For the last six weeks or so, things have been increadibly hectic with companies waking up to the fact that they have money to burn before the end of the year (d-21) in consequence, it's not unusual to find me working ungodly hours and using the weekends to recover.

No time for anything or anyone (not even myself) and the worst of it is that i can see that it's going to continue like this until well into the start of the new year.

Evidently i'm hitting my annual blackpatch and am doing my best to block out the end of the year festivities and the forced goodwill ... yes really, bahh humbug to it all

However, i will have four whole days off over the new year * whhoo hooo !!!! *

This week is the work 'do' thing and i'll probably make my excuses and slip away early on - starting on wednesday is the repeat performance of the railway revolt with different unions staging strike action on consecutive days.

It's too early to tell, but depending on how much support is garnered, there's the risk that we may be up shit creek with out a paddle until a week today.