My weekend had two distinct start points, the first kick off was Friday evening around 5.30pm. I was back at the house, doing some washing up but had put on VH1. They were doing some countdown of All American Artists and the next song to play was This Love by Maroon 5. Less than four hours later, the second kick start was as I stopped at the lights at Robin Hood Roundabout waiting to get onto the A43, I put on the Freemasons Remix of Work by Kelly Rowland. I was on my own back to Wycombe and it was a great feeling.

What a week, so much to cover and so little time. Before I know it, I will be back in Newbury and the working week will kick start again. The last few days at my cousin’s house I have been longing for the weekend to come along. I will try and pick up the pieces from Tuesday night (my last blog post). Wednesday I was back in the office and very busy, after work I walked home and jumped in the car and headed to the gym, it was not as busy as Monday evening and I got around the weights machines quite well. Although had to wait a few minutes for the shoulder press at the end. When I got back from the gym, it was the usual routine back at home. I made a curry and then sat down to watch the Liverpool game on Sky Sports 2. Evenings can be quite lonely and after Newsnight I generally just go up to my room, read my book and then drift off to sleep. Thursday was a day I looked forward to as Clive was coming over in the evening plus I had my first cardio session in the gym. The day itself was quite busy but I finished at 5pm and then headed home, jumped in the car and drove to the gym. My card had still not been printed (ink still not arrived) so I would collect it next week. The place was relatively quiet and I chose to do my kit in the following order, bike, cross trainer and then the treadmill. They were all hard work, the cross trainer in particular was tougher than the one at Castle Royle. News had just broken about Sir Ian Blair resigning at the Met, so I watched screen number one (Sky News) ahead of me, although when I moved from the bike to the other apparatus I could tune into the TV stations but had just a view of the racecourse through the window, with the remainders of the autumn sunshine. The cardio programme is enough of a challenge for me, I broke out in quite a big sweat and my calves were hurting a great deal as I walked to my car later that evening. Clive arrived around 7.45pm, I took him on a mini-tour of the place before we headed out down the road to grab some food at The Swan. After this, we dropped the car back off and walked into town. Clive’s final words were that it was a much bigger town than he had expected (based on types of retailers, not on overall size). We walked back to the flat and after a catch up, of half an hour or so, it was getting late, Clive headed back to Thame and I went to sleep, I was very tired but at least Friday was very close.

Friday tends to be a chilled out day in the office, not just because of the dress down code but people tend to be in a more high spirited mood and most tend to disappear early into the afternoon. For me, it was great to have my colleagues there, as I had spent the majority of the week on my own. Not the ideal way to spend your fourth week in a company but I had plenty to keep me busy so it was just the banter I missed, if I am honest. We went out for a impromptu team lunch at the Hogs Head. Then it was just a case of counting down the hours until the end of the day. I got back to the house around 5.30pm, and after putting on the television, packed my things and moved them to the ground floor bedroom. Then I did some washing up and sorted out a few things before heading out the door (packing the car before hand of course).

However, I did not drive directly to Wycombe as you might expect. I went to the train station, met up with a friend, got fish and chips from the local chippy before heading to their flat and having some food. Obviously the plan was to watch Eastenders and Little Britain USA but they are not fans of either show, so I would have to wait for iPlayer on the later and BBC3 on Albert Square. It was nice to catch up for a few hours and not just rush home as I would have normally done. Plus it was great to have some company in the evening rather than just the television as I currently have. I left around 9pm and went first to the BP Connect garage.

Yes, I must tell you about my attempts to check the air pressure in my tires. I tried to go to the same garage for the past few nights. On Wednesday they were having a fuel delivery, so I thought I would pop over on Thursday evening after the gym and try then. I pulled up. The first air machine was broken, the air nozzle had been cut off. “Welcome to Newbury, Teg!”. There was a car parked in the slot of the working air machine but they had gone in to the shop! Rather stupid considering there are a bay of parking slots just to the right. I waited patiently in line but a Volvo four by four of some description (XC90?) pulled up and took the slot and then proceeded to jump the queue with no disregard that I had been waiting in line. It was getting late and I had limited time before my friend arrived, so I just decided to try again tomorrow (Friday). My first attempt around 6pm was again unsuccessfully, there was a BMW ahead of me and he seemed to be taking an age to do his four corners, so I opted to drive into town to meet my friends. I would come back again later before I finally left West Berkshire for Wycombe. Again there was a car in the slot but he soon finished checking his tires and I finally got a chance to check my tires I suppose the bonus, even if it took four attempts is that it is free. The Esso garage here would charge me fifty pence a go. On another point my parallel parking on Friday night was perfect, both in town (in a very tight spot) and then outside my friend’s flat. I am sure even Pav would have been impressed. He has seen some of my poor attempts at parking.

