I'm not dead yet!
Off to a nice Italian resturant with the family this evening. I got a camera tripod, an Aussie leather hat, and 7(!) painting prints of scenes from the original Italian Job. The head of Boehringer Ingelheim UK (where I work) also sang me and another guy who's birthday it is Happy Birthday at the annual company briefing. In front of the entire company. Accompanied by one of the Directors of the company who flew in from Germany just for this briefing. All in all, a most unusual day.
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