Friday 5th Apr

A quiet morning as the youngest is attached to a new game on his xbox and the eldest is getting everything together for her weekend trip. I spent the morning finishing the weekend papers, just in time before this weeks’ arrive tomorrow. As the eldest will be away this weekend we chose our Grand National horses today; so I could tell you which horses certainly won’t be winning the race this year, based on our recent experience that is.

After jay-le-taxi has dropped the eldest off and ferried the youngest around I get back and flop in front of the telly with a cuppa. I take a look at what I’ve recorded to watch and notice that nothing I’ve got grabs me at the moment, and some films have been there for a while. It gets me to wondering if there’s a point in time after recording a programme, that if you haven’t watched it by then the chances are you never will. I suspect a month is about right based on personal experience. If I want to watch something I’ll find the time, so if I don’t try to find the time in future I’d probably be better deleting sooner rather than later. Or I could just not tape so much in the first place! But then what would I watch? It’s almost a Catch 22 situation.

Jay-le-taxi runs the youngest to and from cricket practice in the evening, the first outdoor practice session of the year. Maybe summer really is just around the corner.

Yours dreaming of jumping the last tomorrow.

Jay