I got home minutes before 10pm and watched the Friday edition of Eastenders, although I missed Thursday as well. Well it was on but I was not listening to what the characters were saying because I was talking to Clive. I opened my post during the opening credits and indeed there was care package volume number two from Pav. I had quite a lot of things to watch. Once I sorted myself out around midnight, I only had time to watch Sarah Connor Chronicles and the first ten minutes of Chuck (Season Two). I must say the package is packed and even better than last week with GREEK, Big Bang Theory and the first two episodes of Knight Rider. However, it was gone one in the AM and I needed some rest. I was tired from a really heavy week and went to bed. I would pick up the rest of the shows today.

When I jumped on my computer, I got a warning. The CMOS battery had drained (but not completely gone out) and reset the date back to factory settings. I thought the BIOS had been reset to the original version but it had just set itself back to factory settings (version 1016). Looks like I need to begin a new project to build the next computer. Or rather the next computer project which will involve the creation of a server and perhaps a laptop as my every day machine. Just ideas at the moment but I am sure I will bounce them off both Pav and Mighty Mouse. I have plenty of plans in my head, just need the time (and money, unfortunately) to make them a reality.

Not sure if it is because I am sleeping in a new unknown environment but I have been remembering my dreams this week. Generally, I do not remember dreams and wake up with no recollection whatsoever. However, this week I recall a few dreams but the one that was most vivid was on Tuesday or Wednesday. I dreamt I was in the Big Brother house and meeting new house mates as they walked through the door. In the dream, I had told people that I was knew I was going to be called into the show. That is all I remember but it was very strange, considering I am not a fan of the show and do not watch it at all really. I am aware of the characters that go in and who is evicted via other news sources, including blogs.

Today has been a successful day if I must say so myself. In the morning I headed to the outskirts of Maidenhead to help someone with an e-mail issue. Then I came home, watched Football Focus, had some lunch, watched the first episode of Knight Rider (more on that later) and then went into town. Is there a credit crunch on? Try and tell that to the people of Wycombe. The place was rammed, generally with plenty of traffic on the bus into town. I then realised why I avoid town slash city centres on Saturdays. I always pop in first thing in the morning, get my business done and head home before most of the weekend shoppers have rolled out of bed. I got off at Eden and walked down to HSBC, then Agros (just to take a look at a few things in the catalogue). Then I took a deep breath and headed into Primark (or rather Primani.) The store had only opened on Wednesday and was completely packed out. The store has taken over from the original M&S store which has moved to Eden. Apparently the opening was deleted for several months but I knew little about it. There was even a campaign on Face Book. I got the few things I had planned to get and then joined the queue (which was nearly to the front door). I was told by a supervisor that it was seven minutes from that point to the tills. I joked with him that it was like a ride at Alton Towers, with those markers to tell you how long before you would get onto the Obilivion. Afterwards I headed into the Vodafone store to check out the new phones, the E51 looked neat but I opted for the E65 for my upgrade. WiFi will be a great feature and I can dust out my Skype account to good use!

I quite enjoyed the TV movie for the reboot of Knight Rider (all the way back in late February), however the first episode was a little too much for me. I bet I sound like an old man now, but far too much flesh on show in the first few minutes and adult discussion. However putting this to one side, it was action packed with plenty of twists and turns. I will catch the second episode later tonight. Although bear in mind, I have to watch Heroes, then Chuck, then GREEK (at least two episodes, perhaps three) before I get around to it. So, it is nearly 7pm. Time for some dinner, catch The X Factor and then the US television marathon may commence. Where is the popcorn?