Wednesday 27^th June, 2018 1830

Flipping heck. If it wasn't bad enough with the Firewall Force, the school internet crashed for most of yesterday and then in the early evening again when IT had all gone home. Just to make my life complete, a couple of hours ago the sound disappeared from my laptop entirely!

I know, I know, you're all sitting there smugly, nodding sagely and muttering “drivers”. Well to me drivers are people who sit behind the wheel of something vehicular. An hour on the internet live chat and I can hear again.

I received a reply at last from Delia. I had emailed her regarding Sahara and how I felt she should be given a last chance and a stern talking to, rather than being expelled. The talking to has been administered, assurances given that she will buck her ideas up received and by all accounts she will be back in school again after the holidays. That's my good deed for the month – I can but hope she doesn't show me to be a fool.

Thursday 28^th 1245

I had thought that a little walking might do me some good but after having no choice but to go to see Madam Electricity on Tuesday before she clutters off for her summer break (wouldn't do to have no power over the holidays!) and then to get my drinks and a barbecued skewers dinner because I didn't fancy cooking, I seem to have made it a whole lot worse.

Ok, so I'm not popping painkillers like Smarties, just a couple of Ibuprofen when I get up, to take the edge off, however I decided to swallow the bullet. Alice is coming late afternoon with my final Taobao order and I have asked her to go and buy me some crutches. When I left the last pair behind in Chizhou I never expected to need them again. Need them I do.

Ah well, at least it's keeping me out of mischief.......