Happy Birthday to me. Yes, I'm now 46 years old and can officially get out of doing heavy lifting by claiming to be old. Plus I can be all sage and knowall and people believe me even if I'm spouting total horse crap.

Had a good day today doing very little. I watched a few episodes of "House", ordered a few items of equipment, went out at lunchtime with Becca, my first AD, and a few of the guys who were at a loose end. Had a pint of Guinness (again, must be my drink at the moment) and a really nice burger at Roo Bar, an Aussie themed pub off the Whiteladies Road, and shot the breeze for an hour. Then braced by the food and booze I walked up the road and got a wad of cash out for Gary the garage man who serviced my car on Wednesday. It's been running real smooth since he did that. Forgot to take the DVDs back all week so took those back on the way home and the fine for all three was £15. Ouch. I could have bought a couple of them for that price. Well, my own fault - can't be helped.

Got home after picking Mia up and going to ASDA to pick up fajita ingredients, but started to feel a bit odd and queasy in the car... when I got home it became apparent I was going to have a small Migraine. While the kids and Mia prepared my birthday dinner, I went for a lie down and dropped a couple of migraleve pink. Waking up an hour later I felt weird but hungry at least. Enjoyed a couple of Fajitas and breaded mozzarella balls. Chased it with really heavy raspberry cheesecake.

Then it was pressie time. Ted got me a plug'n'play Batman game and a pack of tokens for Teddy time. Hattie got me a pack of Beef Jerky and various peanut flavoured choc. Mia got me a purple towel, an "X-Files" PS2 game and Season 1 of "Hammer House of Horror". I'm impressed she remembered I like that. I'm even more impressed she managed to have it sent to my work and had me bring it home still in the wrapper without raising any suspicion.

We played Batman games and watched a few "HHOH" episodes. Hattie conked out and went to bed, then Mia. For a short while me and Ted played Batman a little bit, then Ted went and I watched a couple more episodes of "House" before nodding off.