I just had to post today just because of the date! It has to be a lucky day for someone, right? I’ve not really got much to say. I’ve been very busy at work this week and soooo tired. I think the constant rain is depressing every one but I guess I shouldn’t complain since we’re lucky not to be waist deep in water like poor Yorkshire.

I had a very busy weekend last week up at the caravan so I’m making it up for it this weekend by doing not much of anything. I took advantage of WH Smith’s 3 for 2 offer and bought a load of books which I hope to devour over the coming days. I used to be able to read a book per day but I just don’t have the time anymore and when I get home from work I’m too damn tired to focus on the page. The weekend at the caravan was a total wash-out so that meant I got some quality reading time but, man, am I pissed at one of my favourite authors. I’m not going to reveal the author or the book so as not to spoil it for anyone who stumbles by here but it depressed the hell out of me.

(God, it’s raining…. again…)

I bought a portable DVD player for the caravan and it arrived on Thursday. I was about to hack it to region free when my cable and internet both went down for the rest of the evening which meant I couldn’t get the code! It’s so dinky though! I thought it would be good for the kids when they stay at the caravan. The school holidays started last week and my mum’s hoping my brother will bring the kids over so she can take them up to the caravan.

The caravan is situated at Craig Tara, Ayrshire which is one of those Haven Holiday places specialising in holidays for families. The kids have stayed there before and they really enjoy it but it’s really not the type of place I would have chosen. It’s nice enough and the kids will be safe there but nothing about it appeals to me. Thankfully, there are plenty of historic places around. We went to Culzean Castle on the Monday and it is an amazing place. I’ll do a post about that soon but there are pics in my Flickr account for those interested. Ayrshire itself is quite an old town and normally that would thrill me but it is so rundown, I found it quite depressing. It really needs a lot of investment but there’s just no money to do that. Like a lot of places, the new big retail parks and shopping malls are killing the local industry and many shops are closing down. I love the convenience of shopping malls but part of me regrets the loss of all those unique little shops. Shopping malls are the same wherever you go and that’s probably why shopping bores me so much.