Have been happier

[mandragora]

I had a wonderful time in New York (and New Jersey). I met some great people whose company I enjoyed hugely. As for NYC itself, wow! What a transformation. All that make this city one of the greatest in the world is still there and it sparkles! But that faint edge of menace that the city used is exude is gone. Previously I wouldn't dared to wander around even parts of Manhattan on my own but now I felt completely safe wherever I walked.

Congratulations to the people of NYC for making your city such a pleasure to visit.

I plan to post more detailed reports later about what I saw and who I met but have come back to find all hell has broken loose at work. Actually, it's more fair to say that all hell broke loose at 5.00pm on Friday afternoon when the prosecution dumped a huge load of documents on us which need to be read and considered in time for a response to be drafted and sent to the court by Wednesday 23 June 2004. Trouble is, I'm in court Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...

I had a wedding celebration to go to yesterday in a small village near Grantham. I had planned to stay overnight. Instead I found myself driving for a couple of hours to the party, drinking absolutely no alcohol and driving a couple of hours back to London again late last night. All so I could work today. Sigh.

Am taking a few minutes break to whinge. Oh, and to ask if anyone's got experience of loading digital photos into their LJ and, if so, should they be cropped to avoid taking up too much bandwidth? And, um, how do I do that? Camera is new (very new, bought just before I went to NYC) so I'm clueless about these things.

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[moljn.livejournal.com]

And resizing might be a good idea if they're very large. Your camera probably came with a photo-editor for your computer, though really, any similar programme will do.

(i have no idea *how* clueless you are, so pardon if i sound like you're eight years old *g*)

[mandragora1.livejournal.com]

*Laughs* I am pretty clueless, and, really, going back to basics is always best. Never underestimate stupidity! My camera does have a photo-editor, I was just too lazy (a kind person might say 'rushed') to check it out unless I knew I'd have to, because the pictures are too large to load onto LJ as is.