Here is the finished Bee Charmer, I managed to attach the tassels at about 10pm last night - after having worked from 7:30 am to 8:30 pm! Then, when I was trying to escape (the others were still there, although Nicky was the only other one who had started early, and David had also had a siesta), Leo grabbed me to look at one of his speadsheets, which are becoming rapidly less enthralling.

Sylvain is here, we all hope to tell D to go away soon! Evidently his future colleagues are coming here next week for a meeting with him, I said to Alec that I hope they don't all resign instantly. Or maybe they will all kill him in the first week.

Nicky is going on holiday at the end of the week, just back to the US for a week, to see whether his apartment still survives without him. I will miss him a lot. He says D has been giving him beady looks all day yesterday - we had a two hour meeting with the worry beads whirling around, a dreadful noise. And David said something about he hoped these didn't fly off and hit someone. No-one dares to just tell him to put the silly things away, the tirade that would ensue is too horrible to contemplate.

Must make a few little updates to my template to reflect the Bee Charmer!