Chris Hannah

After the work party last night, I decided that I’d work from home today. There was no way I could get up at 6:30 this morning and make my way in. So I got an extra bit of sleep, and somewhat worked as normal (I wasn’t fully recovered yet).

After I was officially finished for the day, I did manage to get in a bit of housework, and I could cook dinner for myself and my girlfriend. We had a curry with all the accompaniments!

In the evening, I popped out for a coffee at the beloved Starbucks.

Now, I’m watching Lucifer season 4. I’ve literally just watched three episodes back to back, and I’m guessing I’ll have to watch another two at least. I was starting to think that I’ll have to head up to bed soon. Then I realised three things, I’m an adult, I own my own house (well, with my girlfriend), and I have no work tomorrow. So I’m pretty sure I’m allowed to do whatever I want!

As part of National Geographic’s Short Film Showcase, they released a short film about how forests are now starting to be grown in Iceland:

The landscape of Iceland has changed a lot in a thousand years. When the Vikings first arrived in the ninth century, the land was covered in 25 to 40 percent forest. Within a few centuries, almost all of the island’s trees were slashed and burned to make room for farming. This rapid deforestation has resulted in massive soil erosion that puts the island at risk for desertification.

Today, the Icelandic Forest Service has taken on the mammoth task of bringing back the woodlands. With the help of forestry societies and forest farmers, Iceland’s trees are slowly beginning to make a comeback.

It’s only a short video, around 5 minutes. But it’s fascinating to see the effect that farming has had on Iceland’s forests.

So today was the day of the work party. I went to work, and was delayed as usual.

But at 4:30 pm, the drinks fridge opened, and the party began.

We officially moved to the venue at around 6 pm, and I’m literally only just leaving at 11 pm. I had no intention of staying out this late. My original plan was to go for a couple of drinks, and then leave by about 8. That didn’t go so well.

So right now I have a bit of a headache, and now it’s time for the long commute home.

Work as usual today. Nothing spectacular to note, the trains were even still annoying.

I did manage to finish John Wick 2 in my lunch time though, which means I’m now ready for when the third movie comes out!

On the way home from work, I started watching another tv series! This time it’s Lucifer, that’s back for a 4th season. I don’t expect it will take me long to finish the entire thing.

Tonight, I watched part of the Ajax game, and ate dinner with my girlfriend. We also played a tv/movie quiz game, which I narrowly won! 🏆

Tomorrow I’m at a work party, so I just had to get some things ready for that. It may mean a very good or boring journal entry tomorrow.

Ajax game

This morning I was started my working week with a quick coffee with my cat. It seems to have gotten into a fairly regular routine, where when I get out of bed, he comes down with me for a short period of time, before going back upstairs to bed for a few hours.

I did eventually leave for work, and thanks to multiple issues with trains (including the theft of signalling cable), I was about an hour late.

After work, I went straight to my girlfriends parents with her for dinner. And we were there for the entire evening, watching various shows on TV. I also kept up with the Liverpool vs Barcelona game, which is a tremendous result for Liverpool!

I woke up relatively late this morning, around 10 am. I started the day with a nice coffee, and a game of Fifa. Followed by the usual social networking, and YouTube watching. Two things that I want to cut down on, or at least introduce a level of purpose to them.

During the afternoon, my girlfriend cooked us chicken fajitas for lunch. And I took the time to show off the plants that I’m growing on my Instagram. There’s not much right now, but that will change soon.

From around 2 pm until around 6pm, myself and my girlfriend were getting on with some DIY. Today we started the kitchen. We don’t want to radically change anything, just the wall colour, and the colour of the cabinets. So we sanded down, and filled any gaps in one of the main walls, so it is now ready for a first coat of white paint. That will be my next job.

In the evening, I cooked a chicken stir-fry, and afterwards I went out for a coffee.

To end the day, I’m now watching John Wick. I should finish before 12, and then I can get a good sleep before heading back to work tomorrow.

I started the day with a tiny bit of development on an app. I didn’t get very far though, as we did quite a lot of housework, so that took up a lot of time.

In the afternoon, we had some of my girlfriends family round. We then met more of them afterwards when we went out for a Sunday roast!

After we got back home, we had tea and coffee with some remaining chocolate from Easter. I also managed to make my girlfriend watch Lion King 2. Which, shockingly, she had never seen.

We then watched YouTube for quite a while afterwards, all relating to DIY, and small “hacks” you can do to make your home look better. That’s sort of decided our plan for tomorrow. I expect some kind of DIY will be done.

I woke up today to a very quiet house. My girlfriend was at work, and my cat was asleep.

For the first part of the day, I was watching countless videos on YouTube about gardening, DIY, and practically anything else that YouTube recommended to me. The cat was also popping down regularly for attention, before going back to sleep on the bed.

I did a tiny bit of programming in the afternoon, which is the first real but if work for the app I mentioned a while back. It’s still a secret, but at least it’s officially begun development. I didn’t get much done, as my mum and sister cane round for a coffee. Luckily for them, the cat was very active, and played with them for a while.

In the evening, I cooked dinner, and watched some more YouTube at the same time. And after I ate, I went to the pub with a friend for a couple of pints!

After I got back, we played with the cat a bit, and somehow ended up watching The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Just before yet another bank holiday weekend, I ended up working from home. There are some negatives to not being in the office with my team, but there are quite a lot of positives. One being the fact that I can go out for lunch with my girlfriend!

After work I managed to watch the live recording of The Instance, which is a video podcast about World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games. I never really get to listen/watch this as it’s about the time when I’m commuting home.

For dinner we had a Chinese takeaway. And afterwards I ended up watching Casino Royale, just because it happened to be on the TV when we finished. I’m not a die hard James Bond fan, but I can appreciate them if I’m coerced into watching them. Admittedly, it being on the same channel that the TV was tuned to wasn’t really coercion. It’s more a perspective of my laziness.

Just about the end of the working week, and it feels like it’s gone pretty fast!

After work I cooked pasta bake for myself and my girlfriend, and then I managed to watch the Arsenal game in between. We beat Valencia 3-1!

After that we played some Call of Duty on the PS3, and then attempted to play a board game. It was a trivia game about TV Shows and Movies, and it turns out that we’re too tired for that. So it’s time for bed.