Is this a mad way to start?

Crikey, didn't expect that. I'm supposed to be off work for the whole summer but they've just asked me to work full time for the next couple of weeks. It's working on the website as far as I can tell.

Gotta take it, work is money. Much needed money.

Yeah it's tough, one of the only times I've seen D cry ever is when we had our huge black German Shepherd put down.

I'm always a mess when we lose animals.

It's thrown me a bit working for the next couple of weeks, i was just celebrating finishing for the summer. It's good from a financial point of view, but I'd planned next week to ride the horse, run, meet people for coffee etc and get on with some of my own projects.

Also the week after we were all going to go down to d's parents in Cornwall for the week. They'll all have to go without me now as we can't afford to turn down work.

In other news, the kk animal fostering service continues, we are looking after a bunny next week, but just not ANY bunny trust me. It is THE bunny.

Don't let the fucking thing die on my watch!

(Fraz, that was a joke, you know how much we love him too

Ok, I'm officially pissed off with this lurgy/hayfever/whateverthefuckitis thing now. My sinuses are on fire

Pets dying...ugh.... they're like or even more family than family...tough tough...

Wow...it's chucking with rain and thunder here...I guess that's my 13mi run moving to tomorrow... I'll run in rain but not with thunder so close to where I run...being such a flat place that'd make me the highest thing around...

I guess it's time to actually clean the place ....

Pk, given I'm not running as not feeling well, I actually managed to clean the house over the last few days. What a difference, I can see carpet in the kids room!

More coffee first though...lots of it... actually enjoying watching it rain ...

I've just put the kettle on, my next job will be to get something from the chemist. Vodka maybe.

Are you taking iron tabs now?

Bruce will be fab, I'm going to try to persuade D to take us to the pub later.

Ah ok, let me know what he comes up with!

Right, aside from feeling shit it's been a good day. We walked the dog down to the pub so I could finalise the details of our tri club social and we could just chill and have a couple of drinks.

The girls found some games secreted in a corner and so a really competitive round of Jenga ensued. I love games and always have, but D doesn't like them so it's down to me to do that stuff generally with the kids. I'm the one teaching them to play chess etc...

Ug, shit sleep and still lurgified, no training today. AJH I heard on the news about the noise curfew at the concert.

Lol, quite an evening!

I've never been to a concert unless you count some Welsh singer I saw when I was about 17.

We had to call an ambulange for a druggie, so I missed most of it anyway

I hate crowds too, if they get too much I have to leave. I did that once just before midnight on NYE in Sydney. Couldn't handle it.

I hate crowded pubs too.

Yeah, D got paid on friday so I've just made an appointment for this afternoon to have my hair cut, it's long overdue.

Hair is quite a bit shorter now, a bob just below chin level. It looks good like that, I need to change things about myself periodically, I know people who have the same hairstyle all their life, and whilst not knocking that in any way, I get bored and will quite often change to a style/colour which doesn't suit me as much as the last just for a change.

However I know this one works, tried and tested over the years.