Ace day off

Due to HR rules I had to take a day's annual leave before the end of June - today was the day.

The baby slept from 10pm till 7am; Mrs Starfish had a good sleep. The larger child went to school very happy and looking forward to the weekend (plan to go camping). Mrs Starfish went to the gym while I looked after baby and came back looking all rosy and happy. I found sheet music on 'tinterweb that big daughter has been after so that she can nail them good style (99 Red Balloons by Nena, Broken Strings from Nelly Furtado, Brand New Key by Melanie Safka). Booked camping place at Thorpe Park, Cleethorpes for Saturday night (includes tickets to use all facilities and see shows and is right by the beach and is chavtastic). Went to gym, climbed well, OK on dips and weights. Experimented with a mackerel, carrot and beetroot salad with vinegar and soy sauce - goodish. Met up with Canadian Todd and went fishing. Phoned big daughter to tell her about sheet music printouts and Saturday in Cleethorpes - very happy child.

Canadian Todd is from Canada and so smells of maple syrup and says "right on" and "ferkin eh". He is pretty scruffy (as are most foreigners), but has great teeth, eh. He goes fishing back home on his local pristine wilderness lake. I took him to The Mighty Don in Attercliffe (rolls on floor cackling like a crack dealer). To be honest it's not such a bad place. We had a stack of chub and dace and Todd caught a cute baby brown trout - all new species for him. I lost a whopper which was probably a barbel (using big pellets on a hair rig on 10lb line).

Todd's first chub

Todd found it odd to be fishing in such an urban environment. It was also odd for him to be surrounded by bits of architecture that are older than anything in the town where he comes from.

Overall, a well used day.

Ace