Some things

Some things that have happened since last time we posted. I'm not sure I can think back to the last time I myself posted so sorry about that.

Emma and Steve got married. This was nice. I went along in the evening, and much fun was being had by all the beautiful people.

Hitchin band came in the coveted position of not last in the London & Southern Counties 2nd section area contest. Rather disappointing given the effort that was put in by all. At least I didn't fluff most of the rather exposed lead Eb bass line. We're now working on a solo each to help build our individual confidence, so I'm playing Bass in the Ballroom which is a classic tuba solo and I am looking forward to.

Elspeth's grandmother passed away and we went to the funeral in Lincoln. A sad occasion for all. Although I never met Grandma and have only now met Pop, it was moving for me, reminding me of fairly recent funerals of my own grandma and my aunt. The number of people at the church for a lady who had been ill for almost a decade and rarely out of the house in recent years spoke volumes.

Work has been busy. I put in the most highly utilised month by a member of the modelling team on record in March. It's the end of the appraisal year now and we're all looking back over the year and forward at our objectives for the year ahead. I've had a great year and am really looking forward to developing more in the coming year. Recently my boss asked me to be on the lookout for potential future employees with the same kind of background as me as they were very impressed with me. I must have been a successful experiment afterall!

It's been nice to have some visitors at the house - Chris and Sian on a couple of ocassions and Jo for a few days last week. Elspeth's parents are coming down for Easter which will be nice, although I'm going to have to spend some of the weekend keeping up with the studying. We're really enjoying the house at the moment: in particular, spring time in our own garden is lots of fun.

That must be most of it. We've both had a stinking cold for the last week - it must be time for a holiday. I've just noticed that what with bank holidays, weekends away, an anniversary holiday and a couple of weeks of study leave, only 2 of the next 11 weeks I'll be doing a full 5 day's work. That can't be bad.