Well, I think I’ve finally turned the corner and become a complete loony. I bought the latest Kelly Willis album yesterday (fabulous if you like country music) and discovered I couldn’t encode it as MP3s. Copy protection aside, I found this hugely irritating as it means I can’t listen to it while I work. Bad, [...]

It’s all been a bit quiet on the writing front ’cause I’ve been feeling a bit out of it. I’ve been feeling dizzy for the past 3 weeks, and it’s getting much better now, but isn’t 100% yet. I went to the gym one day when I felt better, and it all got lots worse. [...]

Hurrah! I never realised how much I like my things, until I thought I wouldn’t see them again. My favourite fleece, boots and t-shirts have come home to me and I’m very very happy.

Briefly, ’cause the downsides are ongoing…. The downsides: we ended up staying in an expensive hotel with the requisite building works (but a brilliant bathroom), I lost my luggage (on the way back), I was charged for a hotel room I didn’t take (idiot online booking fiasco). The upsides: Mum paid :-), the Coliseum is [...]