Just a quick update.

As my previous blog said, I've now got a "proper" office setup at home, so I should be more able to blog, but...

We've just returned from a week over in Ireland. We managed to watch the England v Ireland rugby in a bar full of locals all supporting their home team. They started quietly, then became noisier as they began to realise England weren't playing at the top of their game. Towards the end of the game, we had to accept defeat and say things like "...if you've got to lose, then losing to Ireland isn't too bad...", "...we played crap, you played great..." and "...at least it'll stopped us going on about winning the World Cup...", etc.

Ireland was quite pleasant, it didn't rain and the Guiness / Beamish / Murphys tasted fine.

Last Wednesday, was a big day at work. The "interview" for the role of Data Warehousing DBA. The technically questions weren't too difficult! and I was offered the job within two hours. I'm now a DBA.

And as we all know, DBA stand for Don't Bleeding Ask!

So to celebrate, I've upgraded my organiser!

I now have a really cute IPAQ 2210. And I spent all weekend installing software and playing with it!

I need to get out more.

Well, it's one year on from that happy day when I emptied my desk into a bin-liner and "left the building".

Overall, I think it was for the best. I'd probably been there a couple of years longer than I should have.

Enough from me, keeping looking.