Away for a bit...

[dianec42]

Today is our last day in the office in Dundee for a while... tomorrow we pack (and panic), Wednesday we go to LA. This is the short trip, for a few weeks on the current contract, not the big long trip over the water after which the Dundonians may never see us again (and the Angelenos will be cursed with us for good) - that's still set for early October. Still, it's enough to make me a bit twitchy - I don't mind being in other places, it's just the getting there that's often a pain in the asterisks. Hopefully this time I won't forget anything too important - I always forget something, I'm resigned to that, I just hope it isn't something I'll have a hard time either replacing or living without. (Last trip, it was a couple of pounds of cheese. Luckily Dave was still in town and disposed of it for us... or so he says, we'll find out in a couple of days' time!!)

The evil free messenging service and the evil free email server have also chosen this moment to fall over, which only adds to the claustrophobic sense of impending doom. Who knew the wages of sin would turn out to be downed servers...