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I made it! What a weekend.
I fell asleep on the return flight and had a strange dream about helping Father Christmas deliver presents. All in all, the flight back was a lot less nerve-wracking than the one that got me there. It might be the fact that having had a good flight last week calmed me down a bit, or maybe I was still half-pissed from the weekend. Either way I got through it without brown trousers or a heart attack, and for that I’m incredibly grateful.

I had a horrible encounter with a medical device over the weekend. It’s called a ‘mooncup’ apparently. Its a plastic, re-usable, sanitary, feminine hygiene product; a new-age, modern, environmentally-friendly alternative to tampons.. It’s placed into a ladies pleasure-parts during ‘her time of the month’ and catches all the menstrual blood, which can then be flushed down the toilet and the ‘mooncup’ can be washed out. No uncomfortable towelling involved, no five million tampons a week being flushed or dumped in the countryside, and no embarrassing pharmacy moments where you have to ask the shop boy for the Large ones.
I think it’s a great idea, I’m just not happy about Sophie’s best friend using one, and leaving it on the bathroom sink when she’s staying over. In my drunken state, I thought it was an eye bath, and used it accordingly. It may have been my imagination, but I’m sure Edinburgh had a tinge of red about it all day.

RC 14-4-09
1012 BST