Back to the Old routine

First of all, we apologise, we are truly, truly sorry. We have been slack as a flipping slack thing and not updated our blog for ages.

Excuses? None really, we're just bad people, especially Jacqui.

So what made me update it today? Well I just had one of those heart in mouth feeling a bit sick experiences and I need to tell someone :)

Basically it was a classic 70's sitcom oh no I've lost my wedding ring sketches. To set the stage I'm sitting on the bus on the way home listening to my ipod and the world is a fairly happy place. I have a habit of rotating my wedding ring while I'm thinking so I start to do this.
Then I reallise that a vital part of this ring rotating scenario is missing! Cue heart stopping, sickness inducing feeling. Next of course I check the seat, my bag my clothes everywhere near. I call work to get them to check, I check everything listed above at least three more times...nothing. Now the chair I'm sitting on is completely screwed/rivetted down, but it does have handy gaps for rings and other valuable objects to fall into.

So I try and calm down and wait until we reach the bus station. We get there and I complete the march of shame to explain all this to Mr bus driver, and all the passengers avidly listening of course. He explains that there's nothing he can do and that it will have to wait until the bus gets back to the garage later today. I have to call the transit company, explain things yet again and leave my number.

I virtually run home from the bus stop thanks to adrenaline and try and call Jacqui to confess to my heinous act, she's busy. Next I take my books and stuff upstairs to our bedroom. Then the slow motion cameraman in my head takes over... ....hmmm.... ..what's that glinting on the floor next to the bed..............oh yes!......oh no.... It is of course my ring. So I write this having swallowed my pride and phoned all the relevant people to tell them the good news, and with a shiny ring back on my finger.