It has been too long since I last posted. I mentioned in my last post that we were going to be having a really busy weekend at the museum. Well, my expectations were well and truly fulfilled! On a "normal" day at the museum we have about 100-150 visitors. On the Saturday of the weekend we had 2311 and on the Sunday we had 3208!! It was absolute bedlam. I was on the ground floor all weekend so I was in the thick of it all. We had free entry all weekend, so a lot of people came in just to see what was inside. It was good publicity for the museum really. And hopefully the people who came in will come back to see the rest of the museum. It was a fun weekend, but I was absolutely exhausted by the end of each day.

I had the Tuesday off and spent most of it in bed as I think one of the 6000-odd people who filed past me at the front desk on the weekend had given me the flu. I called in sick on Wednesday as well, then went to work on Thursday. I lasted all of two hours, when I was told to go home!! They rang me later in the day and told me I was not to come back to work until Monday! That suited me fine as I really was not well and slept quite a bit. So I effectively had 6 days off work. I lost only 1 days pay too which was a nice surprise.

On the weekend we met Judy at the Imperial War Museum for coffee. They have a new exhibition that I wanted to see, so it seemed like a good point to meet at. The exhibition is on the second world war, but all about how children were effected by the changes, rationing, etc. It was very interesting. They even had a house that you could walk through. Coffee (well, tea) was lovely, 'twas good to catch up with Judy. We were telling her about the fact that we have to move house. She suggested we move closer to the east of London. It makes sense really. We had thought about it before, but now it just seems quite logical. My life seems to be in the east at the moment, with work and the gym being over there. And it would make my days shorter at least! And coming up to winter that is a big deal, considering it gets dark so early in the evening.

Saturday we went on an adventure. We went to Shadwell, in the east, to try and find a church that ancestors of Scott's got married in in 1855. We found the church which was very exciting. It is now in a run down area, but it's nice to know it's still standing. The area would have been very different back then. At work we have a reconstructed 1840s street, which is dark and smelly, called Sailortown. It really gives you an insight into how the area would have been back then. And I am sure the smells are accurate too!!

Now it's back to work. They asked if they could change my roster on me. That's fine. I will now have alternate Wednesday and Fridays off instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays, but that's okay with me. It was the roster I agreed to in the first place, it was only when I got here that they changed it on me!

So that is my life to the present. I hope I have enlightened you somewhat. :-)