Six Months of Slacking

It may have escaped people's notice, but I've not been around here much recently. Clearly three posts this year has been a lethargic effort even by my own highly lackadaisical standards.

So what's happened this year? Well, I can cover it off quite quickly. We bought a house, we moved into the house, we've done the standard 'new house' stuff such as organising furniture, constructing IKEA puzzles, putting off decorating and taking advantage of the eternal DFS sale. On a work note I've been made redundant twice - admittedly the first time I was sent a lifeboat from a neighbouring sinking ship, but it's still twice - and have since found another job with longer term prospects of staying above the waterline.

There's been time for some travel and social activities too - we've spent a weekend in Frankfurt, an enjoyable week in Sweden split between Stockholm and our friends in northern Sweden, and to round things off we have a trip planned to Athens in September. Closer to home, we did the annual visit to Wimbledon (sunburn report: not excessive), hosted a July 4th barbeque (albeit not on July 4th), and watched the Farnborough Air Show from the comfort of our own garden.

So all these goings-on, and not a thing written about them. Clearly I have some catching up to do!