It's been a long, long time since my last post, just in case you hadn't noticed. So what have I been up to and why the extended absence? Well, where do I start...? OK, first off, I was away for a couple of weeks learning how to be an NLP Trainer, which I have to say was the toughest course yet. I am immensely proud to have passed the three days of evaluation, especially as so many others fell by the wayside - did I mention it was tough? During the course I managed to fight off the lurgy that was attacking a number of the other attendees, including the two lovely ladies that I was sharing a house with and one of the trainers. A week later, it finally caught up with me, and knocked me down both physically and mentally. Now I rarely get ill, and when I do, it's invariably my body's way of telling me to slow down, so for once I decided to practice some radical self care and give myself the break that I obviously needed. Boy did I sleep a lot! Not a lot of work done, a lot of catching up on reading in between dozing, oh, and I did manage to pull my share of the work at my motorcycle club's rally, at which we raised well over £1,000 for charity. And then I slept a lot more...