Hello my lovely GFPs. Let me begin with a huge thank you to the many of you who emailed me after my last slightly downbeat missive. Your messages meant so much to me. I'm sorry I can't reply to them all, but I do read them all and they really lifted me up. I can confirm that I am feeling less down in the dumps this week, although of course still fairly despondent because, let's face it, everything's a bit shit isn't it? Read on to find out quite how shit it is!