What's going on...

Jeez, is it August already? How exactly did that happen? Not that you'd know it was summer by the weather we've been having around here - after basking in July, we're now in monsoon season it seems. Fine if you're equipped for it, but definitely designed to keep us Brits all pasty and pale (no change there, then!).

In other news, I'm enjoying the fact that because it's summer holidays and all the kids aren't at school, I can get from home to work in 25 minutes. Though I wandered into a supermarket on Friday afternoon, playing hooky from work, and discovered where Dante got his inspiration for the Inferno. Thank heaven for 24 hour supermarkets!

I also have a New Boss as of the end of July, replacing the Old Boss who drove me insane at times - she had a nasty tendency to go from zero to crazy-ass at the slightest provocation and you couldn't always see it coming. New Boss seems much more level-headed at present and anyone who comes in and says 'I like my workers to be happy' can't be all bad, surely? Certainly we've had some minor (and some not-so-minor) crises since New Boss started and whereas Old Boss would have been on the ceiling and/or micromanaging what I was doing, New Boss has just let me get on with it. This is all a little too novel for myself and the other managers so I'm sure we're all waiting for the other shoe to drop...

The au_bingo thing seems to have worked in terms of getting me writing again and hopefully this will continue, despite lack of encouragement. Pffft. Apparently giving myself a choice between housework and writing also works as an incentive!

And finally, for now, I've booked myself a week in Menorca in October - that'll give me a chance to recover from connotations and I cannot deny the Maturin connection with Mahon was a pull. It should still be nice and warm, but not too hot for tramping about during the day and relaxing with a book and a glass of wine at night. Looking forward to it already! :)