But enough about the weather. Summer solstice, baby, that’s what you’re looking at – longest day and all that. And boy, has it been a long day…up ’til 3am, up again at 8:30am, likely to be up until 3am or thereabouts again! I think I must have the longest day every day!

The strange thing is, I’ve only been having a schedule like that for a couple of weeks, but my body already seems to have adjusted quite well. I’ve not upped my caffeine intake (maybe I should though!), but as noted previously I do now exercise regularly. I remember back in the day that I could be out until 4am and still be up by 7:30am to go to work. I now work for myself, of course, so I can really start when I want!

I did do one really mad thing once, regarding sleep (deprivation!). My youngest child required a Teletubby – as did every other child in the UK at that time – and the only way to get one was to be first in line outside Toys’r'Us in the morning. I had worked a full week, Monday to Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm, and the delivery was coming Saturday morning. So me and the missus sat outside Toys’r'Us from about 8pm (fourth or fifth in line!) right through until opening time at around 8:30am Saturday morning. It was cold ad exhausting, but we got the Teletubbies in the end. However, I had to be at work for the Saturday shift, 10am until 5pm. As soon as I got home, me and the missus went to sleep and woke up sometime Sunday afternoon!! Good times!