So spent the night in compressing tights, it’s kinda kinky, maybe fishnets tonight….anyway, leg felt better this morning and my balls no longer ache, so I think it’s a step in the right direction. Work was using that bloody laptop again and what was a bigger ballache (back to them again) was doing timings on it. It was quicker to edit on main PC, shelve the code and then un-shelve and build it on the laptop than it was to do the edits on the laptop. Still, got to the root of the issue in the end. Still have a lot of work to on it. Walked Sasha, it was bloody freezing today, even if the sun was out. Walked out this evening and it was freezing again, finally found a Geocache I must have spent over two hours looking for on five separate occasions. Started watching ‘The night manager’, going to have a shower and then get into the next episode.

Woke up unable to put my sock on again, I must admit I forgot to do the stretching yesterday, that probably didn’t help. Sat on a cushion most of the morning. Took Sasha out for a walk, couple of spots of rain but we got away with it mostly. Walked to the post office and returned some jeans that didn’t fit. Was going to ride to Combat but it rained as soon as I opened the door so walked instead, annoyingly it then remained dry. I’ve bust the seat clamp on it anyway, probably my fat arse. Did a bit more work. I’ve put my compression tights on, will keep them on for the next few days, try and keep everything under pressure. Think I’ll pop a pill and have an early night. Plan is to stay dry until the holiday now.

Okay, so Jamie may have gone into work at 5AM but I had no plans to be up like a lark. I didn’t get out of bed until gone 11AM. But my excuse was that I was resting my leg. Walked Sasha and bleached my teeth. Then I drove up to the outlet centre at Gloucester Quays, it’s not as impressive as the Swindon one, but somewhat closer. I bought some shoes, you can never have enough shoes. We walked around the docks and there were two narrows boats in a lock. I stayed there until the lock was full and the boats floated out, never seen the process before, it took about twenty minutes but was indeed fascinating. Jamie looked bored solid. Went out to have another unsuccessful attempt at finding one Geocache. Did the accounts. Got my suitcase down from the loft. Two fun weeks of work left.

Started this morning with the plan of giving my leg a rest. So started with coffee and cereal. Read the papers. There was a new Geocache so headed out to that one and found it after about twenty minutes of searching. Today was the official opening of the local skatepark. So I got on my bike and cycled down there with a leg which was absolutely killing me. I managed about an hour of buggering about in bowls and to be honest I surprised myself in how much I could actually pull off. I got asked by several five year olds (or that’s what they appeared to be), if I was part of the ‘display team’. I just smiled and thought I could be your grandfather. Retired the bike to home and walked Sasha. Came back to the skatepark later and actually watched the professional team, was very good. Then walked to Almondsbury and did a home check for a dog. Came home and decided it would be great if we ate out. To cut a long story short it took over three hours to get two pizzas and a dessert. The poor girl was on her first shift on a Saturday night and that place is woefully understaffed. I gave her a fiver as I think it will probably be her last shift as well. It’s a shame as the food was actually pretty good and very well priced. I’m about to have a bath and will look back on the fact that at the age of forty-four I can still hang around a skatepark on a BMX and not look a complete dick. It’s probably because I’m short.

Started work late, as I’ve done enough hours this week already. It was all spent buggering about with that slow laptop again, I had to upgrade it to Windows 10 in the end so I could use DX11.1 features. Still, was worth it, got a good frame rate boost. Today it was miserable weather so Sasha had a short walk and I ended up doing more work. Walked to gym in the rain, didn’t want to rust new bike already. Did Pump and then mainly a chat session with Laverne afterwards. Walked home in very light drizzle. Was only planning on doing a quick forum post, hour and twenty minutes later I hung up the washing and emptied the dishwasher. Now pizza time, going to spice it up a bit with chicken, peppers and chilli’s, you go girl.

