...and back at work. For some absurd reason, that goes against the laws of the universe, I was actually really looking forward to getting back to work. All the promise of a new year, clean slates, new accounts, fresh ideas and opportunities and all that. Im sure the novelty will wear off quickly enough.

This is my first day back at work since the trip. I was supposed to return on Monday but I had complications that went pear-shaped with a cold and throat infection from hell. I owe Ian a huge thanks for taking me to the doc and putting up with the miserable, awful, crying mess I had turned into. My throat had swelled so much that the pain was excruciating, it was a struggle to speak and breathing had become an issue because the throat was swelling shut. Got put on a nebuliser, got jabs in my ass and a healthy dose of adrenalin and after throwing up the meds a couple of times at home, I eventually succumbed to a happily drug-induced sleep.

Paris was cool. Disneyland was great. I'll have to post some pics of that. The trip as a whole was pretty brilliant. We did something, went somewhere and took a million pics virtually every day. Next on the agenda is Israel for about August. But in between that we have to pull our pennies together for moving in together. Next month is flat hunting and furniture shopping, which Im really excited about. And I think Im up for my review next month so hopefully that will result in a couple of extra bucks in the bank, which will help a whole lot.