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Living well is the best revenge

I’m just back from another stint in London, staying down for a whole week – from Wednesday to Wednesday. It’s good to be back in (almost equally) familiar surroundings, although I was home so late that I didn’t get to see Elisha properly – she was snoozing away when I got in.

At the office down there, work was pretty hard going, with lots of frustrations that led to working later than planned every night. I’d even planned to make a couple of trips to the office over the weekend just to keep some processes running and keep the momentum going, but that came to nothing when I didn’t have the required support.

Still, the weekend wasn’t a total waste – I got to take in the R.E.M. concert at Twickenham after Mike lost, then found the tickets at the eleventh hour. Quite literally, actually – he only called at 11am on the day to say he’d discovered them wedged between some CD cases. Up until that point I’d shrugged off the fact that he lost them, almost convincing myself I wasn’t that bothered, but I was so delighted when he found them!

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Home from Home

After a completely painless drive back up the motorway from Liverpool, we’re back in my mum’s place. It’s only now that I’m back in Helensburgh, I realise that it has to be one of the maddest round trips I’ve done; flying to London, staying for eight days, getting the train to Liverpool, then driving back to Helensburgh – the full Planes, Trains and Automobiles experience. 🙂

It feels good to be home… well, in this home – and it felt good to be back in our home in Liverpool, too, especially after spending over a week living in a hotel.

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