Day 18 - News from work

There seems to be something of note that happens every day these days. Today it came in the form of a phone call from the CEO of our college at about 5pm this evening. He has been ringing all the Cork staff to let us know of the current situation in the company. They expect their bank balance to be pretty much at zero in about three months time. They also expect their student numbers for next year to be 50% of this years numbers, at best. Therefore, he was letting us know that they most likely will not be able to justify having a college in Cork next year. This news doesn’t have a massive impact on me, but I know it will have a bigger impact on some of my colleagues. This makes me feel sad - they’re such a brilliant bunch here and they really care about the students.

Apart from making and recording my chemistry lectures, the other thing I did today was to sort out my drifit running tops. I cut the pile down from about fifty T-shirts to about twenty, and it feels great. I’ve been meaning to do this job for years! It’s just a pity that the local recycling facility is only open to necessary waste disposal, and not the usual clothes recycling.

There’s usually almost nobody out and about in our neighbourhood during the day. It was, therefore, very exciting to see one of our neighbours out on his bike, in full cycling gear today! He was going around and around the grassy green across from us, obviously taking the 2km rule seriously. The government rule says that you can exercise briefly, but only within 2km of your house. I watched this guy for ages doing small circles on the green - it was very entertaining!Read more