Yesterday, when I was mad.

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We have given notice on our poxy house! Now to (a) pack (b) find somewhere to live ...

Made it to the pub last week, seeing much drunken twittering on the pub wifi. The BlackBerry is the best MP3 player I've ever owned, with a web browser as well. It also has a phone, but I won't hold that against it because I can switch it off.

It's been a pleasantly dull working holiday week. Some people actually showed up at the office.

Tomorrow, arkady will be taking the entire gaggle of daughters to meet a horse, with a view to taking on a share of the expense and riding it a lot. Freda will have her first ride, on a very old and slow one. Freda also bought her first glossy pony magazine yesterday. I will be poor for the next twenty years.