Catch up post...

Wow, can it really be two weeks since I last stopped by the place? Well I can't say it's changed an awful lot. So if for no other reason than to stop people dashing out to buy new hats, I thought I'd better drop in, say hello and explain that I have been very busy, although not in the galloping around on a white horse kind of activity.

How do I summarise two weeks worth of activity? Here goes:
Made it out to the date (with new specs); won beef joint in meat raffle; roasted joint for Easter Sunday lunch with the folks; enjoyed a superb 60th birthday bash for an old ex-school teacher who's now a good friend of the family; slept; worked; lots; Friday's date told me she was leaving the country; alright it was just for a couple of days; turned out she couldn't go after all (long story); football team presentation night; drank; lots; visited Cleethorpes nightclub that I've probably not frequented for 20 years or more; won more meat in raffle; won a tenner on the national; should have bought lottery ticket; surprise visitor from Middlesborough; drank; lots; slept; worked and that's pretty much brings us back up to date.

Having worked almost an entire weeks worth of additional hours for nothing over the last fortnight, I make no secret of the fact that I am looking forward to tomorrow night when all being well, I leave the place behind for a much anticipated week off. That is if I can resist the temptation to bring a laptop home "in case of emergencies".

Oh, and finally a second date tomorrow night...