Cripes!!! I have just realised it’s been 5 months (FIVE?!?) since I posted anything!!
So much for discipline eh?
Firstly then, my apologies…. Whilst I realise that waiting for another installment of my exciting and whirlwind existence probably hasn’t killed anyone, or started major protest rallies in small countries led by communist dictators, I apologise to anyone who actually took the time to read my witterings and comment, both on WP and on blogspot! Thank you! (even though it is currently only the 2 of you! I’m grateful that I am not talking to myself)
Anyway, I am back, and while I might not have time to tap away every day (due to the upcoming emergence of the watermelon I appear to have eaten whole), I’ll certainly try and check-in every now and again.
So, what’s new?
Well, Skip is currently getting a mop-chop and a curry in Delhi, we’re back in the UK, and bump is 3 weeks away from being cooked. Since March we have discovered it is a pink flavoured bump, and although we have a few names lined up, we’re still not entirely sure what she should be. Currently, she is called “Porcupine Pineapple Flossie”, as this is what ‘im indoors thought a suitable name after a few drops of falling over water in HKG. Still, could’ve been worse, she could’ve been named “Dusk til Dawn”, “Wan-Chai” or “Insomnia”. So Classy!! Those of you familiar with the usual nocturnal activity in Honkers will share my relief I’m sure.
As for the move back to Blighty, well, it was sad but necessary. Kind of like throwing out that pair of bunny slippers that were oh-so-comfy, but starting to smell and go a little bit mouldy on one of the ears (although admittedly, I did sneakily retrieve them from the bin… and they’ve been through the washing machine so that OBVIOUSLY makes it ok!). The commute was getting ridiculous (2 flights a day at dumb times), Skip’s ritual monthly roster stoning has been punishing to say the least, the exchange rate is far less favourable, and combining that with all the jobs our company is cutting….. It was a bit of a no-brainer. It doesn’t mean we’ll never go back, it just means not right now.
I have to say though, it is quite nice to be back, although it has meant dealing with the M25, a few chavs and crappy weather, and things we left the UK to avoid. However, I can’t really complain much, as we have a lovely little cottage in a very quaint and genteel patch of the east of England to nest in, and I’ve spent the last few months globe-trotting and shopping in style (i.e. First Class) avec mon Capitan with the last of my free tickets. Hard life eh? Frankly, No.
Anyway, although I could witter on all night, I shall take my leave of you, as I am feeling a forage in the pantry coming on. On that note, here is a a completely rubbish joke from the back of a penguin wafer wrapper (one of the great things I have discovered on my return from La Belle France… truly a miracle in chocolate snack eating!!). It made ME laugh, but that could just be because a). My mental age is about the same as my shoe size, and b). I have eaten too many penguin wafers and my brain is now chocolate addled as well as pregnancy pickled.
Anyway….
Why can’t penguins fly?
Because they don’t have the money for plane tickets!
Boom Boom. Should I give up the day job?
