The funeral will be on Wednesday at 10 am. So I am going to probably drive up in the morning and drive back late that evening. Mum is going to use me as an excuse if it all gets too depressing. Nice to know I am of some use..!

My boss has been brilliant in all of this, let me take time off without classing it as holiday. He rocks, he also has more DVD’s than Blockbuster and he doesn’t charge rental fees :o)

Well now its all nearly over I can start getting things sorted for the holiday. All the tickets, both international and internal, have been paid for and delivered, the car hire is booked and paid for as well, all that is left to do is book the hotel in AL, get the wedding gift and some new clothes. I also need to wax all my bits and bobs, start the sun-bed sessions and save money at the same time. I am having my hair done this evening so it shouldn’t need doing again till I get back.

My Mum keeps offering to help me out money-wise and can’t understand I don’t want her help, admittedly it would be useful but I want to do this myself. When we get back its new TV time. I want a BIG telly, one I can see the pictures without wearing my glasses. Talking of glasses, mine are about to drop to pieces, but I am loath to spend the money on new ones before I go out there just in case I break them.

That’s another thing to add to my ever growing list of stuff to buy. Although there is one thing I have to buy, and that is a remote controlled airship for Rupert. I promised him one and so I am going to find one when we are out in the US. He still wants a Power-Z200 so that may appear in his Christmas stocking. We will have to see how good he is this year.

Rupert has a new nickname for me “Clockwork Claire” because I am so easy to wind up (apparently). He actually said I was easy. To which I replied “I am not easy, it took you four years to get into my knickers” to which he replied “yea but now it takes nanoseconds”. That left me speechless for once and I flounced out of the bedroom with as much dignity as I could wearing a towel and my hair in a pineapple bunch and proceeded to sulk in the bath.

I need to get him back. All ideas welcome.

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