I woke up starving with the worst craving for pad Thai. I don't have the makings of pad Thai or even the close approximation of pad Thai. And I have no fuckin' means of transport so I can't go and get the stuff to make pad Thai. So I am eating a Weightwatchers fish pie instead.

I can't decide if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

I know other people's dreams are deadly dull, but I am dreaming really vividly at the moment, so I beg your indulgence ( Read more... )

It looks like we're going to the Luangwa Valley in Zambia to look for leopards on our safari in February.

OMFG, I am SO excited!

More details as I get them...

Saturday was Daisy's first birthday shindig - she MUST have two, don't you know - one for her new friends and one for the friends from her old school. So we went ice skating in Peterborough with three of her old friends, followed by pizza and birthday cake here. On Friday she's having a sleepover for her new friends. Her birthday is not so much a ( Read more... )

So there we were in the arrivals hall at JFK two weeks ago. It was really crowded because several flights had come in at once. I did what I always do - headed for the American queue because it's so fast. They usually let me get away with it as Daisy, who travels on a British passport, is my child and we're travelling together. So I'm heading past ( Read more... )

I passed my driving theory test today. It should've been next Thursday, but I managed to get a cancellation. I've now booked my practical for the 30th, but I'll keep trying for a cancellation on that, too.

I could be driving again in a week or two - end of the month, tops.

*has everything crossed*

has anyone heard of a board game called The Settlers of Catan? I got it for Daisy for her birthday, which was yesterday. I was looking for Carcasonne, which we really like, but they didn't have it. This has elements in common with Carcasonne, as you are building roads and settlements and trying to develop the region while stopping your opponents ( Read more... )

It's a week ago tomorrow that my grandmother's funeral took place. I don't why that's resonating with me right now. I don't feel grief at the moment, at least not in the traditional sense - I am aware that she's gone, but it isn't making me actively sad. Maybe that's because I haven't let myself actually sit and contemplate the fact yet. Every time ( Read more... )

Well, today is the day for my "all about me" interview on Radio Leicester. I'm feeling slightly nervous about it as I'm not in the very best frame of mind at the moment, but on the other hand it will be diverting ( Read more... )

...and it feels like I've been gone for ever ( Read more... )