Back to work...

After a fantastic weekend at Eastercon, it's back to the office.

Left Hinckley about an hour later than planned, so had to put the boot down on the way to Holyhead. It gave us an excuse to try out the M6 Toll, which definately saved quite a bit of time around Birmingham. Got there to find the ferry was running late anyway.

Got home for snuggles with madangie.

The weekend was a bit of a blur. More on that later.

I made a small child cry

I feel so bad about this.

I was walking throught the hall of the Hinckley Island Hotel carrying a number of large boxes of Lego to load into the car.

"Where are you taking the Lego?" asked a small child (I'd guess about 3), with father in tow.
"I have to take it home," I said.
"The Lego room is finished," added the father.
"But I wanted to play with them again," a tear welling in his eye.
"You can't play with them today," explained the father, "we have to go home."

The was too much for the poor fellow, who loudly burst into tears. I apologised profusely, and hurried away feeling very guilty. I expect the father may have had to go shopping.