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Okay, I’m embarrassed to say it but yesterday I went out for my works’ Christmas meal and at a point in the early evening Alex, Tony and I went to Burger King for a spot of quality food. As we got up to leave, the effects of a few JD’s combined with my cunning current lack of ability to balance very well and I fell flat on my face right in the middle of BK
It was one of those moments that you look back on and just squeeze your eyes, hoping it didn’t actually happen - I was SOOOO embarassed. So I apologise again to Alex and Tony, again it wasn’t really a drink issue but more a balance thing, something I am acutely aware of at the best of times let alone when distracted by a few drinks. It is only going to get worse in itself though, something I am going to have to deal with..

Beside that, it was a cool meal, we went to ASK in Basingstoke for some festive pizza and then onto Lloyds for drinks (before we hit BK) - it was good to see everyone from work again, reminds me what “normal” life is all about and what I’m missing

was today, it went really well (Freddie is my nephew). It happened at the same church where H and I were married (St Thomas of Canterbury), then onto the Navy Club for the afterwards food/drinks until 5pm.

Kerry has put up a couple of pictures on her Facebook page, I hope she doesn’t mind me nabbing one to stick up here..

I felt a bit self-conscious having to stand up in front of a whole church load of people *looking like I do* but it was cool, for a good cause and I am now officially a Godfather!

After selling my Marshall half stack and a whole pile of computer bits, I had raised enough “spare” cash (is there such a thing?) and bought an xbox 360 with a couple of games. The primary reason for buying it was that I am assuming some point in the future when “things” start to go downhill I will be more housebound so it will give me something to do.. plus because I have sold pretty much all my guitar stuff and computer stuff I thought I deserved a little recompense.

So far I have only set it up and had a little play but it is cool, definitely gotta get some more interesting games than the ones that it came with.. also I can’t log on to the xbox live site to set my gamertag and download some demos etc.. seems it is down

I am an avid reader of www.xkcd.com, and a past strip really made me chuckle and think of my days at school - try showing this to our Physics teacher (can’t remember what she was called now!) and she’d vociferacly agree:

Well, we went down to St Mary’s yesterday and watched Southampton v Blackpool, it was an excellent day out!

The day started with a stretch limo picking us up from home and taking us down there in style, we had a couple of bottles of fizz to help keep us going. We got there by 2.30pm and took advantage of the pie and pint for £5 offer, a pint of Tetleys and a chicken curry pie certainly hit the spot before the game!

3pm, we found our seats (row AA) and sat down to watch an actually pretty entertaining first half - hit woodwork and a goal from Stern John in the 34th minute which was enough in the end to take the win!

Half-time, a cup of coffee and a King Size Twix each kept us going and a return to the seats yielded a half-decent second half including a missed penalty for the Saints and a goal disallowed for Blackpool.

5pm or so, the final whistle goes and we troop out with the good feeling we’d witnessed a decent game and the Saints had an acceptable win under their belts so it was back to the limo for the ride home.
A detour to Asda for some beer and cheesecakes followed by a stop at the kebab van meant we wouldn’t go hungry so it was back to ours for food, drink and some reflection on a quality day!

All in, a quality day and I wouldn’t change a thing.. pictures to come as/when I have the energy to find the camera usb lead!
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I had a txt from my brother Steve yesterday showing he’d gone the whole hog and gotten his hair trimmed too.. not to be left out Gary has done the same and we are now all equal!

well, in preparation for the radiotherapy that’s coming up and expecting my head to get a little sore, I got Gemma to give me a bit of a trim yesterday - man, Im back in the zone of feeling like a cancer sufferer etc

My scar is still pretty visible though, never a good thing.. gotta nip into town today and buy me a decent beanie hat, come the time when my hair falls out completely (Day 19 according to the Radiographer) it’s going to get C.O.L.D.