Scribblings from the Mitchy Side

Sunday 6th July 2008 - Best. Men's. Singles. Final. EVER!


Rafael Nadal bt. Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 in 4 hours and 48 mins* and after two rain interruptions.


*gets all emotional like the big sap she is*


ETA: Longest men's final in history, by 38 minutes.

That was a lovely dinner, even if I say it as shouldn't - good quality sausages, cooked until the skin was all sticky, with a salad of mixed leaves and a warm potato salad I made myself out of some new potatoes, spring onions, grated emmenthal and mayo. MmmmMMMMmmmm :) I have leftoevers so I shall do the same again tomorrow. *anticipates happily*

Work was so quiet today *sighs like a happy mousey* I don't mean I wasn't busy, I was, just that it was quiet. Foghorn kept saying she thought people were depressed and I had to keep biting my tongue to prevent myself from blurting out something like "Why on earth would I be depressed?" :P It looks like my job role will be changing a bit soon - I do hope so. I already KNOW how to do scut work, enough of it already. I was trying to think of a tactful way of bringing the subject up with TooBrightTies but having read the bombshell that got handed to someone on my flist today ("You're lovely but we don't want you to work here anymore, bye!"), I think the smart thing is to shut up and keep doing the tongue-bitey.

Talking of TooBrightTies, want a laugh? He was off work yesterday, we heard he'd got a cut hand and had gone to A&E. I was fully expecting him to come in this morning with a bandaged paw, given that when he phoned last night, he sounded stoned. Well he was in today but the only bandage was one around his middle finger...I'm now wondering how bad this cut actually was or if he's being a typical male "What's a deep cut to you is a fatal wound to me!" I resisted the urge to ask him if he wanted a sling :D

Wimbledon is disappointing me this year, or at least the women's singles are. I don't think there's a single person left in the women's draw I give a toss about. Damn Henin-Hardenne for retiring, drat Davenport for withdrawing, blast Mauresmo for not being fully fit and going out to a Williams! *grouses* On the plus side, the men's draw looks great still, even though we've lost Djokovic, who I really wanted to win it, and Roddick, who I also like. However, Safin's interesting, Murray's still in it, Nadal could yet make this his year, Fed's always great value and Hewitt is good fun. I'm seriously contemplating pulling a sickie so I can watch Fed v. Hewitt next round. Now THAT'S going to be a match and a half!

Today was the big Finance Away Day. The past away days I've been on have been small affairs, consisting of us rabble in SFT and our sister department FSS. Today was an altogether More Serious Affair, being held at a very nice conference centre in the country, and organised by Very High Persons indeed. The occasion was that from 1st July, our new Finance Service is officially launched. It's all bollocks, of course, it's basically the same service, but shunted around so we're all in the same building on the same floor (eventually). People have moved places, job titles have been changed, but it all amounts to the same thing in the end.

However, it's a Very Big Deal at HCC, and the whole process (called The Way We Work or TW3) has been going on for a couple of years now. You may recall I mentioned last year that we were being "transformed" and re-organised; well now we're on the last lap. Mostly. SFT isn't being moved until October at the earliest, so we're a bit out of events at the mo, but they've promised to get around to us eventually. Suits me. I don't want to move up to the second floor with the rest of the corporate drones :P However, that's a rant for another day. Today was the Finance Away Day.

( The Day )

In other news, Wednesday is PartyGirl's last day with us before she moves to another department and a shiny new job. Even better, Thursday is ShitStirrer's last day, I think. Gods, I can't wait, the noise levels are gonna plummet. I am going to miss PG because even though she could drive me up the wall, I enjoyed working with her and she's leaving a big gap which me and FormerTempWithNoName will have to fill somehow. ShitStirrer, however, well, let's just say she's got the hump because she apparently told StillWaters that she didn't want a leaving do or presents and it must have become blitheringly obvious to her that not only won't she get them but we'd never planned anything anyway. PartyGirl on the other hand is having a leaving do Wednesday lunchtime......:D

I will be posting in here when SS finally leaves. You'll know what I'm on about the minute you see the post. Trust me *weg*

And yay! First day of Wimbledon *happy bounces* I want Djokovic to win the mens and anyone but a Williams to win the women's :D