Stanley Street South

Week 27: 22/10/2012 - 28/10/2012

I have stayed with many friends over the years all over the world, in varying degrees of comfort. I never imagined that I would be looking for a place to crash in my home town of Bristol. Luckily enough for me, my old friend Jutto had just evicted a housemate so that he could have a spare room, and he very kindly offered it to me for as long as I needed it.

Home Sweet Home

So I've practically moved in with Jutto, his fiancee Susie and their pet Dave. All of us are former or current colleagues going back a few years, so its great to be able to hang out with them. They have really made me feel at home, and the fact that Susie cooks for me most evenings is great. Even when we went round to the Weeks's house for dinner Susie cooked!!

I spent the week in and out of my office trying sort out my tricky situation, dealing with HR, insurance companies, doctors, and trying to be useful to my company. It was a frustrating few days, culminating in me needing to cancel my forthcoming weekend in Myanmar and my week in China.

My big sis, driving me home

Silver lining to the cloud, more of mothers home cooking and a chilled out weekend at home. I think my mum was pretty please to have me around for a little while longer. I took my dad and sister to see Skyfall too, which was excellent, although I'm not sure its the Best Bond Ever. My sister provided a willing taxi service for the weekend too, with plenty of snacks. Thanks Zoe!!