Woke up in a pile of sweat. It was either a very hot evening or I’m going through ‘the change’. Actually started early, so I could finish vaguely on time. Working on dull stuff for the next four days, but it’s only four days, so grin and bare it.

Managed to get in a few more bits of Japanese revision in breaks. Went out for a run. Finished on time so went out to Almondsbury to find another Geocache. Spent about twenty minutes thundering about in a thorny bush, I was looking for a nano-cache not attempting a dogging feat. Failed.

Came back home and once again failed to find a decent location for three suitcases and a step ladder. They are currently all sat on the landing, every time I need to move across the landing I have to shift them all around. They will probably stay their for eternity.

I realise that we are going to be in Tokyo for ten nights, so far we have Tokyo Disneyland for two days, nothing else planned, better have a look.

Tonight is very warm, the dog is asleep in her basket, even she can’t be arsed to do anything.

So yesterday started with sanding. Much sanding. Mainly working on the coving, I’ve done about three quarters of the bit which is stripped. It’s actually coming along quite nicely and I’m getting quite a nice finish. I spent the best part of four hours manually sanding it, this caused the whole downstairs to be covered in dust, as well as me. After this my arms were aching and my neck was shot. I took a shower and a few tablets to stop my neck flaring up. Went out for a walk and then felt fine.

Met my sister at the pub, it was full so we went off to the Taj Brasserie, which was very nice indeed. I was so parched (and full of sanded plaster) that I downed two pints of King Fisher in about three minutes. The meal was very good, although the Chicken Garlic Chilli Masala wasn’t as spicy as I’d normally expect. Then between three of us we got through three bottles of wine and I think my sister and I drank the bulk of that. Got home and then the combination of everything caused me to revisit the curry. It was no spicier the second time round. I then spent several hours praying to the porcelain god. I have no idea if it was the shear amount of alcohol or a combination of SSRI’s and anti-flams, but it came on all of a sudden. Usually I just fall asleep.

So then, in the morning, how did I feel? Amazing. I woke up a little dehydrated and that was it. For the first time in months I actually felt that my melatonin levels were about normal and my head and body were actually both in the same time zone. I was going to get back into sanding but took the dog out, she decided it was far too hot for her and actually sat down a couple of times. As it really was a nice day I thought I’d give the DIY a miss and go out and get some sun. So I had some lunch then went out walking for about five hours. I had my little GPS app and found three more Geocache’s in Hortham and one in a Almondsbury church yard. Came back, hung some more washing up and had a cold beer (see I can’t be put off). Then I did a few more bits of Japanese on the iPad and then had a bath. Now just relaxing before work again tomorrow. Just four work days.

Had a bit of an odd task to do today. Gear wobble. More accurately gear wobble sound. Anyway made a change from boring database type stuff I’ve been doing the last couple of days. It was pretty straightforward to do and is quite effective.

Nice weather again. Went out for a run lunchtime. Also started going through the Japanese course again, right from the beginning and using it as a review. Sped through the first unit in a couple of hours.

Went out in the evening for another Geocache hunt. Found another one, failed to track down two others. It is quite fun and appeals to my geekyness.

We ended up watching a documentary last night which was rather strange, it was about ‘dogging’. It mainly seems to be a way to get your wife shagged by as many odd people as possible. It appeals to ugly men and fairly ugly women. Jamie said, ‘So she’s sat there with her minge out, now what’. Well as it happened, not much. Oddly they were all wearing animal masks, which added another layer of bizareness.

Working on app code again, once again not particularly exciting. Most of the day was just fire fighting various issues with very little additional code done, but again, that’s just the way it goes sometimes.

Cleaners arrived. They made a sensible decision and actually sent one of the original ones round who actually had a clue what she was doing. The fire grate still has ‘dust me’ written in it still though.

Picked up the dog from playgroup.

Did a bit more Japanese but got to the point now where new stuff isn’t really sinking in. So I think with the last week or so I’m just going to start going through from the beginning again and use that as a review. As I think it’s going to be a lot more useful to be able to order train tickets than it is to discuss the fact that ‘Maroon Five’ concert tickets have sold out. (Yes that is in there.)

Went out for a walk again with my phone GPS. Found two more geocaches, went for a third but that bloody motorway was in the way again. Anyway, good excuse for a nice walk as yet again it was a very pleasant evening. Hopefully if it gets warmer I can get the bike out and seek out a few further ones.

Jamie is cooking tea tonight, so salad free. Hopefully I’ll get it before tomorrow.