too late this morning. By the time I got everything sorted out it was time to take Sasha out. Then when I came back I had to take Jamie to the station. So then I only had a couple of hours before the gym. So now I’m sat here fixing shader compile errors, and I need to sit here until it’s all clean on two projects and three platforms. It could be a very long night. Mind you, I didn’t really have anything exciting planned.

Got going vaguely on time. Had a target of what I actually wanted to do today and got it all done. Another nice weather day. Sasha got a good walk. Went out for a nice run this evening, a bit chilly, but okay when you get going. Had a bath. Alan Rickman died today, so with Lemme from motor head and David Bowie, it looks like God is having a bit of a cull. If I follow suit then I’ve got about twenty-four fairly dull years left. Weather looks nice the weekend, don’t really have the money for flying at the moment, plus my medical has now expired.

Took a while to get on with things, but when I did all went to plan. I did actually get some really good work done today. Yet another nice day, well during the light bit anyway. Still somewhat cold. Sasha had a nice walk. Walked to the gym in light drizzle, did Pump, walked home in light rain. Finished off work. Had a look at the Disney fast pass thing, all looks a tad complicated, some sort of military operation, I thought it was meant to be spontaneous and fun. I guess my spontaneous days are over, certainly the fun ones are.

Today has been really up and down. From manic euphoria to booking a one-way ticket to Switzerland. It’s not work. That’s been very hard, but its the one stability I have, I know what I’m doing with that, it can be the most pressurised thing in the world but I can cope easily. Weather has been very cold, cut Sasha’s walk a tad short because it was freezing and time was getting on. Popped out and did a home check early evening, then worked until quite late. Feeling a little bit of a cold, but it’s very subtle. Went for a walk and then had a bath. It’s now gone midnight and I haven’t even eaton yet. A very up and down week for sure. And I think I’ve got a patch of dermatitis coming on, anyone got any Daktacort going spare? Got a message from Jamie’s Dad about the goings on on the weekend, he apologised for a certain old farts behaviour and said if we go round again (actually Jamie and his sister, I never got a mention) he wouldn’t be invited. Now I know I drink a hell of a lot, but I reckon he’d been drinking pretty much all day and during that meal I’m pretty sure he cleared off the best part of two bottles of red, that’s bloody good going. I’ve got a huge amount of slack for people of a different generation, they were brought up in different times and have some fairly obscure views, but some of the stuff he came up with is pretty intense and even made me cringe.

Felt very low this morning. I was still somewhat seething from last night. Jamie didn’t seem too bothered by the whole thing, I think he’s become a bit immune. I did get a DM today, which was appreciated. I think I agree, next time the dullest meal invite on the planet arrives I’m going to be unavailable, on all dates. If Jamie wants to go that’s entirely up to him and he can make his own arrangements to get there. I’m forty-three and can make decisions on who I wish to see.

Work was more of the same, but finally getting to the end of the current section, which is nice as it’s getting a tad dull. Got to fix it all up now and actually get it all going, so that’ll be interesting at least. Weather was nice, fucking cold, but nice. So Sasha had a nice walk. Walked to the gym, did Combat, it was Nick tonight, he’s overdone the pies at Christmas. Walked home, did a bit more work and then bottled the Riesling. That’s the last lot of white now. I’ve got vouchers for a couple more kits, so will get those ordered up this week.

We’re quite busy over the next few weeks, Jamie is away this weekend at some Sonic thing, we are going out the next two weekends after. Then we get to February, which is a total social blackout, I refuse to do anything in February.