Beezly’s Blog

I like snow. It snowed a little yesterday (see here, here, here and here) which made getting to work very slow. A journey that normally takes me 1 hour took 3, mainly because of traffic and poor driving (high power, rear wheel drive cars with sports tyres don’t like the snow). However, tomorrows forecast is for significant snowfall, so I’ve spent some time at work helping the business to prepare for the bad weather. Those who need remote access to systems have it and we have put in place plans to deal with answering telephone systems and calls.

Yesterday I handed my notice in on my flat and my job. I’m moving back up to Yorkshire to start a new job in November. I’m really looking forward to going back up, but I’m going to miss so many people down here in Ipswich

I’ve been at my new job for a week now so I thought I’d give a quick update. I turned up a little bit early on Monday, mainly because I expected it to take a while to get through security (the place I work is on a big research site) but it only took 5 minutes.

I was supplied with a new laptop and a temporary desk to sit at. I spent the day trying to get my laptop working as I like it and also reading up on what different parts of the business do. I got my proper desk on Friday and I’ve got most things set up as I like them now. Getting my laptop working with the docking station meant some playing around with the X configuration. I might post some more on that later when I get chance.

Or more accurately, my new slippers. I wear slippers at work because I get terrible static shocks from the building otherwise.

My old slippers were past their best;

So time for some new ones!

It looks like my tax had been miscalculated for the entirety of my 6 month contract. I had been paying Basic Rate on all of my earnings. This got fixed this month so I got a nice rebate from the tax man.

In related news, my 6-month contract expired on 19th September, but was extended to the end of the month. From 1st October I will be working in a permanent position for @Road, A Trimble Company.

Update: Yippee… tax paid this month = £7.44. Excellent.