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It’s been a kitchen day today, and everything seems to have slipped into a continental timezone. I wasn’t up much before 11, and only stepped out of the shower just after noon. Mopped up some remaining editing, a bit of AIMing with Gordon, and then got on with the hoovering (or at least the pushing around of the manual floor-sweepery type thing).

Paul had gone into town to run some jobs, but had called Jon before he left to suggest a trip to the Fox and Hounds this evening. Jon called back before he was back, but as Trevor is working until late we decided that it would probably be better to do the Army tomorrow instead and meet for dinner and a film this evening. I offered to cook. Jon said he’d bring dessert.

Engineer Steve popped around with Chris the Midnight Weatherman at four to pick up some software I’d promised to pass on. I’d been baking blueberry scones, so we had then with mugs of tea while making fools of ourselves on the Xbox driving games. As a non-driver Steve was still better than the rest of us, even when we put him on the ice-covered courses.

Perhaps not being a real-life driver is the key to success in driving games - you identify more with the game than with the concepts of real driving.

I had intended to do some work on the book, sort out my National Insurance, buildings insurance, and washing machine repair cover and sign my contract for the next six months of The Lab, but somehow the day has been eaten up with other things. As soon as they were gone I headed out to Sainsbury to buy the bits I need for a fish pie this evening, and now it’s only an hour until Trevor and Jon arrive.

Lots to be done.

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