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rich_jacko) wrote2007-07-03 08:19 pm
rich_jacko) wrote2007-07-03 08:19 pm
Extended weekend. Also topical commentary.
Despite fears that I might not make it back through the flood waters, I had an enjoyable four-day weekend away visiting family.
I was staying at Mum and Dad's, where I earned my keep being Dad's "checker" on his GCSE marking. Either I've forgotten everything, or the doom-mongers are exaggerating and GCSE physics is still quite thorough and challenging (at least until this crap comes in - I've signed the petition BTW!)
On Saturday, we visited Vick, Ady and Carly. Carly still hasn't worked out what she wants to be doing about eight every evening, so I did a lot of pacing around with her to try to keep her quiet/entertained. She's just last week started tracking people and smiling properly :o)
We got back late and watched up Doctor Who off video. I thought it was a good finale with some nice twists and surprises, though the Doctor's return was a bit too messianic for my tastes and I wasn't convinced for a second that the Master would just lay down and die like that (and there's so many ways he can still come back...)
On Sunday we visited my brother Oliver and went out for Sunday lunch. I met his girlfriend Caroline for the first time, who seems really nice. His college campus is also fab (I'm somewhat jealous after I spent a year slumming it at Ranmoor!).
Back to Sheffield on Monday to discover a city devoid of flood waters and daily power cuts. I've no idea when it got back to normal, so I hope it wasn't too bad for anyone over the weekend.
I saw Shrek the Third yesterday evening, which was okay though nowhere near as funny or imaginative as the first two. This was on before the filum, and I completely agree with all the parents' complaints - who cleared such an advert for young kids to watch, and what the hell were they thinking?
Back to work today, and I had to suffer for my four-day weekend, with quite a stack of work (mostly correspondence) built up waiting for me. Ho hum, back to the grindstone...
I was staying at Mum and Dad's, where I earned my keep being Dad's "checker" on his GCSE marking. Either I've forgotten everything, or the doom-mongers are exaggerating and GCSE physics is still quite thorough and challenging (at least until this crap comes in - I've signed the petition BTW!)
On Saturday, we visited Vick, Ady and Carly. Carly still hasn't worked out what she wants to be doing about eight every evening, so I did a lot of pacing around with her to try to keep her quiet/entertained. She's just last week started tracking people and smiling properly :o)
We got back late and watched up Doctor Who off video. I thought it was a good finale with some nice twists and surprises, though the Doctor's return was a bit too messianic for my tastes and I wasn't convinced for a second that the Master would just lay down and die like that (and there's so many ways he can still come back...)
On Sunday we visited my brother Oliver and went out for Sunday lunch. I met his girlfriend Caroline for the first time, who seems really nice. His college campus is also fab (I'm somewhat jealous after I spent a year slumming it at Ranmoor!).
Back to Sheffield on Monday to discover a city devoid of flood waters and daily power cuts. I've no idea when it got back to normal, so I hope it wasn't too bad for anyone over the weekend.
I saw Shrek the Third yesterday evening, which was okay though nowhere near as funny or imaginative as the first two. This was on before the filum, and I completely agree with all the parents' complaints - who cleared such an advert for young kids to watch, and what the hell were they thinking?
Back to work today, and I had to suffer for my four-day weekend, with quite a stack of work (mostly correspondence) built up waiting for me. Ho hum, back to the grindstone...
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