What makes you realise that the year has changed now? I don\u2019t mean do you know that it\u2019s now 2009 and 2008 has finished. If you stayed up until midnight the other day then you will be aware that you were doing it for a reason. However, years ago you would write a cheque and suddenly write the wrong date and say \u201cOh yes, it\u2019s now 2009\u201d, but you don\u2019t do you? Not anymore. You don\u2019t write cheques. How long through the year could you now go before that slip of the hand that shows your brain hasn\u2019t really registered that the year has changed? I\u2019m wondering whether you could get as far as 2015 and suddenly ask what happened to 2009? Did it slip by unnoticed? Did it happen at all? How many calendars in your house actually show the right date right now? No, don\u2019t cheat and change them before answering. How many calendars are correct and how many of your clocks actually show the current correct time in Greenwich Mean Time?<\/p>\n
The jigsaw wars are progressing largely as usual. My Mistress isn\u2019t good at sharing jigsaws with other people. She likes the satisfaction of completing it on her own. I have been specifically banned from helping since the time I accidentally created two pieces out of one, but it isn\u2019t so easy with the rest of the family. She had wondered about doing it at the other house so that no one could find her, but she didn\u2019t think she could justify heating it just so that she could do a jigsaw in comfort. I\u2019m keeping a low profile until it\u2019s all over. It won\u2019t be too long but as always it\u2019s a bloody battle with casualties on all sides.<\/p>\n
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