Happy birthday - hope all this is to lower your expectations for surprise birthday fun later 🎁🎂🍺

It's my birthday tomorrow, which is a bit rubbish so I declared it a Birthday Weekend.

Thursday: went to see Out of Darkness in the cinema as it seemed to be a one night only screening, which is understandable as it's a bit niche (but, as someone said last night, so am I).

Friday: Went to my brother's for tea and rejected their birthday present (not as harsh as it sounds, it was a provisional present testing and it was decided to return the clothing and reorder). Then me and a few friends went to see Ross Noble (brilliant!) before heading to my local.

Saturday: booked a big table at my go-to Turkish restaurant (all very tasty), had a good turnout then bounced on to my local.

Sunday: taking it easy but might go to the pub for lasties as there will be pies.

Monday: bad day for a birthday. Might just get a Chinese takeaway and go to see The Iron Claw. No pub because everyone has Mondays off.

Thursday: Going to Dune, part 2: The Good Half in iSense. Not sure if it's technically part of my birthday (although I am meeting family friends next weekend and birthday, part 2 with my brother's family in a week or so, so it's rather a drawn out affair over a few weeks - a bit like my lockdown birthdays) but I might just declare a Birthday Fortnight and start annexing other weekends.