Today

Pissed off with amazon because not all of my stuff has arrived for people's presents. I braved heading into Manchester town, and it thankfully wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. Got replacement presents for all, which is good. Came home and decided it was too late to head back, but did see that it was the leaving party for one of the people I worked with at my previous employer. Went out for drinks with that lot and had great fun. It was brilliant to catch up with them all. (It was difficult not to be too jubilant about having left that place ;-)

Decided against going to 5th Ave. as they were so that I could pack for the journey home tomorrow.
Have a great holiday, however you celebrate it. And I hope to see some of you at my New Year's Eve party.

Now to finish off packing and sleep.

End of filming

The last of the filming went ahead on Monday evening. It started off with Dave and I going out for a curry then me being filmed doing my daily routine. This was basically to show me mobility after the whole escapade and to show me settling back in to my life as it was before. (or some approximation thereof)

Then there was a final interview. I've left it a few days so forgot what we discussed, but the main point I remember was explaining that I've been given the all clear and save for a bit of foot paralysis, it's pretty much back to normal.

The guys are a great group of people, and at their insitence I've vowed to stay in touch. This surprises me, but pleasantly so. I would have thought that they'd meet so many people as part of their jobs, so I'm flattered. They even gave me a CD as a finishing present - an album by a band called Bent. They're a bit like Air and Zero 7 - very much as the mellow and lyricless (save for vocalisations) spectrum of music.

Hmm, ths post is more contentless than I thought it would be. It serves as a good punctuation point in the story though.