let down

I managed to screw up another intended visit to home. I was supposed to go back to give my cousins their birthday cards and presents on Saturday. After last week's train experience, I decided to hire a car. My intention was to get up early, pick up the car and then head on home. I went out for a few beers on Friday night. I found it very hard to get up on Saturday morning. The two may have been related, maybe not though. I could have just been really tired... I managed to head over to the car hire place for just before 3.00pm. Surely people still want to rent cars at that time of day on Saturday, but apparently not enough to warrant staying open. I had to make an embarrassed call to my Aunt to say I would not in fact be coming home for the delicious barbeque, which various family memebers were attending.

I did manage to fulfil my Sunday obligations though, and made it to my brother's house in Leicester to help finish off a glider for next weeks family glider competition. For my Uncle's 70th members of the family have to build identical kit gliders and the longest flying glider is the winner. It sounds like it should be a lot of fun. I am doing a joint effort with my brother. It was looking a bit shonky when i left last night, but my unemployed brother should have sufficient time to work it in to shape before next weekend.

Speaking of my unemployed brother... He is 30, I am 29 and my little brother is 25. Yet somehow we have never all been employed at the same time. A pretty impressive fact, if you ask me.