f4f3 | That was a bit of a day...

Up at a reasonable hour, and made myself some porridge and a big travel mug of coffee. I took the coffee with me to the Quaker Meeting House. It was a busy meeting, and quite a lot of people spoke up. I was one of them. There had been some talk about privilege, and responsibility, and I gave them my Dad's advice to me when I left for University (no, not the advice about nipples, the other advice). That's kind of an entry to itself, though, so I'll leave it for another time.

I picked up my dry cleaning and had lunch in a local caff. It will mean nothing at all to anyone outside Glasgow that I found out they use Morton's rolls, but for those of you in Glasgow the Great Western Cafe uses Morton's rolls.

I popped home to change into some warmer clothes, and make another big mug of latte, then headed off to Edinburgh. My friend Marie had a sauna put in her garden over Christmas, and I was invited to give it a try. I can confirm that it's a very nice sauna, and goes very well with her hot tub. I don't see how they're going to keep the snow piped in all year, though.

I hadn't planned on staying for dinner, but she made me stay by using wiles. She said "Do you want to stay for dinner." Her partner Mike was busy working, but I had a very enjoyable afternoon with Marie and her daughter Charlotte, shooting the breeze and being sarcastic about Nanny MacPhee. I think I've now got a partner to take to the Joss Whedon UK premiere next month, with a beautiful woman half my age lined up to step in if her mum can't make it (I may not have mentioned that I booked two tickets for "Much Ado About Nothing", which is the closing film for the Glasgow Film Festival, and includes entry to the closing gala. I booked two tickets out of habit, and thought I might have to advertise for a female geek on Gumtree. Looks like I'm saved from that, since Marie and I have history with movie adaptions of Shakespeare, and Charlotte is a drama student with a fair shot of geekiness on top. Now I just need to find someone to go with me to the other event I booked, Mark Millar interviewing Alex Salmond about what gets his geek on.)

I'm home now, after a very quick drive back from Edinburgh. There's a lot of snow forecast for tomorrow, and I won't be driving back that way for work. Depending on how much snow I'll either get the train or work from home.

Now, should I have a nightcap, or a cup of tea and a biscuit? Life is complicated...