I’m very tired tonight so this is going to be short. There has been a lot in this day including an unexpected windfall from the tax man. There was that brown thin envelop laying on the door mat with the tell-tale tax inspector logo on it. The instant thought was “how much do I owe them” because let’s face it that’s always been my experience. Imagine my surprise when I read that they are going to put money into my bank account.

Any way I digress. My first task was to organise information about the service I am reviewing next week in time for the pre visit phone conference. At 10:30 sharp I dial in and I spend time discussing some details about the evidence required and the mundane things like parking. Once done I get on with printing my monthly invoices and running off the boarding passes for the upcoming holiday in March. I go to the post office to send my invoices and buy bread and bacon. Home to bacon sandwiches for lunch. The afternoon sees me shopping for smoked paprika and printing paper and returning home to cook a one pot paprika chicken dish, before watching football. So another evening floats past to blog time. Tomorrow I promise myself to go to the gym and try to work off the numerous jelly beans I have eaten today and of course collect my next prescription. Its never far away, cancer.

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