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Ruuuuum. Dr. Livesy, forgive me. I can see double and I might barf if I don't pass out first.

I bought booze. Nice coconut rum. I drank a loooooot of it tonight. That was my treat to me. I ended up with a woman's hand on my thigh and she asked for my pone number, so....yay, rum?

Slightly pissednoff , because some.guy in a bar overheard me mention one of the places I served and decided to try to gotcha me. Presumably he has told a lot of people that he served there, too. He insisted that the fact that I served witha mechanised brigade means I was an engineer. Not a...

I am being slighly haunted by the fact that I told my best friend I love her. She said 'I love you, too, man.' Er...oh, never mind.

I get that. The more significant the event, the longer the lead time.

That pub crawl down the Sword Coast covers about a thousand miles and would take a week. There must be a wizard in the party. I had quite a few nights a bit like that but more localised. Shame the crew that do the best crazy pub shenanigans aren't around anymore. Occupational hazard, I suppose.

Comic Con. War. Death. Not looking forward to the sore head once I finish this bottle of brandy.

Alternating between Morrowind, Minecraft, Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries and Strange Horticulture.

My whatever-she-is texted me and ammended our plans for our first date. She's bringing an overnight bag and requests bacon and eggs for breakfast. Ooookay.

Rage, grief, loneliness, excitement, fear. I miss my kids and hate my ex for what she has done, as well as all those sad, angry little girls with unresolved daddy issues that make up our civil legal system. I'm excited because my new girlfriend is going to spend her first night here on...

My wife and kids watching me play Minecraft. It isn't the same without an audience.

I had a bath this morning! I kind of had to, since I had a...personal grooming appointment. Need to be sparkly clean for that sort of thing. I'm basically trying to give myself a fairly intensive dose of overdue maintenance just now. Get the rust off and oil the working parts, you know?

The last 24 hours have been wild. I found my mad Aussie mate is still alive but our contract is shot. This morning, though, I got a message from a...um...high speed, low drag outfit that I put out feelers to a few months back but got no reply. 'Hey, man, you were in my spam folder. You still...

Unexpected girlfriend in the bagging area! She knows what I do and that it won't last, but maybe we can make what time we have special.

Currently watching Rambo: First Blood, because I noticed it was on. I'm not sure how sensible a choice this is.

Toilet. At some point I should clean myself. It seems like a lot of work, though. I did shave my beard off, at least. The house is spotless, but I struggle to look after myself. I apologised to the guy at the benefits office for the state of me, but he said I was well dressed, tidy and don't...

Mind they don't get too comfy with you; they might start perching on your head. If that happens, wear a raincoat. Forcing smiles doesn't work.for me, either. Just gives me a sore face.

I just finished a long phone call with my closest war buddy. I haven't really laughed since I got home, but now the muscles up the side of my head hurt and I think I woke up the folks upstairs. I won't see him when I go back; he's had enough of the clusterf*ckery with Command and called it a...

Alcohol. Lots of it.

Yeah, Ukraine. We always just say we are either 'in country' or 'back in the world'. Doesn't matter which country it actually is. The child welfare report is due in February, yeah. Then I'd like to actually spend a few weeks with my kids. Edit: the ambulance is not coming. Too busy. That's...

Not terribly. I mostly resort to them due to lack of options. I still keep in touch with the guys back in country, now and again, but they're pretty busy. I'm desperate to get back to the war and back to myself, but I'm stuck here until I deal with this court bollocks.

The only person I'm really in contact with is my daughter via WhatsApp every couple of days. Well, that and my daily calls to helplines.

Do you have yhe tradition of First Footing where you are? Basically, at midnight on Hogmanay, people go around to each other's houses and bring food and drink as gifts and get food and drink in return. People don't think of it in terms of magic, but it is; it's a kind of rite to ensure...

Apprehensive about the firework display in town. I'm not going to it, but I know fr9m past experience that from here it sounds like a pitched gunfight. Also very, very angry about all the stuff I've lost.

Hat for Comic Con! The cap badge arrived today. I have a hussar-style jacket on the way. Cost a bit and I will be eating beans for every meal for a few weeks to compensate, but totally worth it. I shouldn't be allowed on the internet with only three hours of sleep, but here we are.