Day off work today and getting the packing sorted out.
Things are very tense.
Kids being over-silly and excited, Trx and I not communicating at all well.
I'm not sleeping, and keeping her awake.
We are very awkward with each other and unresponsive.

Here's hoping the holiday won't be the stressful nightmare we see it as right now.
There's issues about how well we will get on with the others, and the potential of having our family routines in the spotlight for a week.
It will be a tough challenge I think, but there is still a lot that I'm looking forward to and determined that we should talk ourselves back into a more positive frame of mind today.

We've just about used up all the surplus food in the house with some excellent bodge-up meals the last couple of days to leave the fridge pretty much empty.
Cat-sitter arranged and all their stuff cleaned up and sorted out.
Actually it isn't - I'm supposed to be doing this now but came online instead.
Mainly to confirm arrangements for Guthrie in Oxford when we get back - which has gone down like a lead balloon and isn't really very good timing.
Had too many beers with Murphy on Wednesday night, but we talked for miles and he's looking forward to meeting RH again at the gig.
Gave me a lot of insightful advice ont hings with the website, and I feel encouraged to go for it now.

Useful to rant to him as well about the office, and catch up on how he's (not) doing looking for a new job. He seems unconcerned tho and will find something easily I think once we starts to look.

Tied up lots of loose ends at the office yestreday and have managed to leave only one job over-running. We've picked up loads of leads for [b]pageone[/b] which I sent to print yesterday - should have 100 sites by the end of the year.
And a quick turnaround job on the leaflet for the new markets at Bargate. Only came in Monday and was signed off yesterday.
D is off into town today to meet CCM and pick up CASH for the job! ironically, we'll now have another £400 in a brown envelope to take to Wales which is now going to be too much money.

I've got to take LC to "the tea" this morning to see her friends while Trx finally gets to talk to a midwife.
Then load and pack the roofbox, go into town to pick up the poster site stickers and deliver these to work while picking up the camera and the cash at the same time.

We have lists everywhere and all is buzzing.
Hopefully we can get away by 9 in the morning and arrive sometime around five.

Brand new notebook waiting too, whichis always a nice feeling. The last one has lasted over a year since I started putting some of theses entries straight online. So there are big gaps in the book.
Somewhen I must print off the txtfiles I suppose and pin them into the book. It will be sad not to have hardcopy - near on 15 years I've managed now.
Weird.
My life in words.

Hey ho - gotta go. Things to do. thge next few entries will be catch up from written notes int he good old-fashioned way. Soon D and I have promised me a laptop and him a new machine for the office which will be instead of extra money in August time.
I look forward to that.

But then if I had a laptop, I'd be doing Foxx stuff on holiday, replying to all the emails that are coming in, writing more biog notes and updating the site.
What sort of holiday would that be for everyone else??

No phone and no computer for a week.
Mountains, birds and the sea instead.
A week of family time to settle and re-group.
Hardly a contest really is it.??

Thanks for dropping by, and everyone's support.
Back soon.