Monday, Monday, Monday

I've had a really nice weekend, albeit in a strange kind of way.

Friday night saw Sarah and I over in East Hull at the Trinity WMC for her aunt and uncle's 40th wedding anniversary. It was a nice do, although Trinity does feel like walking onto the set of Phoenix Nights. When we arrived, everyone was playing bingo, and all that was missing was Brian Potter calling the numbers.

On Saturday, we went over to York to see my parents, and celebrate my dad's 63rd birthday (and Father's Day). He has lost a lot of weight in the last few weeks, and looks the better for it. Maybe it will serve as a spur to me losing a little around the middle! With Sunday being Father's Day, Thea (with her Mum's help) had bought me a voucher for a treatment at the local beauty parlour (is she saying she's got an ugly dad?!?), so I'm booked in for my manicure next Saturday (ok, so it's actually an Indian head massage). We went to the new Italian restuarant in Cottingham for lunch. I was really impressed with both the service and the food in Pasco's and certainly recomend it.

Back at band last night. We've got a concert next Sunday up in Filey as part of the Filey Festival. The band is sounding good in places, although we struggled with parts of "Jenny Jones" (which was more due to the state of the music). The next few months for the band will be very busy (well, in reality, the next year will be busy). We've got 8 concerts in the next 5 weeks, followed by 3 in September (plus preparing for the National Finals) and then another 6 contests between November and June next year (and assorted concerts etc). Still, the band is sounding good.

On a completley different note, am I the only person who is indifferent to who is elected as Speaker of the House? Right now, politicians in general don't have a very good reputation, so this really needs to be done quickly, and needs to see the right person appointed, rather than Labour MPs trying to elect a Tory MP to get under the skin of the Conservative party. At the end of the day, at the moment , it feels like most MPs are a bunch of schoolkids who'd rather play silly games rather than run this country.