54 Days to Go...

Monday - a RED LETTER DAY - John actually handed in his ID Card today so I guess that is it - hello to Civvy Street MR Wiseman!!! 

I guess for a little while he will just feel like he is on leave - free to grow a beard (not a good idea as it would have ginger (he says titian) tendancies!!) free to wear odd socks if he wants and free to call his time his own - after 20-odd years that is going to seem a bit strange!

Well you had better all take one last look - you wont see him in his mess undress again - bit of a shame as I always thought he scrubbed up quite well when he was wearing it!

No celebrations of his release for us tonight as he has gone up to his family for a couple of days to do a couple of little jobs for his mum.  When I got home this evening I found his valedictory certificate and all his medals on the kitchen work surface.  An end of an era for him but the start of an exciting new one.

Not much to mention with regard to our move.  I managed to organise our postal redirection - notification of change of address used to be so much more straightforward before all the new anti-money laundering rules came into force.  Nowadays everything has to be supported by copies of bills the only trouble is that John and I dont have any.  Having gone for the 'green option' all our bills are online - the only trouble is that most places wont accept them if they have been downloaded.  Still if anyone is interested it costs £150 to redirect post for a year - a bit pricey if you ask me and although I think I have notified everyone there is bound to be somewhere important that I have missed and so it seems worth it for peace of mind.

Anyone that read my post yesterday about my pervy phonecall will be gobsmacked to learn that when I got into work this morning someone else had done exactly the same thing and phoned my work number from their mobile and left a 'message'.  I didn't recognise the number - it isnt in my mobile, but I do know that the message consisted of a man (and it must have been a man) going to the toilet (no woman can wee for that long) and discussing what to wear with a woman - did he or she need a scarf?  I expect so as it was perishing last night!

A warning to all you people with mobile phones - just take care if it is in your pocket that you don't ring someone by mistake and leave random messages!!  If you go to the toilet then remember you never know who might be listening, and if you are going out in the cold you may well need to wear a scarf!!!!