What day is it? Oh yeah... What happened today..? Er...

Work. In on the bike to the office, armed with an mp3 player loaded up with King Tubby, Lee Scratch Perry, Pavement, Fuck Buttons, Dusty Springfield, Philip Glass... anything anything anything to drown out the crap.

So I withdrew into a cocoon and read (!) the policy on data management that I contravene on an hourly basis. Then did some work, some admin.

Underwhelmed, I went out to see the parliament and look at a shot dealbh had posted on tumblr. Hot and bright (the weather, Pensioner, the weather...), I then papped a paparazzi lurking by the entrance.

Back to work; long chat with the gaffer - reeled him and then nailed him with the sucker punch. Should be fine there for a while.

And out at 4.30; children to get and feed and bath and read to.

News from across town was not encouraging, though. Terrible twos behaviour in a ten year old? Gah....

And the most frightening chat with Maw; relayed the recent events whilst they have been swanning about in Orkney and Great Tew and Bakewell and Uddersfield. Her comment? 'Oh dear'. I said 'I've been telling your for years what she's like and you've been complicit in this and all you can say is 'oh dear'???'  Dear goodness.....

Where's my sloe gin? Tomorrow promises fireworks. Tune in, same time tomorrow...

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