Yep, my backlog of last weekend has now backed up to include this weekend. At least a) the Afghanistan paper is now orbiting other people’s desks; b) the Azerbaijan paper is due for publication on Monday; and c) have nearly finished going through the Kosovo security paper though it will need a bit more tweaking. But the EU Visas paper needs a massive amount of work done to it – by Tuesday.

So I’ve been in the office most of the day, wrestling with the various texts requiring my attention. The boss has turned up too, just back from the US, but in a reasonably good mood. Have taken it as far as I can for now and am going home shortly.

When I left the house at ten o’clock this morning, Fergal was curled up on the sofa under a duvet watching Scooby Doo. I felt very envious.

On the plus side, both Ursula’s chickenpox and my mouth ulcers have largely cleared up.