Saturday 24th April
My girlfriend's party is being hosted by her family in their local hall. That's 27 of the main family members, half of them I'd never met. Since we've been engaged since last summer, some thought it would be appropriate to celebrate the occasion as our engagement party, something I was not ready for. Flowers, balloons, cake and presents were the main feature; as an engagement present we got matching towels. As someone with a lot of stress on his mind, seeing matching towels emerge from a present wrapping suddenly brought home the fact that I'm aging... fast. I've read books where the groom-to-be suddenly thinks his life is ending soon and decides to run off and have an amazing adventure. I've got that feeling. Those lovely warm yellow towels were a sign that I need some massive exciting event. I need money for that... so I'm looking for a job. But it will happen!
