It is 15:52 as I begin this posting and the heavens have opened outside. Out the window goes the plans for washing my car (I had made a start actually but more on that later.) A Friday off and a long weekend. A lot planned but as usual I got up later than I had anticipated, in fact it was 8.22am and I was hoping to be in my car on the way down to Nationwide by then but never mind, I left just after 9am and dropped my car off at Nationwide Autocentre in Desborough Avenue. However, as I walked down Desborough Road into town, having text Jen I got a phone call. It was from “Nationwide”. I was confused and though the guy and got the wrong number but I had actually forgotten to give the key for my car, so rushed back to give it to them. Wish companies would have different names to save all the confusion. Then, I headed back into town and waited along with a handful of people for the library to open. It was opened just after 9.30am and I headed upstairs to level 2 (via the stairs, I could not be asked to wait for the lifts) and renewed my books, then asked one of the staff the location of the reading area. Although there were small chairs around, I opted to go to the study area upstairs. I sat down towards the back and continued reading The Catcher In The Rye. I stayed here until 11am and then rang Jen to see where she was. She was just feeding Aiden and would text me when she was coming into town. I decided to make the most of the thirty minutes I had to go and walk into town, go to the bank and have a look around a few of the shops. A suit is on the agenda, so I took a look at a few in M&S. As I came out of the department store I noticed I had a text, Jenny was downstairs. (or so said the one word SMS). I tapped her on the shoulder as she returned a big load of books and placed them in the shoot. We then headed over to Starbucks Coffee for Tazo Tea (Earl Grey). It was nice to catch up and it was the first time we had seen each other in over a year. Aiden was asleep in the buggy and looked very cute. I looked at a bunch of photos on the FinePix camera. We then went over to La Tasca for lunch which was very nice. It became a bit of a names game with us bouncing old school friend names at each other. Some were a bit of a surprise and shock but most I could not put a face to the name (hence the need for Facebook). After lunch Jen gave me a lift back to Nationwide, even though I had been happy to walk. After I paid the damage, I got into my car and headed home. I wanted to wash my car before the weather turned and I knew it was a race against time. It was just gone 2pm. However I could not begin without watching Break The Ice music video on XBMC. Eventually I got out there and vacuumed the interior and decided I would give it a polish tomorrow. When I started to rinse the car down there were a few rain drops but nothing serious, so I continued and loaded it with the snow foam and left it to rinse. However as I went to take my Poor Boy’s Shampoo and fill up a bucket but the rain started. I rushed back outside and rinsed my car down a little. Pointless with the rain water but I thought it better if I rinse off the snow foam with my clean water rather than the dirty rain water. I then had to scramble to get all the kit put away before I catch a cold. Then, typical, as I write, no type this, the sun is out and the rain clouds have disappeared. The wash will have to wait. So what is all this in preparation for? Well it it the 2nd ever Audi Meet on Sunday and I have Pav coming along in a professional capacity to help make sure my car gleams in the Show ‘n’ Shine competition. Although the weather does not look at that wonderful for Gaydon. I last went back in early March (Mother’s Day in fact). Do you think I should warn my neighbours that on Sunday morning they will be woken by the amazing noise of a polisher? I must mention a song. A song I could listen to non-stop (and frequently did in the early months of 2000). I heard for the first time in many months on Sunday morning. I had gone to fill my sister’s car (a regular occurrence recently) and on the drive back it turned 10am, it was Sunday 6th July. Dick & Dom were about to start their show and their second song was this. This was the moment when I stood up and took notice of All Saints. An absolutely amazing band and this is by far my favourite song. The lyrics and melody just take me to another place and I can never grow tired of listening to the vocals. The girls are not the best singers but something magical happens when their harmonies combine. Oh and no, I still have not see The Beach. An extremely social week, with two meals out on Tuesday and Wednesday (Marlow and Cookham respectively) so yesterday was my first ‘me’ night for a while. Strange how much I miss the internet when I do get a chance to log on at home. So, the end of an era which I should really go and reflect upon over on the work log. I will do that at some point over the weekend but for now I am going to actually get around to enjoying what remains of my day off.