I finally put the pictures in the post to my friend Kattis. It’s one of those things to do that had been bugging me for a while. A simple task of putting some photos in a hard-backed envelope, writing a note then putting that in also, sealing, addressing, laying in the out-tray, no need even to buy or stick a stamp. This small project took me three weeks. This is the gestation period of some mammals, so whole new lives have begun, probably ended, in a shorter space of time. In the last two weeks I have:

++ joined a pension scheme (time taken: two years)
++ bought an ibook (time taken: two years, six months)
++ arranged home insurance (time taken: two years, seven months)
++ attempted to cancel gym membership (time taken: four months)
++ begun yoga again (time taken: 18 months)
++ started writing again (time taken: 10 years)
++ paid in £150 cheques (time taken: three months and one month respectively)
++ stopped waiting for calls from prospective partners (time taken: 15 years)