Holiday!!!

8 sleeps to go!!!

Then I'm officially on holiday for a fortnight.

Wooohooooo!!!!

Plans aren't final, but I'm planning to go and meet my best friend at Pizza Hut in town for a catchup, and then go and meet up with just about everyone else around town.

Then (swine flu permitting) a 5 day trip to lots of really good friends in Bristol. Then I'm back up to Derbyshire for a wedding (and meeting some more friends)

Finally, back to Lincolnshire for my sister's birthday, and to spend some quality time with my raspberry-blowing niece :) :) :) :)

Happy times ahead!

And if I get my arse in gear on Sunday Morning, I might have time to see my friends in Oxford too. My flight lands at 7:20 AM, so it might not happen. We shall see (crossing fingers)

This is it...

The tiny little virus that threatens to ruin my entire holiday.

This is H1N1. At least that's what google thinks it is. The tiny little virus that is taking over my world.

I don't want to pick it up from somwehere, and spread it to my niece, but being canned up on an aeroplane for 8 hours, the odds aren't in my favour.

Also, a lot of friends back in the UK seem to have picked it up too.

Anyway, I should be getting on with the cleaning.

Hope you all get well soon. :)

Update on things

Well, tonight was bowling night. Apologies to Woody, I completely forgot. And being late back from work, I didn't even have time for a quicky. Never mind. I'll catch up with you tomorrow....

Apologies aside, the new ball was OK. Although I bowled above my average, I missed a few easy spares. Had a bit of a panic at the end of the night, as I couldn't find my ring. Despite looking all through my bag, it didn't appear until a few moments ago, when it just dropped out on the carpet!

Coin collection is getting close to completion today with the addition of Kansas and Utah.

Flights are booked for the trip home!!!! :) It'll be nice to catch up with friends old and new, although top of the list is my little niece, Chloe.

Coin Collection

Well, thanks to Ben and the change machine at work, I've got Delaware and North Dakota.

That just leaves Maine, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas, Idaho and Utah, and the few extra ones from The Territories.

Bowling wasn't so good this week, but I'm going to buy a ball this weekend, I think.

Also, I've got a pile of unopened birthday cards, and a package of things from my niece, I think.

Bowling

Before I switch off for the night, I should mention the bowling adventure...

Some time ago, my boss at work was looking to start up a ten pin bowling team and thought I'd join in.

Unfortunately, it seemed I had lost my game a bit, and was not too good. I recovered a little bit last week, but it seems that it's all due to the ball.

The result? Well, the other day, my mum said "What do you want for your birthday?" Well, we chatted, and she thought I needed a bowling ball. Well, there's an offer on at the shop in the alley where you get a decent ball, a decent bag and a few bits and pieces for $149. Sounds a lot, but the way the exchange rate is now, it works out at just under £100. Now I know you can pay nearly half that in the UK for a decent bag, so I know it's a good deal.

Whether Americans in general think it's a good deal, I don't know, but from my point of view, everything is cheap over here, even if it isn't.

Anyway, she's disappeared off to chat to everyone else about it, and will probably pay some funds directly into my UK account, so I can purchase the gear over here. It'll be interesting trying to get it home. I'll probably take it home at Christmas.

Independence Day

Well, it's the 4th of July. Whilst it does seem a bit odd celebrating independence from ones home nation, it's still a great party, and everyone here has been really nice. Special thanks to Stirling, his mum, his nan, Uncle Brian, Josh and Alan for the company.

I saw some fireworks last night, and there will probably be some more tonight I'll be able to see from the apartment :)

I've also found out that it's locusts (or should that be loci?) that are making the racket outside. They sound like some nutter with a chainsaw, and yes, they really are quite loud! I can see my family getting rather irritated when they come over later in the year. Hopefully they're seasonal and will bugger off by then.

Anyway, not much left to do today.

Formula 1 - Bad news

It seems my worst nightmare is coming true... A Brit might actually win the championship, and I'm stuck in a country that is not overly fond of F1. The result, neither of the last two races have been screened live.

Instead, they've had them on at strange hours, and I've missed them. Wouldn't be a problem if I had a television recording device, but I haven't :(

Anyway, I can still ge thte results on t'internet, but it's not the same.