Friday: Logging Off

Work-wise it was a very calm day, particularly as I was working from home. I joined the last departmental of the year, made slightly complex by the fact that my laptop speakers wouldn’t work so I couldn’t hear a thing.  I had to follow along with captions which made no sense whatsoever.  It was like watching a pirate DVD from a Chinese market (something I have first had experience of from my time in Beijing).

In exciting news, our friend Janice has arrived for a visit from Vancouver.  She’s been travelling in Ireland and has now come to us for the holidays so we had quite the giddy catch-up this evening.

Oh yes, I nearly forgot I had something to share…………I realise that this is way more exciting for me than you.  Some of you thought I was heading into early retirement - not quite, but I am taking a sabbatical.  I logged off tonight and set my out of office for 2nd January 2026!  

It feels quite surreal but also exciting.