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Found a pic of CT in his new hot tub..

Aww, that's class

Yeah, I was 13 and that was bad enough. He's doing okay, just itching like mad - which frankly he could've done at his dad's! (Quite glad he's home and I can fuss over him actually..)

Had a child-free, work-free bank holiday in prospect with nice plans for pub visits, dinner and a bit of music later. Then I got a call saying the bairn has just started with chicken pox and wants his mama. Footy on telly, popcorn and Virasoothe it is then...

To be fair it reminds me of what you look like when you rattle on about how great you are... Mwah

Thank you. It's exactly that, Jill - hard to get your head around.

Strange couple of days. One of the lads at work went home as normal after his shift on Wednesday night and then we got a call early Thursday morning to say he'd passed away suddenly. He died in his sleep apparently - simple as that. He cheerily said goodbye to everyone at 6pm, was meant to be back in work at 8 the next morning and then was just.... gone. It's left everyone shellshocked. Certainly makes you take stock of who and what is important in amongst all the day-to-day shit that we grumble about.

Belated birthdayness TS. Hope you had a good one

There are some things that cannot be unseen

Tickets for my brother's birthday to see Freddie Flintoff in discussion at the City Hall in October. Been listening to his podcast recently and it's brilliantly funny. The condition of the gift, as is always the case when I gift him tickets for anything is that he takes me with him

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons From The Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - a 30-yr old mortician. It's honest. fascinating, macabre and full of black humour that appeals to me. We're all going to shuffle off this mortal coil at some point but we don't like to talk about it, but she does. Enjoying it very much

Bless her. Ironically I can't stand the sight of blood personally (not mine, anyway)

(It's not his wedding but it's as close as you're gonna get )

Become a hairdresser?

Imagine if there was more than one CT

Indeed I will

Taking salad to work tonight and having it with salmon marinaded in ginger, chilli and lime. Deeelish.

You should give them a try. You'll never go back

Yes it exists, shithead. And it's bigger than ever.

Tastes like chicken?

Umunna has just withdrawn from the leadership contest apparently..

This is really fucking random, but as I read that I got a text from the bairn's dad saying that there's mayhem in the classroom next to his as the supply teacher has a glass eye and is tapping it with a pencil as he teaches

Police investigating allegations of vote-rigging in Farage constituency.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32725167