Mad Eejits

Hectic - 15 Apr 08

That’s how life has been for the last week or more and its the reason for yet another spell of silence on Mad Eejits.

Where do we start? Well, Sarah’s dad had the flu. This meant Sarah had to work 6 days a week, rather than her normal 3 days, just to keep the family business ticking over. Which in turn meant we needed extra childcare for Ben, but unfortunately we didn’t even have his ‘normal’ childcare available as Sarah’s Mum had the flu too and my parent’s are away on holiday at the moment. On top of all this was the fact that it was my turn to be on-call for work, meaning I had to be contactable 24×7 and I had to handle a few late night issues during the week.

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Here, There and Everywhere - 31 Mar 08

Its been quiet for a while here on Mad Eejits, but not without good reason.

The short version is that a couple of Fridays ago (14th March), I found out that I had to fly out to the U.S. for a week, that Monday, for some knowledge transfer sessions. Not having flown anywhere for over 2 years, there was a bit of frantic packing on the Sunday afternoon, followed by re-packing after checking current airport security guidelines and finally hunting for my passport.

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An Unexpected Bonus - 27 Feb 08

Isn’t a great feeling when you put on a coat or jacket that you haven’t worn in a while and find some money in one of the pockets? It might be £5, £10 or even £20, but the amount doesn’t really matter. What’s more important is that you didn’t know you’d lost the money, so when you find it, its like getting something for nothing.

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New Job Eve - 06 Jan 08

Tomorrow will be the first day of my new job. Until now, its seemed like I’ve just been on an extended Christmas leave from my previous job, but reality is sinking in.

As I sit here, dosed with the cold that Ben picked up over Christmas, I’m thinking of all the little things that you take for granted in a job you know, but which, for now, I simply don’t know about my new role. Its not that I’m having second thoughts about the move, I’m certain that its right for me. Rather, its the realisation that for the first time in 11 years, I’m going to be the new guy.

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A New Job for the New Year - 13 Dec 07

Its taken nearly 6 months of searching, but I finally found the right opportunity for me to move on from my current role to something new. I’ll be finishing with my current employer before Christmas and will start the New Year in a new job.

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Job Security (Or Lack of It) - 18 Jun 07

Well, I still have a job. Up to 10am this morning I wasn’t so sure, but for several people in the office, that uncertainty became a certainty in the wrong direction. I thought we’d left behind the days of mass job cuts, in software firms, after the fall-out of the ‘dot com bubble’ bursting. Yet here we are, several years later, cutting jobs to cut costs and hoping that sales pick up or we could be facing yet more redundancies.

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Hallelujah, Here She Comes - 21 May 07

After several months of Sarah being rather a silent partner as far as Mad Eejits is concerned, this week should (hopefully) see her first post on the site, as she returns to work from her maternity leave. The last 6 months have flown by for me, so I’m sure it seems twice as fast for her.

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