I know, I know, nearly two months since the last update. Sometimes it’s easy to find the time and the emotional energy to update the diary, and other times it’s very hard. Also, at times, the stuff I
want to write in here really isn’t wise, and so I leave it alone for a while until I’m more me.

The Gemmell Mania website has suffered from a lack of updates as well, although I’ve just gone through it tonight and added all the reviews and recommendations that have been sent to me in the time between changes.

I’ve been doing a lot of work on NewsMangler, and it’s pretty good now, even if I do say so myself. Still needs work on the exception handling side of things.

Grete went through a pretty bad patch recently, one of the reasons for a lack of updates. However, she’s come through it with what seems to be a renewed lease of life, and is once again working at
Oxfam. Which is nice[tm].

We’ve been away for a few days at Center Parcs – Eleveden Forest, which was nice, although I’ve bruised my coccyx cycling, which hurts and is a bad thing[tm].

Work is better, generally not too bad to be honest, and I’m much busier now than I have been for a long time.

We’ve got another cat – Bubbles – to go with Squeak. No photo’s on Grete’s site at the moment, but I’m sure there will be soon.

I still officially hate cars – our car is now due MOT, Tax and Insurance once again. However, it does give us the freedom to get around, without which we’d be in real trouble.

The Omega event was excellent – without doubt the best LRP event I’ve been to, to-date. I think I set out to do nothing, and did far more than normal. Weather was ok, company was excellent, and the four days were generally brilliant. It’s not long now until the next event, and I’m really looking forward to it.

We’re off to our second Medieval Banquet at the Sheriff’s Lodge in Nottingham this coming weekend, which should be excellent.

[Although Grete still has to sort costume out – and only three days to go!]

Anyway, long update, and I promise I’ll try and make updates more frequently (for some reason, people seem to read this now and then!)

I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed,

I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how to have fun again, I will be more relaxed, I will learn how
to have fun again.