An interesting period

The days are getting fewer. Only 15 till the wedding. The last two weeks have gone so fast.

Life has been up and down a bit lately. Xmas and the stresses of counting down to the big day will do that to you.

Unfortunately Girl O' Sand and myself broke out good run and had our first real fight. A combination of lack of sleep, wedding stresses and too much boozing on my part. Thankfully we sorted it out quickly but I do not want to go through that too often. Over indulgence on my part has probably been a bit too regular in recent weeks.

A high point of the recent past has been a visit by The Low Five. They hitched the Hyundai to our post for a couple of days. Lil' Anton once again proved that a 7 year old can be the smartest one in the room. He may never get the chance to pull on the baggy green for Australia but if his current cricket fixation continues I can see him dissecting the game in print in a way that the likes of Roebuck and Haigh can only dream about.

It was nice to get a chance to chat about writing with Hank Five. We don't often get the chance to talk face to face anymore. I just finished reading his Masters work as well. I found it very uncomfortable to read in parts but I think that is what he meant it to be, especially for those that know him well. It is an ambitious bit of writing. If it wasn't for his explanation I think a lot of it might have been lost on me but I hope I do understand at least some of it properly. The pressure is now on him to reproduce the quality in his best-man's speech.

The countdown continues.