WILL’S WEDDING
Monday, April 28th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Saturday was Will J's wedding day, so Simon S, Michelle C and I ventured off to the never previously visited area of Northampton for the wedding of two people I had never met face-to-face. We had booked rooms at the hotel ...
POSTCARD
Friday, April 25th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »When Beccy H went to Italy in mid-April, she threatened to send me a postcard. Since then, every time I have spoken to her, she has asked me if it has arrived. Well this morning it arrived, and here is ...
MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As I stood in the kitchen drying the dishes from the massive Easter roast lunch, I saw mother fiddling with the cd player. "Why won't it work, Jonathan?" she asked, pressing all the buttons she could see. "Is the cd ...
EASTER EGG HUNT BUILD UP
Saturday, April 19th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »It's that time of year once again - the annual Cook family Easter Egg Hunt is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. My family isn't normal, everyone knows that, and every year my brother, two sisters and I compete for the Easter Egg ...
MEDICINE
Tuesday, April 15th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »I started taking my Chinese medicine this week, in the hope that I might finally rid myself of this turbulent cough and cold. I have three sets of pills and potions. The first one is a box of small bottles, ...
BLOODY COMPUTER
Sunday, April 13th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »When my computer threw up an error message, stating that Windows could not detect a mouse, I assumed it to be a slight glitch and restarted straight away. Well, I TRIED to restart it, but the computer just made ...
FUEL CRISIS
Tuesday, April 8th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »At the petrol station this morning, Mark R stood happily filling up his car. As if by magic, a petrol station man appeared. "The hose leaks" he said, as he pointed at Mark's increasingly diesel-soaked shoes and trousers. "Thank you for telling ...
WINNER!
Sunday, April 6th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Having all placed bets on the Grand National, Simon H, Shaun H, Mark R and I all journeyed off to White Hart Lane to watch the Spurs v Birmingham Premiership match yesterday afternoon, and what an afternoon it turned out ...
ILLNESS
Friday, April 4th, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »For the past few days I have been feeling particularly unhealthy and was banished from work. Having almost choked on my own greeny brown phlegm last night, I was rather looking forward to seeing the doctor in the morning. Despite ...
GO HOME
Tuesday, April 1st, 2003 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »As I rounded the corner and sat down at my desk this morning, I was greeted with "oh GO HOME Jon" by a colleague who had noted my poor state of health the previous day. Thanking her for such ...
