A bed of roses

So, news about our niece first. There will be a second post-mortem on 25 April, although what it's going to find I don't know. The driver is on bail until 22 May. But I'm hoping that the body can be released after the PM and we can at least have a funeral. I'm annoyed by the driver dragging everything out like this. Surely he wants it all to be over just like we do? And surely he realises what a limbo he's leaving the family in? I suppose he's taking his lawyer's advice... So, no date for the funeral, but some progress.

Work is ticking along as usual. My line manager is going to give the department boss a nudge about when he's going to look at my new JD, and make the point that I'm really not looking for an admin-only role. I'm not after a Grade 7 for the sake of it! I did a mini-assessment of my work situation and found that I'm pretty much on a hamster wheel at the moment. I'm engaged and interested by my work, but not stretched or challenged. I mentioned this in our 1-1 this week but when we get round to my annual review, I will be asking for some ideas on how to address that, regardless of any new JD.

The husband and I had one of those 'debates' where I have absolutely no idea what the actual issue is but if I say the wrong thing he goes off in a huff. We managed to avoid the huff (thankfully!) but I still have no idea what the actual problem was that we were discussing. On reflection, I think he just wanted the chance to get things off his chest rather than come to any conclusions or make any actual changes. I think...

Last weekend, the grandson and I went to see Ready Player One, which was a wonderful geek-fest - although I was disappointed by the lack of identifiable FF references :D It reminded me in some ways of the Otherland series. We had a lovely afternoon, though, and identified a couple of films that we want to see in the future.

Writing-wise, I was nearing the end of editing Ch5 when I realised I had swapped it with Ch6, so now I'm at the start of editing the new Ch5 and Ch6 is waiting for that to be done. If you see what I mean.

I'm still loving NNK2 enough to want to finish as much of it as possible on my own. At some point I will give up hunting for Dreamer's Doors and Higgledy Stones and impossible-to-find fish and mushrooms and just finish it. I will then go back with a walkthrough and find all the stuff I missed on my own. But that comes later.

I am also enjoying the second series of Once Upon A Time.

OK, that's all for now. Bye, DW!

Update on the niece. She was killed on the road, which suggests she was crossing it at the time. The driver is, apparently, allowed up to 28 days 'rest' due to the shock he's gone through. He can also request a second post mortem. The upshot is that the funeral - and closure - are nowhere in sight.

In happier news, I have already sunk over 15 hours into NNK2 and the verdict is (mostly) positive. It's another game that has tons of stuff going on and a lot of what I thought would be 'optional' is actually mandatory. If you haven't played NNK1, you could definitely still play this one. The only place the two games seem to have in common is Ding-Dong-Dell - I think even the shape of the world map has changed. There is some similarity in the art work and some of the monster designs but it really is a different game.

On my week off last week, we painted the kitchen, which is now a rather jaunty yellow. The doors need redoing, though, because the colour I got is a) too white and b) patchy.

I also got my hair cut a lot shorter, which will require more frequent trims but the place I got it done is only at the end of the road, so it's less faff to get to.

And I finished Jessica Jones - seriously good AND I noticed that a lot of the writers and directors were female - and I've restarted Once Upon a Time.

Oh, and the editing/creating on Chapter 4 is coming along.

Well, that's it for now. Bye DW!