It's not all been doom and gloom over the past few months though. I would have gone completely crazy if I'd spent all this time inside and working from home.

Back on the middle weekend in April I went to i27. The i-events are thoroughly enjoyable. It's the best of the gaming world and real life. You get to meet up with lots of people you rarely see and be geeks without nervousness but with plenty of beer. We entered the sponsored Battlefield 2 tournament and were royally owned by the world class professional teams. I also got to show off my kCase which I've yet to write or post pictures about.

Then on the 10th of June I had a lovely weekend relaxing at Evil Rich's in Eastleigh. I met up with Little Rich at Waterloo station and we travelled down together. The three of us hadn't seen each other for months so it was fantastic to catch up and have a few drinks. We spent Saturday in Southampton, mainly on campus. It was so nice to be sat outside in the sun for a day with a couple of cold pints of beer. I'd forgotten how lovely the place is and got that slight feeling of I'd like to be back here, carefree and with little real responsibility. :)

Then the last weekend of June, Stuart and I had a fairly spontaneous trip over to Belfast. I went to meet the guild leaders Nuadu and Aannuubbiiss from my World of Warcraft guild. They are such lovely people, so welcoming and made us feel at home. However, they did well at painting a horrific picture of both the political and violent climates in Belfast over the past years. I found it fascinating how entirely British that Belfast is on the exterior, to a visitor, but in realiaty how different it was from the safe and calm main land of England.

And now my Hitchin friends are all returning from University for the Summer. I'm off to the cinema to see Pirates of the Carribean tonight which I'm looking forward to, and I'm sure there will be a night or two at the pub before I leave for Solihull in just over a week.