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/3009/2002 Archived Entry: "Monday, Monday"

I've had a pretty good weekend, thanks for asking.

C&G had their big brand relanuch on Friday evening, which I didn't go to because Candy and I were off to Becca and Pat's for the weekend. So, as compensation for not going, I got a bottle of City & Guilds Chardonnay, some branded Guillian chocolates (the ones that are, for some bizarre reason, shaped like shells) and some little sweets in a nice little C&G branded glasses case type thing. Anyway, apparently the chardonnay was nice and I always liked those choccies. So that was good.

Saturday was a great day. It was gorgeously hot and we just sat around in the garden all day, read and played with the dogs. Louis - B&P's new puppy - is SO cute and he's also a complete terror. Full of energy and curiosity and playfulness. It's lucky that Molly (the other dog, not my dad's wife...) likes him or I think she'd have killed him by now.

The book I was reading (and still am, although I only have another 50 or so pages to go) was the utterly amazing Strange Places, Questionable People by John Simpson. What he has done is just astounding, I found my gob being regulalry smacked. He is also a very funny writer and has some wonderful phrasing (although I can't remember any of it specifically. If I get a chance, I'll come back and add an example). The life of an World Affairs Correspondent for the Beeb is not an easy one.

Came back again on Sunday, which was a total pain. There were the usual engineering works on the line, so the journey, which should have taken about 3/4 of an hour by train, took two hours by coach and then train. Sometimes I really miss having a car.

One good thing, the person who came to us with the offer of £68000 finally came back (after going thorugh £70 and 71000) with £72000. We accepted it, although it's not as much as we really hoped for. However, I spoke to Northern Rock this morning and we will owe them £1700 pounds if we cancel the mortgage early, which is rather a lot and makes me dislike the financial 'advisor' we had back then even more. This is after 6 1/2 years of owning this flat. I really feel screwed over and very annoyed by this turn of affairs. Candy and I are both convinced that this was not something we were told, because we wouldn't have accepted it. Even back then, we were fairly certain that we weren't going to be there for 7 years. I think more discussions are in order. I hate money.

Posted by Sean @ 10/19/2002 01:36 PM GMT