Well, I am beside myself with excitement.

I finish work tomorrow and will not be returning again until Tuesday 4th September.

How jolly exciting.

It is my first “longer than a long weekend” break of this year.

It is my longest ever chunk of time off in the last 2 and a half years that I have worked here.

I am so excited.

What am I going to do with my time?

Well, I won’t be on the net and surfing as I have no landline at home, I will not be spending any money as I am so skint that it is not even funny.

I will be cleaning and polishing my camper van as I am selling him to upgrade to a newer and better model.

I will also be sorting and have a huge life laundry of things that I no longer need to live with.

My parting thought, and something that will undoubtedly intrigue me during my week off, is……

You know when you see old people, manly ladies, with dogs in trolleys? You know the sort, sometimes a wicker trolley and sometimes it can be a nice tartan trolley. Well, what do they fill the trolleys up with so that the dog sits high enough to see the world and not fall to the bottom of the basket?

They must have stuff in the trolley to keep the dog high up, so what the blazes do they put their shopping? Or do they only ever shop with the trolley whilst the dog is elsewhere?

If you know an old person with a dog in the trolley, do us a favour and lift the dog out and tell me what it is laying/sitting on will you?

Take care and enjoy the heat wave that we are destined to have over the Bank Holiday.

Will catch up after my break.

p.s fish are fine, they are still going strong and Scooter is still transfixed by them and Vinnie is still totally blasé about them.

p.p.s I have a USB memory stick thing now so I can write entries at home, and bring them in for a simple upload before I start work or in my lunch. Hopefully, or not so depending on how you feel about me, this will make my posting a little more regular!

Goodness me, time really does escape me sometimes!!!

Well, just time for a quick update a massive thanks to GLW. take a look at the comments on my last post and you will see a black cat photo. Bless. Yours and my two could all be related!!!

Fish and cats are all doing well, though not impressed with the ever changing weather!!!! One minute they are having ice cubes, next minute crying by the back door as they don’t want to get their feet wet!!!!

Bad times - my lovely 1974 VW camper van was the victim of some mindless vandals last week. They have keyed and scratched the windows and panels down one side.

Some of the damage has been polished out, but some just cannot be done. Gutted.

Good times - it has forced me into making a decision and after owning Duncan for 5 years, I have decided to sell him and get myself a VW T25 van.

Now all I need is good weather so that I can crack on with the mammoth clean up!!!!

It will be a big bold move for me, but as my life has changed so much this year, I feel that the final touches will be a new van for my new lifestyle!!!

I am also hoping to spend a lot more time away at VW festivals/shows next year, and the improved T25 will suit my needs and provide me with an additional feeling of safety now that I am on my own again.

That’s all for now. Good news is that I have got my laptop at home working though I do not have a phone line!!!

It does mean though that I can write my updates at home and just bring them in and load!!!!

I am hoping then to become abit more regular in keeping you up to date with my exciting life!!!

I bet you will be unable to contain yourself now eh???!!!! Just try and calm yourself will you?!!!!