Life Begins

On Sunday afternoon I went to ‘fix’ the vicar’s ‘broken’ computer. I say broken: It worked as soon as I turned it on, but I shouldn’t tease. It is the curse of the computer maintenance person that when you arrive at a client’s office everything starts working again and this means that (a) you can’t find out what was wrong and thus assure them that it won’t happen again and (b) you can’t charge for your time because there’s nothing to fix.

I spent the first half of the afternoon doing some maintenance on the computer (very relaxing) and the second half trying to travel through the fairly heavy rain back to Croydon (very stressful). I think that the transport system in London is pretty amazing but due to a non-existent Rail Replacement Bus service I ended up using four trains and two buses to get back to the office.

In the evening Jenny had organised a surprise party for me. It’s the first surprise party that anyone’s organised for me and this was somewhat overwhelming. I knew that something was going to happen but I didn’t know what it was. It turned out to be a Doctor Who party. Jenny had transformed the upstairs room at The Green Dragon into the TARDIS. As little Sam so rightly said: “Brilliant!”  Thank you to everyone who came out and especially to Jenny who put up with my inability to thoroughly enjoy myself at a time when I should be able to.

I am now able to announce the awards from the party:

Most accurate costume - Simon Jones as Sylvester McCoy

Most effortful costume - Chris and Hilary as the twirling Christmas trees from ‘The Christmas Invasion’

Most distance travelled - my brother Chris who came from Bristol

Most inconvenience incurred while travelling - Andrew Rumsey who had to drive through his own personal hell, Thornton Heath, to get there.

Best food - the things that looked like chicken nuggets but turned out to have chilli and cream in them. Yum. A big thank you to Esther for the buffet.

Finally: I need a new toothbrush.

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