I’ve been on sabbatical since August, living in Colombia this year after 4 years in France. Yesterday my boss emailed me to tell me he’d done my start-of-year appraisal so I’ve got one to go back to, with the sole target of “come back to work”. This August I’ll be going back to work in Bristol, earning more than I ever dreamt I would in my 20s. So pretty good.

My star wanes – been here 18 months, gained an undeserved “magic” reputation to start off with but now I can’t reproduce something I never had in the first place, my stock has fallen. Sucks a bit, really.

Just got back from a Pinot noir tasting forum. Probably tasted a nice cars worth of 1er & Grand Cru Burgundies.