The internet seems a bit odd lately. I don't mean the internet in general, although many would agree that it is indeed odd, but rather our internet connection. A couple of times it's been working enough for it to attempt to collect mail and then failing, although it didn't like the idea of letting you look at websites. Most of the time it's okay, but still. It's a bit annoying. And it's being incredibly slow at times, taking ages to load pages. Add to this the problem of the router that decides to stop working at random intervals, and... chaos!

Well, not really chaos. At least Ali's upstairs usually playing Neopets games, so she can see when the router's gone all peculiar. I say 'at least', although sometimes I wonder whether she's getting a little too obsessed. ;)

I'm still not feeling great. It seems lately that I'm collecting illnesses - whenever one's on the way out another one appears. None of them have been life threatening, which is good since I don't have a doctor in Leicester. My doctor's 160 miles away. I've tried a couple of times to get into Ali's surgery (not that she owns it, it's the one she goes to) but they're not accepting new patients. This seems to be a common thing in Leicester. I don't want to find a new doctor, because I hate going to the doctor's and I hate signing up and having tests etc. when you join a new surgery, but I have to do it. The fact that they're so full up at the moment just makes it so much worse. :(

Anyway, I really have to go to work tomorrow (the unpaid work) because the nice chap's on the case to find me something that's actually paid. He's always so enthusiastic about the work I do and what with being ill I haven't seen him for a while. I feel bad that I haven't been around to do more for him. Ah well.

What else... well, eBay's recent 'free listings day' has resulted in me selling a bunch of N-Gauge train stuff and a few bits Mum wanted to get rid of and making (wait for it) about £120! This amazes me! Someone paid about £10 more for the tank engine (it's green, not blue, so if it has a name I suppose it's Percy, unless I've forgotten my tank engine names) than I paid when I bought it new! Wow. It makes me feel slightly better about the lack of paid job. I want to hang on as long as I can without having to take a shop job or something. If I do that then I'll be totally out of the loop, and where I am at the moment I'm perfectly placed if archaeology jobs come up. That's the plan, anyway.

Hmm... wedding stuff, well, not much to report on that front. Mum booked a marquee for the reception, I think. We need to find a band though. The band she was going to ask about won't be available - their lead singer's daughter is getting married on the same day (September 4th). D'oh!

Weddings cost a lot. It's scary.

Ah well. Since I have no money I suppose I won't be paying for much. :)

But I'd rather not bankrupt everyone. :D

I have been mostly.... READING: best of private eye 1996; the king of torts (john grisham) / LISTENING: eurovision 2003; ego war (audio bullys) / WATCHING: stargate (sky 1); neighbours (bbc 1); angel (sky 1)