At the moment my project at work is the IT planning for our new 8,000 sqm factory, with a 2 floor office space.

Under normal circumstances I work 3 days per week to allow me time to project manage our own build, but not at the moment.

We get the water tight building handed to us on the 8th January, then I've got to organise the 1st, 2nd and final fix of all the IT infrastructure from cables to servers.

When I tried to place the order for fibre leased lines I was told, there's no fibre on that road and you must have a PSTN line before you can have fibre.

Well, as you can imagine that caused a lot of calls, effort and pushing.  Now the PSTN is being installed on the 15th (I hope).

I'm also waiting for the ducts from the roadside to the building for the fibre.

This has resulted in me having to work full time.

Then last Sunday I came back from the morning dog walk to find his foot pouring with blood, loads of it.  So, padding and bandage applied and off to the vet.  He had ripped out a claw and I just couldn't believe how much blood there was.  Anyway the vet patched him up, with vet bills at emergency Sunday rate, but that was also another 1/2 day gone.

So, my build has gone totally by the wayside, not so much of an issue whilst I'm in the planning phase, but a concern for the future if I'm needed on-site here, and on-site at the factory and then there are life issues as well.

And of course I really must do some shopping for the little event in 2 weeks time.

I can't see this situation improving much until everyone has moved into the factory at the end of March and the old factory is cleared out.  The good bit is the overtime pay can go straight into the build budget which is pitifully low compared with what it should be.  I was hoping not to borrow any money, but with only enough money for about £800 per sqm after very expensive preliminaries that is probably going to change.

What I want to do is get water tight and do family room with kitchen, master and ensuite and then move in.  If I could do this with our existing budget then we can rent our house out and get an income from that to carry on.   We really want to avoid borrowing.

Anyway, as it's now almost midnight and I have Gary Barlow just finishing his show in the background I must finish my short budget and get off to bed.

Take care.