It is 6.30pm as I begin writing the final blog post of my favourite month. I was just about to eat a Cadbury’s Wispa bar but thought it best I actually write something before I open the wrapper. A very busy day and I am both physically and mentally drained. I am glad that I am not going over to the gym tonight. Instead I can get some food and watch the Arsenal match on TV. Right, time to recap on the past few days and what is planned for the next few, including the weekend. (Yes, it is bad to be mentioning the weekend so soon, but I am not sure when I will get to blog again and I may drive home on Friday rather than Saturday morning, still all undecided).

It was great to be able to walk into work on Monday morning, it took about fifteen minutes as I cut through West Street. A very busy day, at lunchtime I popped over to Tesco, got a sandwich and then walked down to the river and took a seat at a bench in Victoria Park. I had wanted to join the library but on my way over, I discovered it was closed for stock take. Will have to wait until next time. I was also hoping to spot my flat but did not have the time to walk over to that side of the park. I headed back to the office. I finished work early at 4.30pm, and drove over to my landlady’s farm, so I could sign the contract and hand in my deposit. Job done, I will get the keys a few days before 12th. There had been another couple that had been keen to get the flat but as I had got in there first, their application was declined. Not even sure if they got past the initial query stage. It felt good that I had it all sorted out. I am popping over on Tuesday evening next week to meet the current tentants and be shown around and finalise details such as bills and broadband.

It was about 5.30pm but the time I got in my car and headed back to Newbury? Back to my cousin’s house? No, straight to Cannons! The car park was packed out and there was a steady stream of cars heading in the direction of the Racecourse. I went to check if my card was ready but they were still waiting for ink to arrive. I will pick it up tomorrow night. Once they checked my details and home address, I was allowed through and went to the changing room. I got changed and headed upstairs. The gym was packed, most pieces of kit were in use. I grabbed my programme card from the drawer, said hello to Adam, before he headed off to start his spin class. I went over and started on my weights. It was hard work, very hard but as there are fewer machines from my previous programme, I finished within half an hour or so. The only machine I had to wait for was the Leg Press. Maybe I should reconsider my gym days and miss out the first working day of the week?

Once I got home to my temporary residence, I made some tomato soup, spoke to my Mum (very briefly) and watched Eastenders. After this, while I was online, I thought I would give a few people a call just for a quick catch up. I called Chris and then Clive. Clive is popping over on Thursday evening and we are going to go into town to grab something to eat. Chris will hopefully pop over once I am settled into my new flat and is going to give me a second opinion on my new gym programme. As I had an early start today, I went to sleep around 11.30pm, which may sound quite late to you but I usually don’t go to sleep until midnight. I was too tired to even read my book, but will try and pick it up tonight.

I got up a bit later than I wanted to but was out of the door around 7.30am, on my way to Kegworth for a meeting with work. It was quite a journey, about 230 miles round trip, across three motorways (M40, M69 & M1). I got stuck in a bit of traffic on the A46 just outside Coventry. I must confess that I am officially but slowly turning into my Dad. I listened to Radio 2, throughout my drive up and down. Although I was flipping between my own CD, and Radio One also! Wogan started by playing Miss Independent by Neyo as I tuned in and also played the classic Take My Breath Away by Berlin. On the journey back home I did the same and listened to Mark Ratcliff and Emma Forbes. They played Manchild by Neneh Cherry and A New England by Kirsty MacColl.

Now onto to a subject I have been trying to blog for a few weeks. I had actually planned to mention it on Saturday 20th but of course my PC died and I spent the rest of the weekend trying to put things back together. I had finally got to watch the live rendition of the charity single, Just Stand Up for the Stand Up For Cancer charity foundation. (You can watch the video yourself over on YouTube.) What do you think? Sure it is your standard charity single affair but I was very impressed with the line up. Potentially you have the finest line up of female artists on the planet. The only let down his Miley Cyrus, who sings like a school girl (My friend Bhav was quick to point out, “Teg, but she is a school girl!) and clashes with Rihanna’s sweet voice. I just do not like her voice and cannot believe that 7 Things is Record Of The Week on Radio One! Although I have also discovered by stumbling upon her Wikipedia page is that she shares my birthday and is in fact some eleven years my junior. Anyway, back to the song, Just Stand Up. I really like it and am glad that so many female artists offered their support, even Natasha Bedingfield comes out strong (and as you may know I’m not a big fan).

Weekend plans, I am heading back to Wycombe. Mainly to see my sister Natalie, who got got back from Zante late this Sunday by which time I had settled myself here in Newbury. I have not decided if I will drive over late on Friday night or at the crack of dawn on Saturday. It will be good to have “proper” internet access rather than this limited 3G dongle. Which although it is very useful, I cannot access certain sites such as Web Messenger or Web Yahoo Messenger as they are both deemed adult content by Vodafone. The only way to restrict this is to contact Vodafone but as it is not my contract there is nothing I can do. Installing the MSN client is just not an option. I also cannot listen to FiveLive in the evenings because Real Player is not working. Not sure why but I just do not have the time to sit night after night to trouble shoot. The important point for me is to be able to pick up my e-mail, update my Facebook status, read my daily blogs and chat to the odd friend on Facebook (when it actually works which is 60% of the time). I will not be doing much at home, apart from beginning some of the packing process and arranging things in terms of what comes to Newbury, what stays in Wycombe and most importantly what goes in the bin. You may not know but I am a hoarder, I much prefer to keep hold of things, sometimes just for sentimental reasons rather than throwing them away. I know some people can easily let things go, but for me it is very hard, sometimes something as simple as piece of paper I will just hold on to because it is so difficult to throw away. Okay, sure I have problems!

My plan is to get back to Newbury early Sunday afternoon, get down the gym and sort myself out before the week begins. Although knowing what I am like I know that I will end up rushing back much later than that. Next week, I believe I am in the office all week so it should be a much more settled week in terms of my movements. I will also try and write a blog over the weekend but doubt I will have time. If I am honest, I will spent most of my free time catching up on the television shows I will have missed this week in my world famous care package from the Mr. Khural. There will be Heroes, Sarah Connor Chronicles, GREEK, Fringe (three episodes, not seen the first two yet) plus Knight Rider. Do you really think there is time for blogging in between all of that?