A short entry today as I'm in a meeting all of this afternoon. Rowing last night was 'interesting' in that in my new role at 7 seat (great shoes) I have even more effect over the six people behind me that I thought (and I imagined it was quite a lot). High point of the outing was me actually doing some decent rockovers which really seemed to translate down the boat. I think being at bow has really soften my technique. It's going to be good for me to be shaping how the crew moves.

I slept like the dead last night but still woke tired this morning. Stress about this and that has dropped somewhat but I'm still... I don't know... very slightly frustrated/peeved at myself and some of the small but important logistics of life. I know they're going to sort themselves out, but until then I just have a tiny niggly feeling that... I'm just not doing things exactly right. Then again, what is "exactly right" and who gets to say what is and isn't anyway?

I should finish patching this machine and write up my notes from my appraisal this morning. Nothing amazing or surprising to report. I let my line manager know what I've been doing, what I want to do and what I think he could do better. There wasn't anything unexpected and he's promised to punt more things my way. You know, as and when something actually appears. One of those things is some proper commercial financial stuff tied in with sales, our load balancers, some SSL certificates and people who really don't know what they're talking about. It's going to be up to me to get them to understand. This could be fun.

More rowing tonight. I think it's going to rain, lots. I'm off now to go to a meeting and listen to what others of my ilk have been or will be up to.