In order to incorporate an element of Irishness into our dinner, we broke open a bottle of HP Sauce with Guinness. qidane and I tried some with our food. Then kateaw opened the bottle lid and tentatively sniffed at the contents. As it was a squeezy cap, there wasn’t much to smell at, so she gently squeezed the bottle. And promptly shot HP Guinness Sauce up her nose.

Oh how we laughed.

It’s Kate’s birthday today. She has had a good day, meeting Mary for lunch, and is no doubt looking forward to an evening of chocolate cake and Campari.

kateaw’s birthday is at the end of October. But I’m more interested in her birthday next year — it’s a Significant Birthday, so deserves a bit of planning for the party. Time to starting thinking of ideas!

It is kateaw’s birthday on Sunday 25^th. To celebrate we’re planning to have lunch out at Pizza Express in St Andrews at 1pm, and then tea and cake at home at about 4.30pm.

All who know Kate are welcome to join us; please let me know if you’d like to come to lunch, tea, or both.

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Haven’t updated the journal in a while. Got back from London on Monday evening after a pleasant time working in the London office, and an excellent time visiting Kate’s side of the family in Kent over the weekend. Came to the conclusion that first-class travel on Southeastern Trains is rubbish — definitely not worth spending any extra money on — whereas National Express East Coast was quite excellent.

Tuesday was a day in the office in Dundee, with a nasty sore throat all day. Andrew and I collected Beth and Kate from Dundee Airport at tea time; they were returning from their week in Kent. I spent the rest of the week working from home, with a headache above my right eye that started on Wednesday morning and is still going. I’ve had mild cold symptoms too, so I guess its a sinus problem. Hope it clears up soon.

I spent yesterday tidying the spare room, which is soon to become my study. When Beth moved bedrooms last year to the front of the house, I lost my study, and her old room became the spare room. But now I’m working at home for several days a week, it is becoming an intrusion for me to work at the dining-room table, so I’m making space in the spare room for a new table to work on. It should be turning up in a week or so.

Today has been a day of activity; Kate, Beth and I went out for a swim at the Fairmont St Andrews after breakfast, then Andrew joined us for a walk along to the St Andrews Harbour Gala. We lunched in town at Bella Italia (unfortunately the menu has changed and they no longer have Beth’s and my favourite), before having a look at the St Andrews Model Railway Exhibition. A fun day out.

I bought the Blu-ray of Planet Terror this week; I’m looking forward to watching it this evening.

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