A friend had bottom surgery a few weeks ago and seems really, really happy. Love that they feel more themselves now..

Home. A very long weekend

Morning world. Morning at the southern office before heading back home.

That thing where the fireworks display people did not meet commitment and my baseball field is littered with remnants.

Morning world. Day 2 of youth finals. Have sore throat:-(

Morning world. Going to be a busy day at the southern office with the national youth finals.

Sister posts that 'Robert Plant is in the house'. She doesn't actually mean her house, just her local pub.

Watching hostage. Amused that as chaos erupted around downing street, the police did not stop the only one calmly walking away instead of running around either filming or attending to others.

Morning world. Down to the southern office again. Last big weekend of the season.

In the space of an hour, work has had this thing over here dropped (yay), this thing over there raised (woohoo) and I personally got confirmed for attendance at a European umpiring clinic (lovely!!) I'm taking all the good news I can at the moment

Morning world. No meetings. Lots of things to write.

Had dinner out tonight. A black country Wellington. Instead of beef and mushrooms in a pastry case, it was a faggot and mushy peas.

I do wish people would wait for confirmed death of the thing before celebrating and planning what to do with its corpse yes, this is a subtweet

Brain gave me a full on scifi/fantasy murder thriller starring Jonah Hill last night. Body swapping, chases, assassinations and infiltrating MI6.

Morning world. Foot back on the gas after yesterday's recovery day.

Morning world. I'm taking a quiet day today. Minimum work only

Watching an episode of Australian masterchef. I've heard good things. Seems fun so far.

I may have to turn my heating on. House is cold :-(

That was an exciting drive back home. A lot of wrestling the car to keep in straight line.

Morning world. A morning with meetings at the southern office, then back home this afternoon. For more meetings.

As expected rain stopped play and the last gsme has been postponed. Otherwise excellent day.

Looking lovely in the early morning autumn sunlight.

Morning world. Still at southern office, with more games to do today.

One part of brain...how much of last night of proms aligns with high street flag raisers. Other part.. have you been how many EU and other flags are in the audience??, #bbcproms.

That was interesting. A bit of me thought the recent flash mob version of it was better, because of the mercury sounding vocalist. But the rest of the staging was excellent. Its definitely tied into the vocals.

Bohemian rhapsody on #lastnightofthrproms. The build up means this better be brilliant.

Liking #lastnightoftheproms. A good selection of music. With the final selection a good representation of patriotism.

Done the finals. Fairly boring, which is good for a game. No one causing an issue. Sheffield are your new national womens champions.

Yesterday we had this amazing rainbow.

Morning world. Umpiring the women's national final today.

Have retired to my camp bed in the office. Think I have 2 more weekends of this and then not again until April.

Thats 4 fields prepped, lined and tarped for the morning. I just helped and not the main support. A bit tired!

Doing a bit of out door work. Far more satisfying than spreadsheets. Cabel tying netting.

Morning world. Heading down the the southern office for the weekend.

Muting now. Enough of the hot takes. Please be more boring.

Ooh calendar notification popped up. Time to pay for my November holiday.

In good news, the spreadsheet that has been causing me a lot of stress and hard work over the last week is now agreed by all. What it tells us however, needs actioning.

Morning world. Heading down to crank through the to do list. I have some control there at least, rather then hurtling towards annihilation lime it seems the world wants to do

Got 2 softball games to keep an eye today. The gb women are hitting well out in Prague. 4 colleagues out there running the team.

Morning world. Not much solid sleep. Going to be a long day

a very bitty day day, but actually got a lot done

seriously rain. YOU WERE NOT IN THE FORECAST. <rushes to get washing in>

Just seen the new #masterchef lineup. That should be good. I like Dent.

Morning world. Nothing new today. Just carry on with the tasks

So i keep getting a Facebook ad about being an American expat needing tax advice. Realising that's because when I joined fb I was living in the US.

Morning world. Mm, plot twist issues still ongoing. More spreadsheets and organising.

I have had a lovely day. Had one of the newer umpires working with me and we had a cracking game, with no challenges from teams which is always nice.

Morning world. Back to yesterday's venue, to umpire rather than score today

Oh, hadn't realised the link between Holzt Planets and Williams Star wars. #proms

There are about 70 scarecrows around the village. These are my faves (not my photos, from a regular village reporter)