Ding Dong Merrily On High

Okay, I admit it! I’ve been silent for too long now. But here’s why:

- I’ve been made the Entertainments Officer in the Mess that I live in. As you can probably imagine, the Christmas Season means that I’ve organised loads of socials – some formal and some informal. We’ve had Christmas dinners, Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Christmas drinks in our Mess (and after that event, you realise why we call it a Mess) and today we have the Officers serving drinks to our staff. You’d never believe how much organising that takes.

- Panto is now only a month away. We’ve just had our new lighting rig put in place and we’re in the process of hanging curtains and trying to put the lights in the right places. We’ve still got to build the set (as the materials we ordered are still not here!) and we’ve still to get all of the company in the theatre at the same time.

- Steven has given me the most impressive edit of the Error of Comedies: Occupations script I have ever received. I have now reviewed the script after his input and now have to reformat it so that I can publish it at Lulu.

- I start a Masters degree in January – with the first residential element starting Saturday 6 January 2008. When I saw the reading list, I nearly fainted! But thankfully I have been reading for just under a month and am taking extensive notes.

- My wife and I still haven’t finished our Christmas Shopping. Indeed, we were out yesterday and realised that we haven’t bought anything for each other!

So, not exactly the calmest of times. But who would expect anything less at this time of year. I can’t wait for the Christmas Holidays to come, just to have the chance to sit down with my wife and children and be a family. There isn’t the slightest chance of me getting any writing done over that period, but hell… It’s Christmas.

It just means that I have to get Error of Comedies: Occupations reformatted during the evening this week. If things go to plan (and if all the socials I have planned turn out well) it should be available by the end of the week.