Hippos are cool

Well I’m another year older.  Not sure whether I’m wiser.  Got some books and dvds that should keep me going for a while.  Enjoying being off work.  Definitely think I needed a couple of weeks off.  It’s been great getting up at midday and being able to spend the remainder reading or watching a dvd or whatever.

Off to Ireland this week to see my nephew which should be cool.  I hope he likes me.  I bought him a hippo to try and win him over.  I just hope he’s into hippos.  It’s hard to tell at that age (2 weeks).

The new novel is coming together a bit more in my head and I have an idea that I want to put into practice at some point (possibly tomorrow but if not will have to wait till next week).  Won’t say too much more about it (unless it works) but I’m hoping it will make me a bit more productive.  I’m sure I’ve read of at least one writer using this approach so it’s got to be worth a try.  If I don’t write about it ever again you can presume it didn’t work.