When I moved into the new flat I found that the shower head wasn’t all that good. It was mounted a bit too low on the wall and sent water out in comedy directions. While it was OK it wasn’t amazing so I asked the management company if I could get it changed. Unfortunately because the existing shower was quite old I had to get new mounting brackets and rails for the wall as well as a new head.

Last night, after borrowing some tools from Mike at work, I managed to drill into the tiles and fix the new shower to the wall. I am rather impressed with by DIY skills. I didn’t even break anything! Oh, and the shower this morning was so good.

My new flat has quite a good view from the bedroom.

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mir·ror, n. 1. A surface capable of reflecting sufficient undiffused light to form an image of an object placed in front of it. Also called looking glass.

I don’t have a mirror in my new flat yet. I didn’t realise how much I actually use a mirror until one isn’t there. This was pointed out to me yesterday when I got into work and my friend Matt said to me, “you are looking quite disheveled today”.

Talking of things not being there, Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner is amazing. There is now no grease or burnt things on the oven in the old flat.

The new flat is starting to look slightly less like someone came along with a dumper truck and deposited a load of furniture and boxes randomly in each room. While waiting for the cable guy to come round, thankfully he was not like Jim Carrey, I managed to hang up all my clothes which had exploded all over the bedroom. The process of going through all your clothes is not only a moment of discovery (I forgot I had that t-shirt, etc.) but also one of great horror (what was I thinking when I bought that…).

I would like to talk briefly about coat hangers. Who the devil invented these things? They are appalling. You can’t pack or store them apart from on a rail, as soon as two touch each other they get tangled up, put several in a pile and you have no hope.

I don’t know how I manage it but whenever I move my computer desk a small bit of wood almost invariably snaps off. Luckily this appears to be the only major damage sustained to any item of furniture this time round. I also have the wood glue that I bought the last time this happened.

I am going to have to replace the comedy shower head that the bathroom features. It sprays water in all directions and is especially good at hitting people in the eyes. In the words of Greg who had the pleasure of using it on Saturday:

<Greg> standing up after turning it on. ARGHBLURGHSPLUTTER
<Norm> I know some girls that go ARGHBLURGHSPLUTTER too

The flat is now hooked up with cable TV, phone, and Internet. This is basically Telewest re-branded as Virgin Media. Home is very much where the Internet is. It was almost a pleasure to delete the 300 spam emails that had accumulated in my inbox over the weekend. I have yet to really have a good look at Cable TV yet, the quality of the picture as I watched BBC Breakfast this morning while eating a bowl of cornflakes looked acceptable and I had a quick play with the Virgin TV on demand service last night.

Tonight I start the long and boring process of cleaning the old flat. It was looking fairly clean when I left so fingers crossed it won’t be too bad. I bought some Mr Muscle oven cleaner from Tesco last night which should help.

Oh, and someone has given me a winter cold. Damn them! At least I think it is just a cold. It might be bird flu. I haven’t eaten any turkey since Christmas so I should be safe. I was in Tesco last night and spotted that they were selling Bernard Matthews on a two for one deal.

Tune in tomorrow for pictures of the view from my bedroom window!

That was an ultra busy weekend. I have finally moved flat. Managed to do the whole move in only two van loads and with lots of work from all of my friends. Special thanks go to Jim, Greg, and James who shifted the two heaviest items I own… the sofa and the TV.

On the Friday night I cooked a random selection of freezer food for Nick, his girlfriend Tiffany, Becky and Dave. I also made the mistake of having a bottle of wine which made me feel not so good on Saturday.

Saturday was moving day. I also got to meet up with Greg, who I haven’t seen for ages, and his new girlfriend Phoebe. Once the moving was over everyone headed off to the pub where James and Rosie were having a birthday party. I drank a little too much Cider and can’t remember various parts of the evening - which is probably for the best. We then went on to a club, Mr Wolf’s, before heading back to my flat via the kebab shop. I think it was a fun evening… I don’t know because as I say, there are bits I can’t remember.

Sunday was a day of hangover, breakfast at Halo, lots of Orange Juice, saying good bye to people as they left, and sorting the flat out a bit. I have a clothes explosion going on in my bedroom and I really need to hang them up. In the evening Rosie sent me a text to say she had a spare ticket to see the Guillemots at the Academy. Since I couldn’t get any TV reception, had no Internet, and was feeling a bit lonely and cut off, not to mention the flat that I had been trying to get tickets on ebay and failed, I decided to go! Had a good, if rather reserved due to being really tired, evening with Rosie and Claire. The Guillemots were fantastic, really energetic stage show and I loved the different kinds of instruments they used - including at one point a megaphone!

No breakfast in the flat this morning. Damn. So hungry!

Thanks again to everyone who helped me move. You are all invited to the housewarming

Yes!

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The BBC are reporting that tomorrow’s predicted snow fall will be “the worst snow we’ll have seen this winter“. For me this will not be difficult because if it does actually snow it will be the only snow that I will have seen this winter.

No doubt we will have a cursory dusting of snow which will bring Britain to a standstill as it always does. I really don’t understand how my friend Debra in America copes when she has several foot of snow to contend with.

• Redesigned website
• Moved to Bristol
• Grandad diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
• Became single
• Accident in company car
• Jed and Rose got married
• Went to a Polo match
• Apple trauma
• Accident in own car
• Bought a new car
• Started lift sharing
• New laptop
• Held the best New Year’s Eve party ever

And lots of other small happy things too, but I think these were the major events.

After some talk about birthdays and things I have come up with a way to work out when you will be 10000 days old. I am going to be having a 10000 day old birthday party on the 22nd April!

Calculate your 10000 day birthday with this little script I wrote.