I've been to Hull and back
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soulstarWell, actually, I've been to Brough (which is about 10 miles from Hull, so near enough that I can justify that subject line) to visit Hannah and Craig, meet Scott, and see how well Craig, Scott and I can work together. And the answer seems to be: pretty well. So we did a day's work on Tuesday, and they have more for me to do next week as well. With more in the future if all goes according to plan. Hoorah! Most of what I did on Tuesday was a design for their site, which at the moment is more of a holding page. So we made it shiny, and validated, and DDA compliant. Mmmmmmm. It should be going up sometime soon.
I travelled up by train, and just to make the journey that bit more fun, I had problems with the St Leonards - London leg, both ways. On the way up, the trains weren't running on time, and the announcement board lied about which train had come in, with the result that I didn't get on my train thinking it was the Victoria one. *sigh* Luckily, I still made it to Kings Cross on time, due to the Thameslink between London Bridge and K X coming in two minutes after I'd got off the Hastings train. Phew! On the way back, there were even more fun and games: they cancelled at least four Hastings trains in a row. I was beginning to wonder if I'd be stuck in London for the night, when they announced that all passengers for Hastings should get the Ashford train as far as Tonbridge, then change. Now, since they'd said that the cancellations were due to signal problems, and the Ashford train takes the exact same route as the Hastings train to that point, I assumed I might have to get a bus from Tonbridge. But no - there was a train from Tonbridge to Hastings. So where these signal problems were sposed to be, I have no idea. Still, I got home. Eventually. The Hull Trains service was lovely, though - they have even newer trains than before, with little stylised Humber Bridges on the seat covers, and plug sockets by all the seats for your laptop or phone. Sweet.
But anyway, work = good. And if I can keep my head from imploding on me, I should be able to build up to doing enough work to support myself. Which would be nice.
I travelled up by train, and just to make the journey that bit more fun, I had problems with the St Leonards - London leg, both ways. On the way up, the trains weren't running on time, and the announcement board lied about which train had come in, with the result that I didn't get on my train thinking it was the Victoria one. *sigh* Luckily, I still made it to Kings Cross on time, due to the Thameslink between London Bridge and K X coming in two minutes after I'd got off the Hastings train. Phew! On the way back, there were even more fun and games: they cancelled at least four Hastings trains in a row. I was beginning to wonder if I'd be stuck in London for the night, when they announced that all passengers for Hastings should get the Ashford train as far as Tonbridge, then change. Now, since they'd said that the cancellations were due to signal problems, and the Ashford train takes the exact same route as the Hastings train to that point, I assumed I might have to get a bus from Tonbridge. But no - there was a train from Tonbridge to Hastings. So where these signal problems were sposed to be, I have no idea. Still, I got home. Eventually. The Hull Trains service was lovely, though - they have even newer trains than before, with little stylised Humber Bridges on the seat covers, and plug sockets by all the seats for your laptop or phone. Sweet.
But anyway, work = good. And if I can keep my head from imploding on me, I should be able to build up to doing enough work to support myself. Which would be nice.
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Date: 2006-02-17 11:44 am (UTC)Thank yoooooooou - Craig is paying me a slightly higher rate than the other work I've had, and he says he'll increase it if (when!) the company has more business. I spose what I should do is work out how much I need to make per week to comfortably pay for everything, and work towards that.
You know, I've thought about Sneep icons, but I've never figured out quite how to do it. *snicker* SNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
*MWAH* Love you too!