Monday 1st July 2024

Its all very well being an auditor, but after a hard week's auditing last week, five audits in four days, means five audit reports to write and present this week.

It does mean it gives me a great excuse for not talking to anyone, or ignoring them.

Which is nice.

At least no very early mornings, instead up just before six and ready to start work at seven, and ease myself into the working day.

And so down to work, with 50 pages of notes, two hundred screen grabs, and the task of trying to make sense of it all.

I am starting to think five days is an ambitious timeframe for the audits.

So, apart from work, and a lunch of crispbakes, fried Jersey Royal potatoes and some Boston beans, there was just work.

By three I had a plan, but the time previous to that had me struggling with the largest, hardest report. From now on, start small and work your way up.

I finish at four, pack away and with no dinner to cook, could settle down to watch France v Belgium, in a game which should have been the best of the tournament, but was all a little scrappy, with France scoring a fitting, deflected goal in the last ten minutes to go through.

Later Portugal would draw 0-0 with Slovenia, go to extra time and then penalties, with Portugal winning at twenty to eleven, but not before Ronaldo cried buckets over a missed penalty.

Still, gotta laugh.