Sober old shatterhand

I injured my hand end of last/start of this month, no big fall or anything, relatively minor bang, thought it was just sprained or so, but the days and weeks pass and it is now confirmed to be a metacarpal break in bone leading to right hand ring finger. Right hand! So that has been a pain in the arse, and made wiping it almost impossible,  the pain is bearable now, though a bit uncomfortable. Was at hospital for an x-ray on Friday and will be referred to Orthopedics at the Vic Hospital in Kirkcaldy, it will likely need an operation as it's hardly a fresh break. We'll see how things go.

In other news, month started in Edinburgh for the Nigel Havers stand-up show, was good, stayed in the Premier Inn near the Royal Mile afterward, booked in advance so was a reasonably good deal, though the check-in was a farce with the self service machines not working and a foreign guy with little customer service skills manually checking us in, but got there in the end. 

A few days later Molly the dachshund arrived in the flat for about a 9 day stay, she was no problem at all, and thanks to her the steps target was fairly easily reached this month. Went the usual routes with her, mostly toward the Binn and back the field, was good exercise for us both.

Daniella from Potsdam was staying in Kinghorn for over a week so saw her a few times in pub, not that she was staying in the flat, she drove herself around Scotland as she's a big fan, shame about the blown tyre in the middle of nowhere though! 

For the first time this year I cut the grass, well I cut half as my hand was playing up, will finish the job when we get a couple of dry days. Sheena downstairs had her ivy cut back, was quoted a high sum for doing so, I turned down the quote as it's the council should be doing it for free. Might eventually go to lawyer about it soonish, have to change my Will anyway.

Work has been ok, I put a request to only get early shifts and it was accepted, though doesn't apply to Bank Holidays however, and there 2 of them in May, so will see. Am happy enough with my designated desk at work, think I have a reputation for being difficult :-) 

Been off the booze since 5 March, been drinking Guinness 0.0 when in the pub, it's actually not that bad, costs the same as real beer too. Will probably get boozing again on Easter Monday as a month would have passed by then. The week after that I'll be heading down to Chester, and knowing Clemens, my liver will be under severe attack. 

Until the next one dear reader! Here a few photos taken this month..