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I've spent the day helping to put together the menu for the new restaurant...my head kinda hurts from the whirlwind of emails that have been flying around, and the various drafts, redrafts, changing of formats etc etc.
What I'm left with is something I'm beginning to feel pretty proud of. How it all pans out and how it is accepted by the important people (the public) is another matter, but it's decent stuff. Just have to wait and see now. Next week I'm going to tackle the bar drinks menu. This should be pretty fun cos I can tailor the bar to stock things I know are popular and sell. At the moment there's a pretty generic selection of bottled beers; Stella, Becks, Bud, Holsten Pils, San Mig...I dig the Bud, Stella and San Mig, I'm thinking of replacing the Holsten though - I see it everywhere, but never in someone's hand, always in the fridge. Maybe Corona or something a bit more exotic...hmmm. Any suggestions are welcome!

I've just realised how boring this must be to people who aren't in the catering business. Or maybe I'm just being paranoid. Hmph...

Off to Devon this weekend..my mother has persuaded me that I could do with a bit of a break, and she's gone down for the Easter weekend to her little holiday cottage. So there I shall go! I'm kinda looking forward to it to be honest, it's just outside Plymouth in a little village called Noss Mayo (awesome name) which sits on an estuary. Very peaceful and I intend to chill out with books, music, dogs and the occasional trip to the pub. It will also be a scouting mission cos I want to take my friends down there in the summer

My lovelife is ever-increasingly odd. I broke it off with my gf of 3 and a half years in october. It was more of a mutual thing to be honest. I had suffered from glandular fever for the whole of the summer and not been able to do anything, she consequently had started to hang out with her ex, which pissed me off, and we drifted. Since then she has moved back from London, we see each other a lot, we're still close, she wants to get back together...and I don't know. I can't put my finger on exactly what's holding me back. I do still love her, that's never been in question. But I can't help but still feel kind of hurt that when I needed her, when I was sick and exhausted through the summer, she was spending time with another guy. I know I didn't make much effort, but I don't really think I could, physically. The other thing that bothers me is this aforementioned guy. He's an ex, and he's now admitted to being in love with her. He can't make his mind up...one minute he needs space to get over her (his words not mine) then he's calling asking if she wants to hang out. One minute he tells her he loves her, then he tells her he should tell her to fuck off because she's using him. He also hates me...I've met him once, and I'm sure hemaniscool will testify (TESTIFY Buh Buh!) I'm a pretty difficult guy to hate. So yeah it's all a bit messy. It's so messy in fact, that I've reread this and it doesn't even make much sense to me! So good luck anyone who's been trying to keep up. The paperback will be out as soon as I get a publisher. And figure out what the fuck is going on!
Anyway, wishing everyone out there who drops by here a happy Easter and I'll get back to y'all on Monday

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