[21:00] It’s two hours later! And I have eaten quite a lot of food – even by my standards. So keeping my clothes on again for the second time tonight (to maintain control from the first time), you may now watch the video for the post-dinner weigh in so how much weight I gained at [...]

Gratuitous nudity? Not quite. “Look at me! Look at me!” ?? No. I just thought this would be funny. I’m genuinely quite intrigued by the fact that American men simply seem to NOT take a bath – only showers. And yesterday, someone questioned whether I really did take baths here, and when was the last [...]

Four words/phrases I now use in America that I never used before: ‘Sucks‘ – “That sucks man!”. I have no idea what I used to say before to be derogatory about something, but I’ve adapted the local phrase far too quickly for my liking. ‘Friggin’ – Is now what I say instead of using a [...]

London: I’m walking adeptly through a crowded area and I accidentally brush or bump into someone. I’m in a hurry – they’re probably in a hurry too, so the best they’ll get from me is a waved hand of apology and mumbled ‘Sorry’ under my breath as I carry on walking away from them. Charleston: [...]

Pay attention. I said Banking. Just checking. (Or should that be ‘chequeing’ [groan] ) Old home: My ‘old’ debit card back home (with Abbey) was just that – a debit card. It had a 16 digit card number stamped across the front of it (and a CSV code on the back too), but it also [...]

At home: Hello! I am a pedestrian. I am strolling along the pavement. I am getting to a point where a sideroad is turning out onto a main road. Ooh – look! Here comes a car, slowing down to turn onto the main road. If I carry on crossing the road, he’ll hit me and [...]

[Anytime prior to six months ago] I’m in England, and it’s lunchtime. I’m walking past my local grocery store so I pop into buy a snack, a drink, and a newspaper to read. I pay for my stuff and decide to perch on a brick wall nearby, eating my food, drinking my drinking and reading [...]

Am I a bit gay for having baths? Ok, maybe not gay, but (as Leigh put it) “A bit girly”. This was her (half joking) opinion of me this week when she realised my love of baths. What actually shocked her more though was when I told her the fact that many years ago, I [...]

“So what do you think is so important about the six month marker then?” “I’m not totally sure. But I can only liken it to when you start a new job. The first week you are there everything is new and exciting, but quite quickly that turns into a feeling of realising that you’re the [...]