Silence!

As a mark of respect, tomorrow I have been invited to join in two minutes' silence in remembrance of the Queen Mother. And this "invitation" is kind of compulsory, seeing as it's come from the owners of the building we work in.

The best bit, though, is the way they're going to mark the beginning and end of the two minutes. They're going to sound the fire alarm. The most irritating, high pitched, deafening, wailing siren you can imagine. I bet they can't stop it once they start it. They always have trouble handling it when they do the weekly tests and we all sit around wincing with our hands over our ears.

Maybe they're being ironic. I hope so.

Silence!

As a mark of respect, tomorrow I have been invited to join in two minutes' silence in remembrance of the Queen Mother. And this "invitation" is kind of compulsory, seeing as it's come from the owners of the building we work in.

The best bit, though, is the way they're going to mark the beginning and end of the two minutes. They're going to sound the fire alarm. The most irritating, high pitched, deafening, wailing siren you can imagine. I bet they can't stop it once they start it. They always have trouble handling it when they do the weekly tests and we all sit around wincing with our hands over our ears.

Maybe they're being ironic. I hope so.

Please, no...

Please don't let me have RSI. Please let this weird feeling in my hand be something else.

When my little finger on my right hand moves over to hit shift or return (I touch type) I get this odd sensation in my hand, right at the base and edge of it. It's difficult to describe, it's like a shooting numbness or a tiny tug inside my hand - it's not particularly uncomfortable, just a bit distracting. But this on top of that odd lump that appeared from nowhere on my wrist (suspected ganglion) make me think I should probably be making a doctor's appointment. And it's moving week - possibly the most inconvenient time this could have manifested itself.

But if it's still doing it in the morning, I'm making the appointment. And this is the last typing my right hand is doing tonight.