I have been trying very hard to become a little more organised, as is probably apparent from the blog so far this year. One rather large job is going to be organising all of my phone contacts, which sounds dreadfully dull. I have realised that amongst my contacts are at least 30 names I don't recognise, two people who are dead, and a huge amount of contacts from a job that I have not done for coming up for 6 years. In fact, looking carefully I realise that I have never cleared out my contacts since I started using a mobile phone. This was 18 years ago. The trouble is, it's one of those jobs that needs to be done, but I know will take an absolute age to do it, and I am not sure I have the will to bother. Anyway, We are getting more work lined up. There is a chance of a week long workshop in the Summer, which will be excellent, but I need to make sure the money is right, or I will end up giving up all of the Summer Holidays again, and I don't want to do that. We also have some Easter Workshops to do as usual. All in all, the year is panning out very nicely work wise, and I am really happy about it. The day was made even better with news from the accountant, which has meant that we do not have to panic our way through the next few months with a huge tax bill. We treated ourselves to a bottle or two of wine and Pizza in the evening, which was a pleasant way to end the week.
We managed to watch a little of the Australian Open Semi Final in which Andy Murray narrowly lost to Djokovic. It was very exciting, but I am glad that they don't put Sport on during the day all the time, I would get nothing done.
I am rather pleased that we have no concrete plans for the weekend. Much as I have enjoyed the last two weekends, it is good to be able to spend some time at home. I hope to catch up on some films, do a little reading, and some writing as well. Spurs played (An undeservingly won) tonight, in the FA Cup, but there are some other good matches this weekend, so hopefully I can catch up with some of those as well. I shall hope that Siri does all the housework for me. He has taken to calling me "Your Royal Highness" at the moment, which I like, but it conflicts with my Republican sympathies.
I also received a phone call from a parent whose child wants to be a writer, and has written since the age of four. She is now ten, and wants to write plays. This is all rather fascinating, and I am wondering if there is some way of channelling this and perhaps other young writers. I am going to have to turn this idea over in my head for a while and see what comes out the other side. Also received some rather sad news about an old friend who moved away some time ago, who appears to be rather ill. Perspective can be a sobering thing.
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