So another busy week at work. In fact I can’t really say that as its been the first full week I have done for 5 weeks, what with flying back from India and being ill. Never the less it hasn’t been to bad. I have been able to get stuck into some of the work that has been laying in limbo for a while, and have made good headway with one of the big projects that I have been struggling with. Other wise it’s been good getting to see people I haven’t seen in over a year, and they are all kind of interested to hear how I got on, and it’s kind of nice being able to dismiss some of the preconceptions that exist in people’s minds and share with them what it’s really like.

I must say though, India almost seems a million year’s ago now and I feel well and truly back in the swing of things. The worst part of being home if I had to pick would be the commute up to London and back each day. I kind of got used to having a driver pick me up 15 minutes before I needed to be at the office, but even that is somewhat more pleasant than it was before I left. It’s only really after you haven’t had something for a while you really miss it. For me sitting on the train in the morning and evening used to seem like a complete waste of time, but now it’s time to reflect on the last year as I look out at the lush green fields and notice the different greens in the trees, and livestock in the fields (where they belong). The commute has also allowed me to get back into something else I love, albeit in a slightly new form; reading!

Before going out to India I would read two books a week. In India 15 minutes over bumpy roads with your eyes closed as large trucks, rickshaws, and elephants, came from all sides wasn’t really conducive with relaxing and reading. I did still read in the evening and at weekends, but there were other problems such as storing them somewhere, figuring out how to get them home, not to mention the fact India is generally a noisy place. However while in India, after listening to a TWiT podcast I found Audible and the audiobook. I must say I haven’t looked back. Having a story read to you is very relaxing and helps block out the noise. So I have diligently been working through my bag catalog and am nearly finished with Michael Palins “New Europe”, which I will write a review of as soon as I finish it.

So this weekend I decided it was time I started to catch up on the “Personal” stuff I have neglected for 13 months. Friday night I met up with an old friend Gail who I used to date for a few drinks. Gail is what might be known as “dizzy” but is crazy in a nice, non-bunny boiling way. We talked about India, work, and what we had both been up to and by about 21:30 were both drunk and inevitably started to discuss why we had broken up. Luckily I still had a least a few brain cells firing and reminder her that I, in her words, “had commitment issues”. She laughed and said, yeah and added she also had a crush on some guy at work. Which made me feel slightly weird, especially when she added she couldn’t remember his name. Anyway we eventually realized neither of us had eaten and stumbled down the road for a pizza before getting into taxi’s and going our separate way’s. Gail sent me a text Saturday morning saying and I quote “Ouch!”. I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Saturday morning was kind of slow. However Saturday afternoon I remembered this was my “Do something, do anything” weekend and tackled my paperwork and then generally tidied the house up. Today I started out with a run to the supermarket and followed it up by weeding and spaying weed killer over the drive way in preparation for it being power washed and sealed. Tonight well I am updating the blog and then need to sort my study. This is another one of those tasks I started before I went to India and now just need to get back on with.