It has been a day where I did things, for a change. Filled out forms submitted them to the council offices, who said as I have included all necessary documents and filled the forms correctly I can be 'fast-tracked', hooray! I paid a bill at Lloyds. Saw my mortgage advisor. I met some friends, went to visit another friend in hospital, went to retrieve the things she wanted, tried to get a banana and a bottle of barley water from Asda, failed. Signed on, this is vital as it gets me my £55.65 per week (which is what has been decided I need to stay alive and look for jobs). Bought some food, came home, checked my FT mailbox, chat boards and fora. Now I can do what I am good at, idling. Takes considerable talent to idle effectively you have to decide the best combination of reading, dvd watching and PC use that will best occupy your day. I have to decide whether I will eat my tea while watching "Meet the Parents" on BBC1 or should I watch a dvd. Tonight is baseball night on Five and there are cricket highlights from the 1st ODI on at 11.00, so late evening and early morning are sorted. Now all I have to do is find things which don't cost money and are interesting, apart from FT of course.

Regards,

Tin