Bro's come and gone.

So I managed to completely fail to post while Laurence was over for an all-too-short visit. 6 1/2 days and 6 nights of catching up, drinking, darts, theme parks, drinking, bus tours, drinking, observatories and museums (?), drinking and eating meant I've not really had much time to sit still. We had a blast when he was here, and hopefully he'll get Pam over sometime soon so they can both enjoy the weather, scenery and beer and wine . . . .

Summer's here and the time is right . . . .

. . . for dancing in the street! It's Paddy's day today and the weather is -ahem- BRILLIANT! I had to throw in the Guinness quote - I love those ads . . .
Anyway, we took a trip to Small Claims Court today to try and get money back for the costs incurred after Corrie got attacked by a (large) Airedale Terrier last year. We've been trying to get the owner to stump up the ~$2k we spent on two surgeries, another day a the vet, and sundry costs for painkiller and antibiotic injections and we've been getting nowhere. We turned up this morning and Helen was urged to try mediation (waste of over an hour!) and by the time the case came in front of the judge he only had about 10 minutes to preside over ours and another case. Needless to say the first chance he got he cut it short and asked for some more paperwork - he wanted ours and the owner's Vets to talk and agree that the costs were incurred as a result of the attack. The other owner has been claiming sub-standard care by our Vet and we obviously don't agree. I reckon the judge has already determined that she is liable for the cost and now he's trying to get the Vets to agree on the costs so he can award to us. We're back there tomorrow afternoon to (hopefully) wrap it up - watch this space!

50 miles (again!)

Managed to squeeze in yet another 50 miler this weekend - I have to get out more during the week though to catch up on the lost weeks when I was traveling and sick. I'm up to 250 for the year but should be at ~500! Gotta go - the road is calling .. . .

FaceBerry

I've added Facebook to my BlackBerry. All I need now is Linked In and Twitter and I'm all set - I'll never need my laptop again!

Clocks going forward this weekend

I just got a reminder that the good old US of A is sticking to the "let's move to summer time before everybody else" idea they had least year, so our clocks will go forward this coming Saturday night/Sunday morning. That means as of next week I should be hammering round Fiesta Island every Tuesday night (that I'm in town) with my friends as I start my training for ETT in November. An eight month training schedule may sound crazy, but I need to lose 20 lbs and get way faster going uphill if I'm going to hang with the big boys and finish the 109 miles in under 5 hrs . . . . . wish me luck!

Santa Ana, baby!

Well it's going to be a hot one here today. Santa Ana time again . . .
But I still have to sit inside and work, gazing at the cloudless sky and bright sunny day. Ah, life in southern California :)