Simon Butcher

Time: 06:00

The alarm goes off. A few more snoozes are required before my brain can start the day.

Time: 06:17

The alarm goes off. Maybe it's time I should get up.

Or not.

Time: 06:18

Since I've been cycling lately, the first thing I do is check to see what it looks like outside. Today it's dark and a little bit foggy, but otherwise dry. Looks like a good day to cycle to work. If it wasn't, I would have been heading back to bed!

Time: 06:18

Without my morning shower, I am nothing. If I don't have my morning shower, I'm dead for the entire day. I can't quite explain why.

Time: 07:00

A quick check of the bike and it's time to head off to work. I like cycling in the dark this early in the morning because it's fairly quiet on the roads.

Time: 07:32

To get an idea of how foggy it is, I here's a shot of the Place Schuman area, but it doesn't do it justice.

Time: 07:35

You can probably get a better idea by looking at this shot of the Cinquantenaire Arch taken as I was passing by.

Time: 08:13

After getting changed and a quick chat with the few people who are in the office at this time in the morning, I finally reach my desk. Emailing and coding begins! This week I'm wrapping up a (very) rushed yet overdue project so the majority of the day is to be spent fixing other people's work to safe time.

Time: 10:06

Toys arrive from a supplier, more than a month overdue from their expected delivery date and missing parts. The packaging confirms they only shipped it a few days ago. This is a sign that I'll be working a little later tonight.

Time: 11:37

More code merging and repair. Today's a pretty boring day, to be honest.

Time: 16:35

Dynamics AX crashes for the sixth time today. Piece of rubbish.

Time: 19:06

Still at work: Had to mount a 27kg server in a rack with its partial rack-mount kit (that arrived this morning).

Time: 19:54

Yes, still at work, but just leaving: My bike looks like it's survived another day in the car park so it's time to go home.

Time: 20:11

It's cold, dark, misty, and polluted outside. Even though I'm pretty tired, I'm taking a slightly longer route home tonight.

Time: 20:41

For some reason I received my pension slip in the post and it's torn in two. I have no idea where the other part is! I hate having to deal with stuff like this.

Time: 20:44

I've been very lazy lately and haven't washed the dishes. At least I'm honest.

Time: 20:57

I also haven't done a load of washing for a while, so it's time to turn that on before it gets too late in the evening.

Time: 21:44

It took me an hour to wash the dishes? Well, to be fair, I was watching a DVD at the same time. I didn't realise I was so slow.

Time: 21:48

Not feeling very hungry at all, I head back to sit down and continue watching the DVD rather than cooking dinner. If you can guess what I'm watching, I'll be impressed!

Time: 22:32

The washing machine is done, so it's time to start putting clothes around the apartment to dry.

Time: 22:45

I'm terrible at catching up on personal email, but to be honest I really get so much of it I'm always going to be behind. I decide to try and catch up tonight.

Time: 00:02

That's it, time for bed. It's been a very long day.

Goodnight!