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North - Thurs 15th March

¦ dialling in from Jesus Mound ¦

Ahhhhhh *contended smile* Here I am again. Jesmond. My bubble world and sanctuary. Felt a bit uneasy about coming up because now the need to find work is becoming a desperate issue, but I can at least keep the ball rolling via the Internet and hope I can line up interviews for when I get back.

Mum's getting a lodger in, which is nothing new, except this guy is 7ft tall and won't fit in the room she normally rents out. So my old bedroom (and my sister's) has been emptied of furniture, wallpaper stripped, redecorated and will soon be occupied. I'm quite happy about it. Gives mum an income stream, plus, I was able to spend a lot of time there during my visit last month (a marathon Yellow Dawn 2nd Edition writing session).

I played an evil practicle joke on Les, mum's next door neighbour. Walking back from a morning coffee in Kitschen, I saw Les getting into his car. As he reversed (at speed) from his drive, I stepped forward and banged the back of his car as hard as I could then threw myself down on the ground. He braked sharply, jumped out the car and came running round with the most distraught look on his face... actually that bit wasn't funny... but then he saw me smiling and he took the joke on the chin. I think he was just over-joyed this wasn't reality. He helped me up and slapped my shoulder with a buddy-buddy "you bugger" commment.

Anyways, that's me.

Dialling out.

Djr