4 Sunday 24 November Today was much more bearable than yesterday, largely because I had Tom’s messages to keep me going — as well as memories of our second date from last night. We met up for a bite to eat, then went bowling in town. It’s not my usual cup of tea, but Tom suggested it and I thought at least we’d be able to chat and get to know each other, rather than sitting in silence in a cinema somewhere. It’s not like me to be out two nights in a row, but I’d already arranged to go round to Cath’s this evening to help her with her wedding plans. Cath and Ben have been together for almost five years, and announced last year that they’d got engaged. I don’t think they quite realised how much work would go into planning a wedding, though, and I’ve ended up being appointed their unoffic