Update

Lo all...

Apologies for lack of blogging (and for lack of sarcastic replies to all "yo mofo bloggas"...). This was due to me dashing off to Cambridge on Monday to meet and greet my dearly beloved, who had just returned from Uganda (where her parents currently live). I might have planned to escape revision - I was wrong. I went from being occasionally harassed by a 'rent or two, to being constantly monitored by a girl with NOTHING to do all day except sit asking me questions on chemistry! BAD MOVE!...

That gripe aside (:D) I enjoyed myself fully... But moving swiftly on (before Jim starts complaining of his deprivation), I returned here on Thursday, found the aforementioned rather small person a bike to get her around Cambridge - one my sisters got too big for several years ago - and varouns other bumf on Friday, and then spent most of today in Chelmsford: MMMMM... SALES...

So: half an hour in Game, an hour in HMV, and a couple more spread between Ottakars, Waterstones, Argos and a handful of others... And of course going into the Meadows toyshop to play with the speaking Gollum/Smeagol... Nasty Hobbitses... they stole it from us they did...

The present problem was solved by the purchase of a set of three interlinked silver bangles and also a knittable Eeyore, and now my preciousss has departed for Cambridge again from Stansted station, wearing my blue 'hoodie' (how wude!) - having had to keep the windows down all the way because she felt carsick - though not apparently the fault of my driving - I hope! But she did leave me with a handful of loot (gifts from her travels) including something VERY cool, which we spotted in a shop in NZ while I was out there at Xmas...

The amazing device is an automatic bubble blower... It consists of a trough for bubble mixture (or water + washing up liquid of choice), a revolving set of little hoops like the ones supplied with the normal little bottles of bubble stuff, and a fan to blow them, all built into a compact little black machine... rather nifty I thought! Well, I like it anyway :p

I think that's about all I have to say... I just looked at Koel's blog and realised I have a LOT to catch up on just there! So I shall have to allocate some time tomorrow to just sitting and reading... am allowing myself to read on entry before bed :D

Oh yes: hope y'all had fun at Edinburgh, those who went... As I predicted, I forgot to phone and say congrats, so will do that just now (probably waking up Prillo - oops...). I guess I was just caught up in the hectic whirl of revision, wot wot? Yep, very likely...

Anyway, ciao for now...

Depressing fact: Mass riots and shooting in Iraq: Burnt out tanks on the streets of Baghdad: Tony Blair goes on a weekend jaunt to Bermuda...