well today i've started my bankruptcy fund. i'm amazed that, if you have no money you have to save up 500 quid to say you've got no money and have the grief whilst you're trying to save this money.

sorry mate, i don't have any money to give you, i have to give it to the court when i've saved some up.

still, i've set a date, now i just have to sort everything out before the time comes.

my partner is being fab, she's packed the old house up and is working like a trooper to get everything ready. if i was her, i'd have left me by now, fortunately she is not me, but then i guess i'm a quitter and she's not.

i enetered a painting of mine into an exhibition and now i'm trying to get my stepdaughter to get all of her mates to vote fo rit so i get an exhibition of my own. did i mention i 'paint'? well, when i sold my business over a year ago i took a year out to paint. what a joke that was.

i always said that to motivate myself i had to lose everything. maybe i attempted the self fulfilling prophecy theory, but to be honest, i'm not sure how i got into this state. i know how i accrued the credit card debt and the overdraft, but the not being able to pay my mortgage or other bills is beyond me.

so now i owe over twenty grand and have no way of paying it back. by being bankrupt, i can't continue as a licensee and i can't go back to being an estate agent so it's not a small thing. but it does mean i have to do something.

first things first, i need to decorate this place so the missus and kids can move in. aim to complete by wednsday, two days time!!

so, sleep beckons, wake early and paint the lounge before i open. so here we go, catch ya tomorrow.