EXAM SATURDAY

It's exam season at Uni again. The lovely Examinations Office like to demonstrate their power by scheduling exams at inconvenient (for staff & students) times.

So I've just sat through 1½ hours being 'Senior Invigilator' (i.e. the one that gets the balme if anything goes wrong) of mind-numbing boredom, punctuated by occasional requests to take a student to the toilet.

Even better, I'm no longer allowed to take the exam scripts home with me so I can use some of the remainder of my ruined weekend to start marking--- oh no, that would be 'insecure', so I have to wait for a porter to collect the papers from me in the exam room and then I can collect them sometime after 10:00 on Monday!

This is a really busy time of year for lecturers, but don't worry, the Exams Office is aware of our tight deadlines ...

Suddenly it's May

I'm really not sure what happened to April and half of May -- just been really busy, I guess.

So, this is just a really brief update to let those few of you that read the blog know that:

• The car continues to be fine and using 'Greased Lightning' fuel additive has made a difference of about +3 mpg and what feels like a lot more power. Need to get the brakes done, but that's the way of things.
• Ali retires in about 5 weeks!
• Kat the cat continues happy, healthy and a little mad -- still has no interest in going outside and still frightened of doorbells and strangers.
• Work is full of marking (and having to invigilate an exam next Saturday afternoon for God's sake!).
• Off on holiday to Nova Scotia and PEI in about 6 weeks.
• Saw Paul Downes recently: this guy is, clearly, one of the best guitarists ever - I'm hugely disappointed that I hadn't seen him before. I've been playing acoustic guitar for 40+ years (one day I hope to be good at it), so I know enough to see that this bloke's just fantastic; and SO (apparently) relaxed.
• I've got a new camera, known as a 'digital bridge', it seems. Lots to learn

That's it for now, pictures soon.