Oh, hello LJ.
I know, I know, it's been a long time.
No, honest, I hadn't forgotten you were there.
Oh, for goodness sake, it's only been nine weeks.
I'm sorry, I didn't know you were all lonely and lost feeling.
Look, here's a picture of a baby panda, will that help?
Okay, okay. I'll buy some chocolate and treats and we'll go to the park. Will that make you feel better? Good. Now can I get on with doing a Proper Update?
We bought a car at the weekend, Mrs. Monkey and I, a nice shiny new Ford Focus that we'll get possession of in a few weeks time. I know that doesn't sound like the most exciting piece of news I've ever come up with, but we did have a pressing reason for it. We're going to need it, you see, for the extra boot space, and the room in the back seat. Come September (or thereabouts, these things are imprecise), there will be a small addition to the Monkey clan. I may even post pictures of it (we don't know what flavour it is, and so for the present it has been unofficially and variously christened as Jumpy McJump, The Tummy Monkey, and Hey You, Stop Kicking Your Mum) when it appears. You never know.
So it's been a rather exciting first half of the year, all-in-all.
There's been a bit of to-ing and fro-ing with writing and what-not, but really I don't have anything spectacular to add with that. Other than that my provisional date for hand in of the first draft is the end of June.
EEK.
Ah, well. Fingers crossed. At least I haven't fallen down any stairs recently.
Anyway, that's all for now. I promise I won't be away for as long, next time.
No, honest, I hadn't forgotten you were there.
Oh, for goodness sake, it's only been nine weeks.
I'm sorry, I didn't know you were all lonely and lost feeling.
Look, here's a picture of a baby panda, will that help?
Okay, okay. I'll buy some chocolate and treats and we'll go to the park. Will that make you feel better? Good. Now can I get on with doing a Proper Update?
We bought a car at the weekend, Mrs. Monkey and I, a nice shiny new Ford Focus that we'll get possession of in a few weeks time. I know that doesn't sound like the most exciting piece of news I've ever come up with, but we did have a pressing reason for it. We're going to need it, you see, for the extra boot space, and the room in the back seat. Come September (or thereabouts, these things are imprecise), there will be a small addition to the Monkey clan. I may even post pictures of it (we don't know what flavour it is, and so for the present it has been unofficially and variously christened as Jumpy McJump, The Tummy Monkey, and Hey You, Stop Kicking Your Mum) when it appears. You never know.
So it's been a rather exciting first half of the year, all-in-all.
There's been a bit of to-ing and fro-ing with writing and what-not, but really I don't have anything spectacular to add with that. Other than that my provisional date for hand in of the first draft is the end of June.
EEK.
Ah, well. Fingers crossed. At least I haven't fallen down any stairs recently.
Anyway, that's all for now. I promise I won't be away for as long, next time.