So started this morning very slowly. Actually it was a bit weird, I remember being woken up by Jamie at about 3AM saying Sasha had opened the bin and eaton a load of chicken wings. He then proceeded to cough violently for ten minutes, I then had enough and disappeared to the spare room. I woke up at about 6AM, Sasha needed to go out. I went downstairs and found a cling film wrapped raw chicken breast in the hall way. Went back to bed. Got up eventually at ten ish. Got breakfast for me and Dillon. Sasha went without for being a naughty girl. Sanded and painted the door frame again, then cleaned the window above it. Had lunch, then did a home check for a cat. Came back and picked Jamie, then did another home check and went to the Apple store. Came back and spent probably a good hour on the keyboard. Worked out that ‘Bye bye love’, sounds way better if you belt it out on a full draw bar organ. Did the accounts. Upgraded the firewall. Had a bath. Which should hopefully be the last time in that bathroom. Jamie is cooking tonight, look forward to being ill tomorrow.

Started just after ten. Shopping arrived. Jamie’s off so he dealt with it. Working on some grass bugs, as well as squeezing in some performance improvements. Apart from going to the post box that was pretty much it until it was time for Pump. Did Pump, back up to full weights now. Then did a good session with Laverne afterwards. Came back, had protein shake, then did far too much work. It’s now almost eleven and only had two bits of toast all day. Need to hang the washing up. Then watch Big Brother. More painting to do tomorrow, then clear out the bathroom ready for the plumber.

So started just after 10. Worked through until just gone two. Working on grass again, well it had a bug in it, which was a pain in the ass. So while I was there I did a few other tweaks as well. Walked the dogs. Then went for a run, had a shower. Basically took about two and a half hours off. Then started work again and finished everything off. Racked up over nine hours and it’s still not checked in yet. Going to sit down now and drink wine, haven’t had any since Sunday, aren’t I good. Laverne is back (not going into why she was away) for the moment, so Pump as normal tomorrow.

Spent part of the night in the spare room as Jamie’s stomach and flu respiratory problems kept me awake. I went off in about two minutes in there. Woke up at 6:20, took Sasha to daycare. Went back to bed and didn’t get out until about half ten. Worked through until it was time to pick up Sasha again. All about video players today. Came back along the M5 as the traffic was awful. Went to Pump and worked on my arms. Came back and did a bit more work. Finished late, due to late start. Watched Big Brother. Time for bed. Oh, the plumber responded to my email, he’ll be here at 8:30 on Monday.

Started at a reasonable hour again. Worked all the way through until about four. With the online team today, was quite fun configuring my network to fall over with massive packet loss and large latency. Went for a run for an hour, came back and had a shower. Did a bit more. Painted the door frame. Didn’t do much work on Faithless. Ate. Watched Big Brother. Really liking Katie Price, she’s very down to earth and loved her description of what she did to her ex.

So stated work almost on time. Worked through until lunchtime. The cupboard doors arrived, all okay. Drove over to the stonemasons and picked up the marble vanity top. Looks very nice, is bloody heavy. Came back and worked until early evening. Went to Combat. Came back and did another hour. Then thought I’d work on a different piece of music, so went for the riff out of ‘Insomnia’ by Faithless. This is a rather tricky piece and needs to be played fast with a very strange rhythm. It’s coming on, but needs a lot of practice.

So this morning started fairly normally with breakfast and coffee. Then soon up to Staverton, for part two of the weekend. I got into it fairly slowly and calmly. We took off and did an auto on the first circuit then a normal second circuit. James got out, then I had an hour to play by myself in quarter of a million quids worth of helicopter. I started off with a couple of circuits, the first one was way off for landing, second was absolutely bang on. Then I did some hovering, knocked out a couple more circuits, then more hovering. Finally finished off with two circuits. On the last one I got caught out by a cross wind, which suddenly then turned behind me. I was in serious vortex ring territory and everything was shaking. But knowing the signs I got out of it and just increased the forward velocity, scary for a bit, but recovered nicely. Today I was in charge of the helicopter, it was no longer in charge of me. Before I knew it, my hour was up. Drove back, had lunch, got petrol. Then we took the dogs out to the field. Came back and did a video for Jamie’s channel. Changed the bed. Had a bath. Now waiting for Jamie to cook for me, could be interesting.

Started off far too early delivering Jamie and his mate to the station. Went back to bed, then actually woke up very late. Had to belt down breakfast and coffee then drive up to Staverton. I’d already texted Captain James and said I didn’t want to do solo today. So we spent an hour flying round and doing a couple of really fun confined area landings, on grass mounds in the middle of flooded fields. Did a couple of circuits and an auto. Will go back tomorrow now to do more solo. Drove back, had lunch, painted the bathroom door and frame. Walked the dogs. Went to the tip, then went to B&Q, got bolts for door handles, and a new bit of conti for the shelf. Came back and practiced on keyboard. Got a new book which is quite heavy on theory, suddenly something I didn’t quite get about key structure when I was twelve has now suddenly clicked. So spent and hour doing major / minor keys all over the place, just kind of jamming, which was fun. Did the accounts, had a shower.

The caught up with Big Brother, oh my god, Perez, you are such a complete cock. And I love Katie Hopkins, need to follow on Twitter.

Started at 10AM, couldn’t really be arsed any earlier. Worked on a few bugs and the mighty grass once again. At least a couple of people liked what I was doing, but the majority wondered why I was doing it. Invoice arrived from the granite place, I gave them a call and it’s ready for collection. So that’s the last item on the list apart from a couple of bolts. Went to Pump, did a session with Laverne, which will be the last for a couple of months. I wish her all the best, I’m sure she will be fine. Came back to find a guest, who was expected. Already assaulted by the dogs. Had a quick clean up and then we went to the appalling pub for dinner.

I’m supposed to be flying tomorrow, but still a bit weather dependant. I still have painting to do.

Okay, so started at 10AM. But did works through till gone three. Walked the dog. Was debating about going for a run, but the weather has been awful, so rang up and enquired about Spin, no problem with availability there. Did a few more hours and then went to Spin. Fairly exhausting. Came back and did another hour. All on CPU stuff. Then on with music practice, going quite well. Lang Ling or whatever his name is, has nothing to worry about. Got an email about doors, will be delivered on Monday.