LOSEC STAT!

Ugh...BBQ food, BBQ drinks, office politics, up all night, too much coffee, too much Tae Bo, too little breakfast, furrowed brow, racing mind, churning stomach - PASS THE ANTACIDS.

(In an ironic coinicidence the chaps on Virgin Radio UK have just spent 10 minutes going on about Immodium [a sponsor, methinks] which isn't really personally applicable but I find it quite bizarre so many people are focussed on GI upset this morning)

Ahh will all be ok. Will scrounge through Myriah's Home Pharmacy and come up with some biochemically manipulative concoction bound to set the mind and body at ease.

It is a smashing day outside and the possibility of visiting the beach later for good food with good company will make the day seem long. AND even moreso as this is the last day before what I like to call Extend-a-Weekend; a long weekend, but because it is bound to be SUPER ultra fabulous deserves a designation of its own. Are my expectations too high? Nahh....how can it not be great? British Golf, Canadian Friends, Scottish Host, and Irish Visitors, 'nuff said.

Have also considered that Starbucks is not the only commercial institute of yore I will come across in Edinburgh...how could I forget The Gap!! Okay okay, admittedly an establishment aimed to quash individuality by supplying khakis and button-downs to the global masses, but as the key contributor to my wardrobe I must say there is a twinge of excitement at stepping into a store that could very well be at Polo Park in Winnipeg.

I really really really must not buy any shoes. I have v. limited luggage space but somehow that never seems to deter the decision to furnish the feet in some new digs.

Countdown to Extend-a-Weekend starts NOW: 6 hours 48 minutes....