The dishes are clean, table cloth steamed and the bathroom is in working order. Zsolt and his parents are rolling down the highway as I type, headed for Southampton.

I could clean more, but instead am going out for lunch. There’s still so much to do before Friday – and it will get done, because it needs to get done. But life makes room for lunch with friends, or at least it does today.

Still so much to do; no point fixating on that fact. At least, not for the next 1.5 hours.  Instead I’ll savour a mix veg burger with chips on the side, and maybbbeeee a gluten-free chocolate muffin as a meal topper.

Man, I’m tense! MUST punch it out.