Breathing Space

Toby's birthday today. Sent him a message and am looking forward to seeing my bro' back in Blighty one of these good days.

Otherwise foot down on the pedal today and finally thanks be to God finished the first draft of 'Betty the Spacegirl'. I have found a funny and convincing end for it, using the the reliable trick of circling back to where you started. Quite nice to have elegantly sewn it up. There will be tweaks but it was in good enough condition to hand over to Betty herself later in The Basketmakers at the end of the day.

Also have obtained a bit more work next week from my chums in Tavistock Square, which I am able to do from home. Am keeping a wary eye on the Kenny coffers, so this definitely helps. I don't want to come out of this creative period skint and playing banjo for beer money in the underpass of Trafalgar Street.

Met Matt this afternoon to discuss the CD project. We are dropping one of the tracks, Adam, as this is proving too complex for the singers to master in the time we have. It is gorgeous, but dense and multilevlled. However, necessity is the mother of invention and Matt, Glen and I will work on something speedy to plug the gap. Perhaps a spoken word and piano piece.

Collected Lorraine who had come back from London at the station, and Matt L and I walked down to the Basketmakers, where we soon joined by Betty and Cath, and talking to the various boys at the bar. Also Lorraine's pal Lorraine was there too and said hello. A few well earned beers, and a plate of hearty pub grub before sloping off for an early night and three pints of sparkling water. All well.

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