The week just gone

Too busy to write, is part of the truth. The other half is I had a weekend celebrating my birthday. Work has been dominated by marking exam papers that will hopefully pay for a summer of cricket. Well the job's done . I've reached the age where birthday's simply mark the fact you're getting older. A fact proved last Friday when a session with a personal trainer left me walking like a cowboy ,long in the saddle, who'd lost his horse. The real pleasure of my birthday was time spent at a family meal last Friday at my favourite pub-restaurant, and a meal with my oldest friend and his wife last Sunday night. The whole weekend was backed up with cake and rock buns ( a personal vice).

Saturday, my daughter's birthday was largely spent on the road travelling to football, and the frustration of hearing that Arsenal had thrown away a four goal lead. My mood lifted on arriving home and finding that Man Utd had lost. The fact that would not be invincible like the excellent Arsenal team of 2003-04 meant more than the net gain of a point.

The new week began with putting the final touch to the plans for Student Tour to Washington DC /NYC that I'm leading shortly. Very much the final tour. Meanwhile I discovered that my teaching position is being advertised next week, whether anyone suitable applies is yet to be seen, but it brings home the fact that the curtain is gradually being drawn on my working life. I'm left with a few months to ponder the next step.