Update

I just re-read my previous two blogs, both written around a month ago and thought: crumbs, things have changed already.

In one, I discuss how I had re-arranged my bedroom as I intended to spurn female company (for the short-term at least). Well, two weeks ago I met the lovely Jane at a bar in Harrow and now find myself going steady. Result! In the same blog entry I talk about my jazz trio, the Stevie B3, for the first time only to find that time has now been called upon it due to Stevie’s work commitments. Most frustrating as we spent three months getting two forty-five minute sets together only to find that the metaphorical rug has been removed just at the point where we were about to demo. Darn! However it did bring my DB playing up to speed so for that I am grateful. Now need to find another outlet for my jazz-inspired noodlings.

As predicted, OD has now been asked to leave college. Talk of re-sitting last year’s RE GCSE and studying for two others privately (in order to give her the 5 A-Cs she needs for ‘A’ levels) whilst also obtaining a part-time job are being bandied around by her Mother but my own view is that there seems little point in her attempting any additional education until she’s matured a bit, otherwise this time next year it will be me trying to prevent her getting kicked out of college for non-attendance for the third year running. I’ve ducked out of the conversation entirely for the time being. You can’t push a donkey up a hill and, when it comes to schooling, that’s what I feel I’ve been doing with OD for the past three years.