If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!So. The last day of 2001, and I’m doing the same with life as I was at the end of 2000. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. I’m happy with life at the moment, where I live, what job(s) […]

I’ve spent the last few days wondering what I should decide to do next year. I don’t make resolutions. It’s pointless. I never stick to them. Two years ago I resolved to have finished writing my book by the end of the year and I’m still no further on with it now than I was […]

Reacquainted myself with the gym. The last week of work was horrible, and I didn’t get to the gym at all, but a made myself feel better about it by promising I would go every day during the break. I haven’t, though. I went once on my first day off - two Fridays ago.
It was […]

Oscar’s last day. Sal came and picked him up at lunchtime and I’ve spent the rest of the day expecting to see him peeping around a corner every time I walk into a room. I was clearing up the end of the litter he had sprayed all over the floor thinking that I really ought […]

The Lord of the Rings is a fantastic film. Everyone said it was but I didn’t believe it could be that good. And it’s so LOUD! The effects, the virtual sets - I couldn’t fault any of it, and it even explained all the bits I’d not picked up from the book, which is good […]

Such a busy day. Woke up in time to do battle with the Odeon about the mis-booked tickets before Sal and Dan arrived. They were very nice about it (the Odeon, that is). After 8 minutes of bad Christmas music a woman at the other end checked the booking and confirmed I was in for […]

What a strange Christmas day. Very nice. Very relaxing, but strange. Dad woke me up getting his breakfast at something past seven and I dozed while he ate. I must have gone to sleep again when he went to church because the next thing I knew he was back again and I was waking up […]

I’ve completely lost track of the days. It took me a very long time to work out it’s Monday this evening. It doesn’t help that the Radio Times just calls today Christmas Eve, which I suppose is more relevant.
Having dad stay means I’m getting up at a decent time every day when he walks through […]

Woke up as dad went out for a newspaper. Just gone eight, I think, but it felt rediculously early after last night. I pulled myself up from the settee where I’m sleeping during his stay, and did my best to look like I knew what was going on by the time he arrived back. Not […]

Snow! Big fat flakes. I want to say it was snowing hard, but can it? I was walking to Asda at the time and it was catching in my hair and burrowing down the neck of my coat. Cold, but beautiful. The odds for snow on Christmas day are now down to 5:6, whatever that […]