Back to it then, no peace for the wicked – and after the last week I think it’s safe to say I have joined the ranks of the damned. What a nicer way to spend your first day back at work than by running the payroll – love it. At the moment I have a total of 15 out of the 49 timesheets that I need, obviously we must pay this lot too much and they don’t need the money. Another half an hour and I’m starting without them – they’ll have to make do with basic wages again. Am I bothered? Nah, my timesheet is one of the 15 waiting to be processed.

Sage Software have sent me a new version of Payroll to install – I was tempted to do it while I’m waiting, but my common sense prevails and I’m going to leave it till afterwards, I’ve not got the energy to sort out the problems that you could guarantee would happen if I did. It’s too early in the year to tempt fate – she’s probably still got a hangover and wouldn’t be very happy about it.

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Great day yesterday, it started after I finished blogging in the early hours of the morning. Youngest son, who after welcoming in the New Year in with us and his friends, decided that they should visit all the other families and wish them the same. He came back at 2.15am with our new next door neighbours and their family, 9 in total – who he’d acquired on the way. He’s good friends with their son and was well pleased when they moved in next door.

So, at the age of 16 and ¾ he had managed to get drunk for the first time in his life. It had taken all evening and a concerted effort on his part – he’s not at all keen on alcohol. Yes, I'm sure that will change given time. He’d managed to drink a couple of Malibu and cokes and from that had progressed to a small bottle of Smirnoff Ice and lastly a can of John Smith’s. Which to be fair I don’t think he liked – he pulled a face and downed it quickly. 4 drinks in total – he’s cheap to take out if nothing else.

He rang his brother up at 3.30am to wish him a Happy New Year. He also told him he was sooo very happy, in fact I think ever other sentence spoken to everyone until he went to bed was – I’m sooo happy.

He also told Steve that he loved him – the first time in his life he’s every uttered those words to his brother. He was sat in the living room at the time with everyone around him – he told them he loved Steve too. He was the bestest brother and he was sooo happy.

He also hugged his Dad and told him that he loved him and guess what? - he was sooo happy. He will hug me and say that he loves me without being drunk – it’s just that there is usually no-one around at the time. Totally lost all his street cred I'm afraid– but it didn’t matter because he was sooo happy. Six hugs in all I got. I think that I probably got my years supply all in one night.

I got up at 10.30 and started lunch, Steve and Lu turned up at 12.00 and decided that it was only fair that they should wake Matt up. Although he was tired, he didn’t have a hangover – unlike Himself. The poor man – could I find him some tablets? Wimp! That’s the good thing about not getting drunk yourself – you can enjoy teasing everyone else. Located tablets and made him a cup of tea – see, I can be nice. Occasionally.



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Right, one more picture fatality that won't make the competition.

Not a partridge in a pear tree, but a peasant in a Seymour tree. Trouble was it was pouring down with rain and I didn’t get the focus right, OK, two glasses of cava may have help the matter.

Never mind, back to the drawing board.