I’m still stoked about baby Charlotte. You couldn’t wipe the smile off my face today even with a Brillo Pad dipped in formaldehyde.

I got some writing done, all of it transferring text from my notebook into Word of my new novella. Now I’ve began I’m unsure if it will expand to a novel length piece or not. No concerns though – it will be what it will be. The working title for the novella is, Greener Is The Grass.

I went for a delayed pay day curry with Julz and Linda from my work, delayed from last week due to holidays and other things. What with our usual haunt closed down we had to find a new place, so settled on Khushis in Victoria Street. One portion of veggie pakora, a lamb dhansak, pilau rice, nan bread, and my share of a 5-pint jug of lager later, and I was stuffed to the gunnels.

Thereafter we were joined by others from our department, as we proceeded to make the best of an afternoon in Clark’s Bar. And then the evening. And then the night…

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