At my new job I've been learning how to create remote servers and use things like Powershell. It's so exciting. I genuinely get amped when I need to create something. I whisper.. "...Powershell..." under my breath every time I get to open it. Partly to annoy the older colleagues (who are lovely). I have three monitors and I used to think two was overkill, now I find three just the perfect amount. There's probably a threshold for how much information I can actually take in from the screens but so far, so good. AND! And. We're shifting offices early next year, off campus. The plan is to adopt a proper hybrid style of working, and so I've been asked "How many days do you think you'd need to be in the office?". It looks like I'll be working remotely for 3 days, and in the office for 2. We do 7.5 hour days here, so only 15 hours in the office every week sounds delightful. Commuting eased, parking costs eased. To the surprise of absolutely no-one, this show of trust in me has me working harder to repay said trust. I'm no longer dragging myself out of bed and wincing when I remember it's not Friday. Instead, I'm up. I'm dressed. I'm in the office muttering "Powershell" and picking weird selections for the Rugby World Cup matches, talking video games with all the other nerds in the building, picking up tickets and fixing problems before they have a chance to materalise. They wanted a highly social, flowery communicator who happened to love IT? They got one. I am home. Games? Games. The mother of all backlogs is in full swing. I have: - Baldurs Gate 3 - Starfield (admittedly I may not return to this, felt devoid of any 'soul') - Destiny 2 (still on my plate, will be for another year at least) - Armoured Core 6 - Sea of Stars - Cyberpunk 2077 DLC - Lies of P - Horizon Forbidden West - Returnal - It Takes Two And more that my brother has purchased for us to play over the last 12 months. Gardening! Tunnelhouse setup should be arriving next week, just as the wild weather eases up. Tomatos going in as soon as I can wind-proof the tunnelhouse. I'm excited to win some battles against the neighborhood cats shitting in my every plant bed. Making moves.