Monthly Archives: June 2007

And it’s the last day of June.  I have 55 weeks left in which to become a mother.  Does it sound like a long time to you?  I started this blog 49 weeks ago, so in three weeks’ time, when … Continue reading →

Well the first session overran – when I booked the speaker I asked him if he would speak for an hour.  "Oh no", he said, "but I could probably manage half an hour".  So I booked 30 minutes plus 15 … Continue reading →

The morning kept to time and the suppliers arrived at lunchtime; I knew when I booked them that I wouldn’t have time for lunch today but it was the best place to have them in our programme, so I’d had … Continue reading →

My Delegates arrived today; a few hiccups, but speakers all arrived on time and everyone enjoyed the sessions.  Went back to the lecture theatre to do some work while the others went into the City until 8pm, then walked the … Continue reading →

Went to the Uni to meet my Committee, D, H and J, and spent most of the evening stuffing Delegate packs, then took the others on a tour of Canterbury to see the Cathedral, the streets and the "Wonky House" … Continue reading →

A very short one tonight, I’m afraid – worked late on this Conference – would you believe, another speaker has dropped out.  Luckily I have been able to call in a couple of favours and found some people who are … Continue reading →

I should have planted things at the allotment yesterday of course because it is chucking buckets of rain today; R has called off the dig and I’ve been phoning people to let them know.  He has gone to wait there … Continue reading →

R and I went in to Canterbury today.  We went to the Uni bookshop, and then into Debenhams for lunch, and into the Tourist Info place, the Cathedral shop and other places looking for gifts for speakers.  There were some … Continue reading →

Work, more work, and home; hours just seemed to run into one another, and I can’t think of anything particularly interesting to report.  I spent most of today on the phone and trying to type lists; one of the speakers … Continue reading →

In case you’re wondering, R is working on some archaeological data which he is converting from one type to another type; it goes back decades, so he is spending most of the evening on the computer, which means that I … Continue reading →