Friday. Another fine day with clear skies. I dropped Dash at school and trudged wearily back to the coalface. Work was ridiculously busy, not helped by the need to clear the decks for my annual leave next week. But on the bright side — I have annual leave next week!
More excitement arrived in the form of a global cyberattack affecting Microsoft systems — our secretaries found they couldn’t email anything to other agencies, and one of our main client booking systems stopped working. It didn’t directly affect the software I use, so I was oblivious at first, but soon became aware of the wailing and gnashing of teeth elsewhere in the building. With typical NHS dark humour, alternative ways to convey urgent messages were discussed — along with a helpful illustration courtesy of ChatGPT.
