Monday 27th May 2024.

A bank holiday, so another four-day week this week with things to look forward to. On Friday I’m meeting up with my oldest friend to go and see Chesney Hawkes, who promises to take us back to the summer of 1991. I doubt he’s got a literal time machine, but that was one of the most exciting and defining periods of my life, so I’ll take my chances. Then, at the weekend, I need to buy a new tent and sort out some other bits of kit ahead of a week in one of my favourite places, with some of my favourite people.

I have also kicked demand avoidance into touch today by renewing my car insurance for slightly less than this year’s price, and cancelling the auto-renewed policy with my old provider. This may not sound like much, but it always requires the ceremonial donning of the Big Girl Pants, and to have got it out of the way feels like an important achievement.