Bear booked his trip to England today and he is going sooner than I had expected. He'll be away sixteen days from the middle of April.

Two stress-free, blissful weeks without him. Wonderful.

He's already asked what we are 'cooking up' during his absence but since we couldn't be sure he was actually going until the tickets were bought we haven't arranged anything yet.

It won't be difficult to come up with some ideas though.