I’m still feeling the effects of this damn cold. It’s been four weeks since I first came down with this and I’ve not been able to shake it at all. It’s really starting to get me down to be fair.

I’ve had a fairly dry January but not by choice. I did go out for a couple on the weekend for my friends boyfriends birthday. We had a good afternoon and a couple of pints were had but not as many as I would normally have sunk. A few beers and good company with a little bit of axe mayhem thrown in. 

However, thanks to this flipping cold, I was on my way home by 9pm. I am feeling a bit better today but I still don’t feel 100%.

Work

I’ve begun a new role in work on a Test and Discovery team. (To be fair that was in November!) We’re looking at taking one of the company’s brand and making contact digital. Looking at Bot conversations and other ways of communicating the customers journey through the process. 

It’s been a difficult start for me as I’m expected to deal with contact that I’m not trained to deal with. I’m therefore constantly seeking other’s assistance. Thursday was ridiculous. I was unable to get answers in time and just set callbacks for the customers which really just defeats the object of the role. 

I know my skillset blindfold but the contact that comes in is not for my skillset at the moment. I’m sitting around waiting for things to happen and that’s not me. I like to be busy. I want to be able to become an expert in the field but for me, this isn’t going to happen any time soon. 

I have ideas and I know exactly what we need to do to get the process digital but I don’t think that it’s ever going to happen for my skillset and I’m not sure that my idea are going to be listened to or taken on board.

My thoughts have again become a bit negative over the last 24 hours as to whether this role is going to be for me. I’m not sure that it will. 

Life

The week has been generally okay. The wonderful Rosie turned 80 on Monday. I did send flowers but I’m not sure that she’s at home so it’s possible that they’ve been on her doorstep since the start of the week and are just a box of mouldy blooms now! I have had a conversation with her since and she said that the flowers were intercepted and put into water for her so that was good to know. 

Food has still been very poor again this week. I’ve thrown out a tonne of food today that I’ve bought but not got around to using and its been chuffing expensive. Went for a meal with Alex at Miller & Carter on Tuesday. A lovely steak but again not cheap. It was her birthday earlier in the month and we’ve both been feeling poorly. It was lovely to be able to treat her to a birthday meal and sit with her for a few hours just chatting. I hope that it was thereputic as well as a bit of fun.

During our chat, we decided to start walking again. One week I will go to hers and the next, she will come over to me. Roath Park won’t know what hit it! 

That’s pretty much been my week. One month into the new year and no further forward with life. I hope that the walking will go ahead and that once this starts then I’ll get to the gym too. I’ll certainly let you know how the walk goes this week and how things start potentially to pan out with the role.