"Tell Me Why/I Don't Like Mondays"

I had completely forgotten, if I ever knew, until hearing something about it on the radio a few months ago, that that song was actually about an American school shooting (the reason given by the kid was he "didn't like Mondays", but you probably all remembered that.) Well, I'm not planning to do anything similar, but the week is looking pretty hellish. Lots of court work and other stuff, and the weekend has left me completely whacked. I'm too old for all this. I should give up drinking and take up gardening.

Spent Sunday wandering around the V&A in fugue state. It always seems the appropriate thing to do if I'm alone on a wet Sunday afternoon. Got a bit overpowered by the silver galleries so I went and spent my time wandering around the far eastern stuff, about which I know bugger all, before winding back up in the early medieval stuff (which I go and look at about once a month and have done for sopme years now). Was going to go to The Tate (I have a pedantic block stopping me calling it Tate Britain, for it is a naff name) but ran out of time... maybe if I get back from court before 5 today I'll go for a wander there instead of going back to work.

In Reading Tues morning if you feel like a lunchtime coffee somewhere near the lawcourts Ailbhe?

Skiving on a Monday afternoon

Ho hum. Everything went relatively smoothly in this afternoon's hearing. Was feeling vaguely out of sorts with the world on my way back, so thought 'to hell with it, what on earth is the point of being self-employed if you don't skive from time to time.' So, like I half thought I might, I swanned off to the Tate at Millbank for a few hours.

I don't usually do review type things, and there is no particular reason why I should this time, but I feel the urge to run through my flying visit... So...( and what I saw there )

Feeling.. itchy feet. Nothing to do with work, I'm afraid I like being a lawyer. But I want to go somewhere, do something, get novel published, climb a mountain.

At least there's me holiday coming, if not till August. I'll always have Athens....