Alone again, naturally...

(with thanks to Gilbert O'Sullivan).

I am once more home alone, having delivered Thomas to the airport at 3.30am this morning.  The journey was made all the more interesting as there had been rain about 8 hours earlier and certain parts of the roads were underwater!

We have had a lovely fortnight and have really done very little, apart from going out for some delicious meals including, Pakistani, Chinese, Italian and Japanese cuisine!!

We did make the trip out to the beach for the day last Tuesday which was well worth it.  The road is getting worse and in parts it really is a liberty to call it a road!!  Thomas did all the driving which was really blessing for me and a challenge for him, though he rose to the challenge extremely well and we made it there and back in one piece. 

We also did a fair amount of TV as well whilst he was here, including both seasons of Life on Mars, which we enjoyed enormously and is the cause of this postings title.

Today marks the beginning of Eid for us here in Pakistan, though the rest of the world celebrated yesterday. This means that tomorrow the whole city will be closed and on holiday and I will be having a quiet day at home.


I found out last week that I will have return to the UK so that my work visa can be issued.  This means I will be on a plane on the 25th September and will be there for at least two weeks.  Sadly, as the company are paying, I will be travelling economy class rather than my usual business class, I suppose I'll cope...