When booking our tickets about 8 months ago, it kinda never felt like it would actually happen. "Yeah sure, let's do the thing!" (meanwhile thinking 'pft, that's so far away, there's a good chance I could be dead by then it's so damn far away).  But alas, it's happening. Right now….

You know, for about 4 days earlier this month I totally felt like I was on top of everything. My spare sheets were washed and I even knew what was in my in-tray at work. 

Then someone blew the airlock….

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all. Is it though? Having love isn't like having a hamburger.  Your hamburger goes away, and you'll definitely be sad that's it's gone because you thought you had another bite left - always a bummer. But love isn't like a hamburger….

Wikipedia tells me that a fella called Theodore built the first laser in 1960. Did he envisage that one day, thanks to him, mankind would be be fighting fierce space lizards in the cold vacuum of space with laser guns strapped to their forearms and shins?  Or perhaps humans would get massive laser canons implanted in their chests…..

Something happened on Saturday. We spent the morning lazing around in the air con cause it was hot as balls outside. Seeing as we're rubbish at grocery shopping now, we got hungry, and had to leave the house for lunch. Sure, let's make a date of it - let's go out for lunch and frosty cider - yeah, that sounds great! There's a place called Ben's Burgers in the Valley…..