Buena suerte This week is a becoming more stressed than I had hoped. There is an endless list of tasks to do, and it was not helped by our toilet trauma, when frankly I nearly lost it on Tuesday afternoon. Today we are waiting for some more deliveries and continue to work on our inventory list for the shippers. If nothing else we have cornered the market in being organised. Sadly I've had to turn down a couple of invites to the White Sox v Cubs cross-town return Friday. It would be a nice way to bow out of the city but it ain't going to happen as I also need to pop back into work tomorrow afternoon.

The Euros have somewhat escaped me since the weekend. I did happen to watch chunks of two of the worst games at the tournament, Croatia v Turkey and Spain v Italy. I watched the highlights of the German win over the Turks though, in what was a fantastic spectacle - the Turks deserve a lot of credit for being involved in so many exciting games.

I have devised a little plan this afternoon, which should allow me to see the Russia v Spain semi. Amazingly I predicted this match-up before the competition and put Spain down for a 3-2 win, lets hope two of the best footballing sides in Europe live up to expectations. I should also tell you that I had the Germans down as my other finalists (smiley dewbry).  ¶ 13:42