Yep today was the day we all went back to work and by 08:30 all the relaxation and calm feelings I had experienced for the last couple of weeks were all gone as I ranted at the amount of work piled up in my inbox. Everyone thinking their issue is the most important and most of the urgent issues were not within my control it was the incompetence of third parties or the lack of planning from others. A website not working, but we pay someone else 40 grand so I just let them know it’s broken and tell them to crack on and let us know when it’s fixed. A scheme that if I had known about it prior to it going live could have had the required settings in place beforehand or a form that needs creating proofing and configuring on 18 servers yesterday or we fail an inspection but it can be done correctly or it can be done wrong numerous times wasting everyone’s time!

Yep even though I don’t start work until 9:00 by 8:30 just like that I was stressed and felt like I was drowning in work, a trip to Warrington was necessary this afternoon when my time would have been better spent going through emails.

To top off that day I was asked to add 10% onto the fees…wow, just wow?

Reagan said to me tonight “Daddy why don’t you build sheds for a job, you like doing that?” Well yeh I do but only when it’s nice weather was my reply lol but woodworking does light my fire and NOT because everything I do is only good for kindling! Maybe think smaller make something saleable as a hobby, definitely maybe…?