I promised I’d resume complaining. But it’s sunny, and therefore I am, unfortunately, in a good mood. I went into the centre of town this morning [well, I say "morning" - actually it was ten to two, but I appear to have developed Self-Employment Jetlag from staying up until 2am every night and then waking up at what are generally regarded as quite slovenly times in the morning]. Usually this makes me quite unreasonably irritated. Today, it was sunny, there was no queue at the Post Office, and the Post Office was staffed by smiley men and not the disapproving looking-over-glasses why-on-earth-are-you-posting-something-to-the-Wirral -type women. Additionally, there was no queue at the bank either.

In town I saw a woman with two small dogs on one lead, which was like a normal lead with a second-dog extension on it. This pleased me in its efficiency.

Saw a man standing in the middle of road where all the High Street shops are [but it isn't called the High Street - they don't have one here. It's called Coney Street, just to unnecessarily complicate my explanation] holding one of those giant phallic balloons that are about two and half metres long, and which I guess some people must buy so that they can indulge in hilarious visual puns, or something. Every 30 seconds or so, he advertised their presence by declaring ‘Giant balloon for a pound’ in the most unenthusiastic, miserable and fed-up manner that I think it’s possible to achieve in a market-cry. Which, to be honest, I thought was rather appropriate and he was quite entitled to. I don’t imagine that’s a very inspiring line of work.

The shops are beginning to contain giant knitwear, which is pleasing. I know it’s meant to be summer, and I like warm weather, but there is a definite benefit to winter in the form of enormous cardigans. Wearing them is like still being in bed.

That’s my day so far, summarised. Not a lot to complain about. But I will try to get irritated about something soon.

Oh – you may have noticed this blog’s domain has twitched a bit. If you had a bookmark for the old one, it’s probably a good idea to change it, because the redirect has the potential to wander off and point to somewhere else in the future. If you’re using the RSS feed it’s fine, though – the old one will still work.