OK, not in the morning, but sometime. Yes, the big news this week is that I proposed to C, & in a moment of weakness/madness, she said yes. Bling has been purchased & there’s no going back now. Not that I’d want to.
Went to the Jewelry Quarter in Birmingham to pick the ring (www.the-quarter.com). There’s over 100 jewelry shops there, and the choice was mind-boggling. I went expecting car salesman tactics and obsequious staff and was very pleasantly surprised. They are clearly used to people wandering in with no real idea of what they’re after. After changing our minds several times, the final product is a rather fabulous 9-diamond cluster on an 18ct white gold ring.
First thoughts are for a small winter wedding. Watch this space for further news.
Back to more mundane matters. In cube world, it’s all change. A major reorganisation kicks in next week. Lots of new staff and new responsibilities. So it’s the perfect time for the Finance Director and the head of the business unit to up and leave. And as for succession plans? Well, let me know if you hear any. The FD job has been advertised, but a successor isn’t likely to be in place before September.
Its euro millions lottery rollover week, so if the numbers of my office syndicate come up then there will be even more vacant posts. Just to be on the safe side though, I’ve made plans to be in work as usual on Monday.
Travel notes
Aggravating – It’s the commuter rush hour on the Valleys line into Cardiff. I usually catch the 8:15 train from Abercynon. It’s usually 4 carriages long and is completely full by the time it gets to Cardiff.
So on Tuesday, they (I can’t call them managers because they don’t) decide to run a 2-carriage train. Its standing room only from Abercynon and by Cardiff it’s like a tin of sardines. Great planning Arriva Trains Wales. It costs them money too, since the guard can’t get through the train to sell tickets, large numbers get a free ride.
Rugby notes
Lashing rain & a muddy field meant that points were hard to come by against Glamorgan Wanderers last Saturday & the only winners were the people getting paid to wash the kit – and they had to earn their corn this week. The two teams in brown drew 5 each. Very disappointing since Ebbw are definitely on the up and must have fancied this game.
It wasn’t for lack of effort though. The withdrawal of makeshift out-half Jon Hawker during the warm-up followed quickly by a nasty injury to scrum-half Alan Lake (dislocated shoulder – out for the season) meant that a radical reshuffle. That said it was always going to be a battle of the forwards, and Wanderers’ pack, including a couple of Blues “ringers”, were a real test. The pack fronted up (© Mike Ruddock, OBE) well but at the end was out on its collective feet after three games in eight days.
They’ll get a rest now, since there’s no game this week. It’s the Principality or Konica or something else cup this week, and having lost a close one to Aberavon in the last round, we’re watching from the sidelines.
Next game is on 8 April, a home one for me since its Ebbw Vale at Pontypridd. I suspect I might get a bit of stick off the boys on this one, wondering who I will be supporting.
TV notes
The Apprentice – Jo the nutter has finally gone. The show will be a weaker for her departure, but she was a complete liability in everything that she did. I predict a future for Jo as an all-England gurning champion.
As you read here last week, Syed teetered on the brink. “Would I buy a second car from you? No!” says Sir Alan. Got to be favourite to be gone next. If it’s the girls it’ll be Sharon, the Scottish lecturer with no leadership skills whatsoever.
Running notes
Hour went forward last weekend and the evenings are light. But it has lashed with rain all week, and I’m not yet sufficiently into a routine to go out in all weathers. One 5k in Bute Park is all I have to show for this week. Tentative plans call for a summer 10k before the usual Swansea 10k in the autumn.
Squirrel notes
Amazingly, the industrial strength, metal peanut feeder has lasted well thus far. Famous last words, I know.
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