Holiday 2011: Day 5

Holiday 2011: Day 5

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Today was pretty much a washout as Jane was really hungover. She had drunk quite a lot the previous night. We all set out to go to Brixham, but we had to turn around and drop Jane back at home, she was that rough. Colin, Myrtle and I went to Brixham, it was nice. We saw some nice paintings and…

Holiday 2011: Day 4

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Day four was plagued with indecision. I got the impression that Myrtle wanted to go somewhere but wouldn't say where, waiting for someone else to suggest the place she wanted to go to and then say "YEAH LETS GO THERE". Maybe it wasn't that, but that's the impression I got. In the end we went to Tuckers Maltings. The most…
Holiday 2011: Day 2

Holiday 2011: Day 2

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Got up and had a shower. The shower was nice. The bathroom in general was quite nice too. Then we had a fried breakfast. This, supposedly, was to fill us up so we wouldn't want lunch 'til later in the day, but I found I was still hungry at the usual lunch time. We went to Paignton Zoo on day…
Holiday 2011: Day 1

Holiday 2011: Day 1

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Holiday! I got up at 5am so I could jump in the shower first (I must have a shower every morning - I get terribly sweaty at night), and be ready for the designated 7am departure time. Funny - 5am is my usual Saturday morning wake-up time, so it wasn't too much bother for me. As I said, 7am was…
Pre-holiday bonus

Pre-holiday bonus

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Work is a bit odd at the moment. Loads of people are leaving or possibly getting sacked - I'm glad I can get away from it for a week to be honest. We're going to Dawlish next week, with Jane's Mum and Dad. Should be interesting. Anyway, as a pre-holiday bonus, I went to see Mum, David and Jasmine today.…

I am happy

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I am. Mum sent me a text message after we went to see her last weekend and in it she said I seemed very happy. I am very happy at the moment, very content with my life and the direction it is taking. My relationship with Jane is the best it has ever been, we're getting on great. My work…

Happy Birthday to me

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I am now 32 years old, and I'm sure I say this every year, but I don't feel a day older than 25. My loved ones got me some smashing gifts. Jane got me Fable III, which, due to me working, she has played more than I have. Mum got me the new Rangers shirt, it's so nice, and a…

We went to the Zoo today

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Seeing as it was a nice day, Myrtle brow-beat Claire into taking the kids to the zoo with Matt. Then Claire brow-beat Jane and I to come along too. I love a good traipse around Marwell Wildlife, but Claire and Matt seemed more interested in getting around as quickly as possible, sneaking looks at their mobile phones when they thought…

If I won the Lottery…

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I was thinking the other night, and came up with all these ideas. I'd pay off Jane's part of the mortgage, and everyone else's, for that matter (if I won enough), I'd pay off Mum's mortgage and give her some money to do the house up, buy a modest little place for David, Katie and Jasmine so they wouldn't have…
MGM – The most pointless thing I’ve ever won

MGM – The most pointless thing I’ve ever won

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I was once a keen Amiga enthusiast and I used to read Amiga Format. They ran competitions every month, but I never entered any. David and I were visiting our Father one weekend, and Amiga Format was running it's biggest competition ever, two whole pages of general knowledge questions - the prize was an Amiga 570 CD Drive. As there…