Tuesday 19th November 2024

Tuesday. And the weather was expected to take a turn for the worse later on, with snow, maybe eight hours of it expected overnight.

I got up, checked the world online, then got dressed, packed my office bag and went down for breakfast at half six, just as the restaurant opened.

The reason for being early was mainly to go to work before the roads got too busy, and to prepare the offices and meeting rooms for the day.

But mainly for the traffic.

So I had fruit, a bacon butty and two coffees before I went out to the car to find I have to scrape ice off the windscreen.

That done, I start the car up, put the blowers on full and drive slowly out to the main road, check for traffic, cyclists and pedestrians, and make a slow turn left towards the centre, before turning left again and driving over the canal and up through the massive university to the inner ring road.

Once the lights change, turn right, take the left hand lane to turn onto Randersvej, and the three mile run to the turn off for the office. The hardest part now done, I could relax and keep an eye out for trams.

Into the office car park, gurn at Rune through the window of our office for the week, then to reception, sign in and go to have a brew with Rune before everyone else arrives

The audit team arrive at half eight, and so the dance begins. Eight hours of it, with a break for free lunch at the salad bar in the canteen.

Then back for four more hours until the audit team were done, a debriefing, and we clean the offices and meeting rooms, and bugger me, its nearly six again.

The journey back to the centre is always fraught, with me talking myself through the junctions and traffic lights, and that final right turn near to the hotel, where you have to cross between cyclists and pedestrians..

I get back safe, and have an hour before old friends, Anni and Bo were due, so I procrastinate in my room until I get a message saying they'd arrived.

We talk over half litres of Christmas beer, catch up on news and dreams. Its half eight, I have not eaten, and with the kitchen about to close, they leave, leaving me with a fresh beer to wait for the traditional burger and fries, which was very good indeed. But eating late brought me a restless night's sleep and indegestion.