It's Friday (4.45 Sat morn!)

To most, Friday means the end of the week and time to start unwinding and socialising...I know I have work the next day, and a manic one at that, but that doesn't stop me from downing nearly a bottle of red wine in the evening!

The day started off quite meloncholy for me...can't say why really but my mood did improve in the afternoon. Because I work in the Naval Dockyard, security is high and before you know it the MOD Police with their guns ablazing are clearing everyone out from the gallery. Apparently there's a bomb scare in the Victory shop, the next colonnades along. Someone has left a brown leather satchel there....this happens rather regularly so we tend to be blazee about it! So the whole dockyard is cleared up to a point...that point being the coffee shop. So my bosses kindly take me and Dale, our computer nerd/boffin for a coffee for an hour rather than hang around. We were just contemplating that it would be quite good if they had to get the bomb disposal unit in to blow the brown bag up because if the Victory Shop couldn't trade then maybe we'd sell more!

Once the drama was over we went back to work. One of our regular customers came in to pay for the rest of a painting and just like that she bought another one which in total came to £3,740...very good day for us. We also got an excellent printing job for the Mary Rose Shop because we own this amazing unique picture of the Mary Rose's last scenes of battle. Hopefully we will be able to sell this to suppliers all over the country. Things seem to be picking up at last. However, there is still the dispute going on about our banners being hung on the outside of the grade 1 listed building. I now have to put stats together to show how trade has increased since they've been up....boring but worth doing.

On Saturday we have to do the Artists Market. This is a chance for local artists to sell their work direct to the public using our support. This takes alot of time and effort and we are very short staffed at the moment.....shouldn't have had that wine thinking about it now....I should go back to sleep...long day ahead.

After work am off out for something to eat and then on to Jongleurs with Mark, Ulri and John. Should be a good laugh. Fancy a good boogie. Ulri and I have been looking forward to this for ages but we keep telling ourselves that it is going to be crap. Past experience has made us realise that if we have no expectations then it turns out to be a fab night, and vice versa.

Have just finished reading a brilliant phylisophical book about having a positive attitude to life and recognising how sometimes the simple things in life should be the things you treasure the most...value things for what they are.. Very short and very simple...just like Pooh which the book uses to give examples. It is called The Tao of Pooh. Really recommend it. ByBenjamin Hoff. Also try The Alchemist...takes no more than a few hours to read.

Better go back to sleep now.
See y'all.