The meeting itself was a little chaotic because most of the staff from the regional office were off sick. The regional secretary was also off sick and the guest speaker was unable to attend.

The office staff who arrange the meetings were amongst those off sick. Surprisingly the meeting went without any serious hitches and the only thing that was missing was cups for the tea and coffee.

I was re-elected onto the regional committee which meant that I had to attend a small follow on meeting where duties were allocated to the newly elected committee members. After the meeting there was time for a bit of networking and catching up with friends.

I had to hang around in Birmingham a little bit longer than I intended because whilst I was sleeping my plans for my final bit of Christmas shopping had been rearranged for me and fast forwarded from the planned Friday or Saturday…

I finally got home at 9pm, but at least all the shopping is done now

This is a photo from last Christmas, there was too much rushing around for a photo yesterday. The centre was a lot busier than it is in this photo.