The Big Project

It has been a while since I last posted, and that has been because I have been rather busy at work and outside.

So to work. The big project, aka the annual report, has finally been finished and shipped off to the printers. The report has dominated my work for the last two months, and the last two weeks have been very heavy indeed. Constant checking and rechecking of the figures, and the concern that the criticism being dished out to the HO will also be directed towards our good selves. We can rebut any negative press and show where we have been making a difference in the community, but it is a harder sell than the negative headlines.

Apart from the annual report I have been busy working on equality issues. I have joked that a white middle class privately educated Jewish boy is perhaps not the best person to be the policy lead on equality training and impact assesment, but I am enjoying the work and it is a good development opportunity.

We have discovered a grand smoothie place around the corner from the office - Tantric Tonic on Carter Lane - so do check it out if you are ever around St Paul's in the City of London.

Outside of work life has been fairly busy. Things seem to be getting serious with S which is grand, and she is opening her coffee shop on Thursday. As I have Thursday and Friday off work I will be there showing support. Downside is that one of her neighbours doesn't seem to like the idea of a friendly coffee shop in the neighbourhood and has started trying to intimidate S by pissing on the doorstep. Very childish, but at the same time it just isn't cool.

The apartment purchase is moving along slowly, so will give my lawyer a push tomorrow to find out how we can speed the purchase up. I should, however, not complain as it has not taken as long (yet) as C's purchase of his apartment did. He has only just exchanged - 9 months after having the offer accepted! Talk about a long gestation period.

My sis is back from DC tomorrow, so am looking forward to catching up with her and hearing about her trip - well in edited high light form! She will be pleased to feel that London is as hot as DC is right now, although not as humid.

I realise this post has had little to do with politics, but due to concentrating on the annual report and one or two other work things I haven't had much time to think through some of my opinions on the latest political developments that interest me. Will do a longer post from the coffee shop on what my thoughts are.

Final thing for this post is that I sat the first part of the fast stream assessment this morning. Will find out in ten days time how I did, and get feedback.