Staggering................

This is the birthday card my best friend Jennifer has sent me - subtle, eh!

She and I have been pals since we met in Primary 3, and even though she lives at the other side of the world (Glasgow) we're still very close.

We must have been strange children....even at the age of 7, we had our old age (which we assumed was when you got to about 36) all planned out - we were going to have rooms next door to each other in an Old Folk's Home overlooking the river. We knew that by then, we wouldn't give a toss about weight gain, so this home would provide chocolate for most meals, as well as a constant supply of ice-cream from one of the Italian cafés in Gourock.

Over the years, the specifications for the home have changed slightly....gallons of gin, as well as chocolate.....but the only thing that's altered significantly, is the age at which we're going in.

I reckon I'll wait another year or so........