Work has been very hectic and socially, Suzie and I have been a bit gusier that usual - something has to give and it's been my blogging time that has suffered.
It's not just been us two that have been busy, so have the boys. Mark has been working on his internship stuff, which is progressing nicely.
And BMW's current 320d seems to have a number of problems which means that Andy has had a number of complete engine rebuilds to do replacing crankshafts, camshafts and turbo. He's the onlt technician at Stratstone Derby to do this level of work on the latest generation of BMW diesel engine and he's loving it. August has seen him at BMW's college near Reading for 2 whole weeks as well, and he "mastered" (at 80%) the first of the senior technician exams, so he's well on his way to that qualification.
Also during August, Angie and John finally got up to Derby in John's recently acquired Ford Focus estate, bought 2nd hand from a dealer on Mersea Island, it is in excellent shape and will hopefully serve him well for the next couple of years. Not sure if we'll see them again this week end, it's Dad's birthday on Bank Holiday Monday but it's only 2 weeks since they were here last.
While talking of birthdays, it was my Aunty Katy's 80th this week, so happy birthday and congratulations on becoming an octogenarian.
Suzie has been using up some of her holiday entitlement this week with a couple of days at home then a trip to Suffolk to stay with Liz & Bill at Kesgrave, along with Karen from Canvey Island. From the texts and phone calls it seems like she's had a good time with her friends so hopefully she will be nicely relaxed when she gets back.
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