Spuds, would you believe

Friday was the end of the week. No, honestly, it was. It was also the first day I cycled in with the clipless SPD pedals. Now don’t get me started on the whole clip and clipless pedals, as SPD pedals have a clip, but don’t have a toe strap or anything. So quite why they are clipless I have no idea.

Anyhow, amazingly I didn’t fall off once. I came close several times, but managed to stay upright and avoid falling under any passing cars. They were surprisingly beneficial, if a bit tricky to clip in and out of. You’d think they’d be slightly easier this morning, but nope. Still avoided falling off though.

So all in all, they get a big thumbs up. And with all the free time I’ll have shortly (tomorrow is the last day!) I should be a dab hand with them in no time.

Speaking of work, the NHS-esque website had its official launch on Friday. Opened by the Health Minister (apparently) at a conference in Edinburgh (to which I was invited, but declined), and it all went swimmingly, with the teams whose website it was, receiving muchos de praise. So that’s Phase 1 finished, and it very much looks like there will be a Phase 2 and work from other sources coming out of that if I desire.

Last week I was offered another full time sysadmin position in the city centre, and the Network Systems department here have just asked if I’d do some contract work for them for a month or so, both of which I turned down. Looks like I really do have more offers of work than I could handle, if I indeed wanted to work.

In the meantime I have to decide what to do with the pockets of cash I currently have. Whether to save it so my summer unemployment can last a bit longer, or buy a fancy new bike, or to go meet the travelling monkey in Kuala Lumpur and get my diving certificate. Gah, decisions decisions. Still, better than having to decide what mundane form to fill in at work.