I haven’t really been in the mood to blog just lately – the time of year I suppose. Everyone’s really busy, me included. I’m trying to build up the courage to face shopping at Tesco – which is now advertising 24 hour opening. Great – nothing on the shelves or in the freezers then.

It’s no point opening up for 24 hours if you can’t get the staff to stack, which does seem to be a major problem with Tesco. And when you get there, they’ll be nowhere to park – because everyone has used the two hours free parking to go shopping in town. If you’re very lucky you’ll be able to find a trolley – but the only couple that will be left have even more wonkier wheels than normal. After fighting your way around, past screaming kids and down trodden husbands, filling your trolley with food that will no doubt get throw away – you can spend a good half hour queuing to pay. Yes, I’m sooo looking forward to it!

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All presents have been purchased and just one or two left to wrap. I used to spend a small fortune on flowers for my mum’s grave until last year – when it suddenly hit home that she really wouldn’t have wanted that and a couple of pounds worth of daffodils would be more to her taste . So, as with last year, I’ve made a donation to the Salvation Army, specifically for the homeless, which was something she cared deeply about. Much better the money be spent giving someone a hot meal than paying for the rabbits Christmas dinner – they’ll have to eat grass instead.

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The electricians have nearly finished – thank God for that. At the moment I’m sat here without lights and with no heating – my feet are like blocks of ice. We put a big notice on the front door first thing this morning (for big read A3 size paper) instructing staff to change the sockets over on their computers. All the old ones no longer work. I’ve lost count of the amount of phone calls I’ve had saying ‘my computer isn’t working’. I’ve come very close to telling them where to put their computers - everyone has walked in through that door and no-one here has a white stick or a guide dog. And they’ve all seen the notice because as soon as you say: didn’t you read the notice telling you to change to the new sockets, you get a: Oh, yes, I saw that – do I need to do it now? Idiots!

Moan over – back to work.