Work was complex, I had three machines on the go at once, it got very hot. Walked Sasha, about six miles or so. More work. Quite a dull day really. Walked this evening and had a third attempt at a Geocache and failed. Came back and had a shower, then put some deep heat cream on my thigh, managed to get it on my ball sack. A nice burning sensation. Jamie laughed, I threatened to stick it on my bell-end and then bang him, he shut up. And Prince died today, it’ll either be Bruce Forsyth or Keith Chegwin tomorrow.

Work was fairly dull. Couldn’t get what I was trying to get to work so moved on to some stress testing, at least that all went according to plan. Tonights title by the way was going to be ‘My gutters got cleared by a pole in more ways than one’. Gutter man arrived, he was fairly rotund and how the hell he didn’t crack the guttering getting his fat arse up the ladder I will never know. Still, he had a nice day for it. He really did fill up one of those big plastic buckets with what was basically earth, so hopefully gutters will now work again. Walked Sasha quickly as I had a conference call at a certain time. Didn’t go to Pump this evening as the weather was too nice, so went for a walk instead. Plus my leg is still bad.

Then heard the news that Victoria Wood had passed after a short battle with cancer, she was only sixty-two. She’ll be well pissed off that she only had a break from Paul Daniels for a few weeks and now she’s stuck with him for eternity. 2016 seems to be the year of celebrity deaths, it’s getting a whole lot funnier up there.

She was the only comedian I ever paid to see and twice at that (no, you’re wrong before you say it, Jasper Carrot I never paid for).

Last week we had four candles and now this week we have two soups. RIP Victoria, you will be greatly missed.

So I spent the morning working out integration problems in an old project. Then I got on to some complex threading atomic shit which still doesn’t work. Walked Sasha via the vets so she’s all up to date with everything and now her kennel cough is in sync with everything else. Went for a run this evening but after three miles I was totally knackered, the fuel tank really was just empty. I came back and had a hot bath to soak all my painful bits in. I have pain in my leg, my buttock, my scrotum and my stomach. I’m basically falling apart at the seams. I’m going to have an early night and put some heat on my neither regions I think.

Work was okay, I spent a lot of the day syncing and building code for a project I’m not directly involved with. Got to work on my fun stuff as well. Managed to take Sasha out during a nice sunny moment. Rode bike to gym, thought I’d pull off a manual going down the road. Now the last time I pulled one of these I was actually probably heavier, but probably twenty years younger with better balance. I failed to bail out in time and ended up on my back and whacked head on floor, bike went flying. Must remember that a modern BMX is about half the weight of an old one. Still, it was a learning experience. Incidentally it was on a dirt track so it hurt my ego more than anything else. Continued to gym and did Combat. It was very busy, word must have got out that Laverne wasn’t doing it. Rode home, actually it only took twelve minutes each way, so very efficient. Did more work, ate salad. Also visited the Physio this morning, I’ve apparently pulled a tendon, so have to do some weird stretches and everything should then hopefully settle down. If not my groin will fall off. Also on getting home I managed to whack the front of my head on the bedroom door. So that’s pretty much every part of my body damaged in one day. Ordered a brain bucket, I think I’ll wear it permanently.

Started this morning with the usual coffee and cereal. I was planning on resting my leg somewhat but that didn’t happen. Due to an insurance issue I had to fit a five lever mortice lock to the office door, this took around two hours in which I managed to shove a chisel through my hand and a screwdriver through my thumb, still, lock is now working. Then we went over to Virgin at Cribs and then I came back and fitted a third lock to the patio door. Finally got out into the garage and built my new bike. Rides nicely, the seat is more of a decoration than anything else, you certainly wouldn’t want to sit on it. Jamie said it’s all a bit low, it’s a fucking BMX, it’s designed for a twelve year old. Had a bath and cooked dinner, curry. Leg still hurts a lot, not sure if it will ever get better unless I rest it completely and there isn’t any chance of that happening. Mother asked if I can spare any time to fix her shed, I don’t even have any time to fix my own gutters that have more grass in them than my garden.