graculus

My contract for my new job arrived yesterday, and I also went over to the office to meet folks and have a look around. Yes, we're heading rapidly into 'OMG this is really happening!1!!!' territory, as I'll be putting my notice in at the end of next week, to start mid-November.

The office is open-plan, which has never been a personal favourite, and the managers are also shoved off in their little partition so I'm probably going to have to get a) earplugs and/or b) a mirror to go on my computer monitor so folks can't sneak up on me. I've discovered in my current place, I have a tendency when I'm really engrossed in something on the computer I'll be oblivious to anyone being there till they speak to me and then they're peeling me off the ceiling. However, there are meant to be moves afoot to create actual offices, so we'll see...

On the positive side, one of the other managers lives near me and tells me that on a good day he can do door to door, home to office, in 20 minutes. And the office doesn't open till 9, rather than 8.30 like my current employer's does. I cannot even begin to think how good that sounds!

In other news, the first lot of blood tests has come back for Woody and apparently, whatever the lump is so far it's not affecting his liver or kidney functioning. He's still eating and can put on a fair turn of speed when he thinks he's missing out on something, so it may just be a case of watch-this-space. I'm reluctant to put him through the stress of surgery that might be pointless when his quality of life is okay. More results still to come so we'll see what that tells me.