It's getting towards 2am and once again I find myself unable to sleep for worry that Matty will (once again) miss his 2am taxi, his 3am coach or his 6am flight out of London (it is a family trait to miss flights.)

Tonight sees another young sibling off of my corner of the world for god knows how long. Matthew's stay here has been sweet - it must have cost me at least my entire body's worth of organs on the black market trying to scrounge out eateries, events and travels. This mode of operation is starting to take a toll however, the beers and food at constant war with my curvy waistline and London luncheoning making a mockery of my newly elevated income (yesterdays Thai restaurant punched in at over $130 AUD).

Then, of course, there was the Shopping Spree. Matty decided to encourage me to buy a top-of-the-range stereo system, Apple wireless keyboard and mouse, 500Gig external hard drive, bluetooth wireless headset and mic and various other miscellany all in the same 24 hour time period. As the once brand-cynical personification of sparse day-to-day existence I find my newly kitted out technology pod bedroom a constant source of wonder.

Yet my only worry is that we did not get involved enough. Though Christmas in Wales was certainly a hilight of my time in England so far, New Years was a disappointing nightclub dancing to, I swear without a word of a lie, S-Club 7 (a more sold-out version of the Wiggles.) At least for a couple of songs. And looking around the club I was aghast to realise that most people seemed to know the words to the songs!

Anyway, Lucien will be here for part of this weekend, then I'll hopefully meet Matty in Prague the weekend after, then a weekend off before heading to Amsterdam with Mos and Melle to meet up with Matty one last time.

No rest for the wicked - somethings after you!