Weekend Look-Back/November Look-Forward

I felt very pleased with myself on Saturday, after coining an alternative phrase we can use instead of ‘The Fuel Crisis’. As it’s not really a crisis, as there’s plenty of fuel around, and the only problems are being caused by people’s behaviour, I suggested we call this latest little spell of unrest ‘The Fuelishness’. Everyone else at work looked nonplussed, but I was rather pleased with myself.
If I didn’t think newspapers are an unforgivable scourge, I might consider a career as a headline writer for them.

Sunday with Sophie was delightful. We had a fry-up, we had a walk, we had a mid-afternoon Rory-cooked roast, and Mathew spent all day clinging to her like she was suddenly his favourite toy. I fell asleep in the evening watching the NFL with a glass of red wine and then went to bed feeling very satisfied with my Sunday.

In other news, I am trying to convince Gavin to let us do a Bonfire Night party at our biggest site. He is reluctant, as he says he doesn’t want something ‘thrown together at short notice’ and thinks we’ll get stiffed by fireworks providers who are hiking their prices up after Covid/Brexit/The Fuelishness. He’s already forking out good money to throw a big half-term Hallowe’en event and doesn’t want to blow ten grand or so on something else just a week later. Personally, I don’t think that’s a problem, but maybe that’s me being selfish, as it’s probably my favourite night of the year. I’ve always had dreams about putting on a massive November 5^th Spectacular Extravaganza and suddenly realised last week that I’m now in a position to do it! Every Bonfire event I’ve ever been to, I’ve found myself making mental notes about the good and bad things and what I would do differently, given the chance. I really think I could put together a winning night, and one that would grow and grow year on year and become one of the premier fireworks displays in Western Europe!
Yeah, maybe I should calm down a bit.

RC 5-10-21