The Last Push, The Neighbours and the Pumpkin that took over the World..

Sorry you've had to wait a bit longer than normal than this one. It turns out that making a solo show and renovating a campervan at the same time is quite a lot of work.

Joni is still in the process of getting a makeover and although at the moment, she is looking worse each day, it's a bit like she is going through those few days after you do a facemask and your skin goes all bonkers. Pretty soon, she will be looking wonderful- she's got new cupboards going in, new fabric on her roof (the inside, not the outside, that'd be insane) and a carpet of gorgeous glossy astoturf carpet. (this does oddly smell of uncooked meat, but I'm hoping that's just a 'new smell' and doesn't indicate that it's been in a butcher's window with mince nestling on it for the last few months)

Making the show is going pretty well- I had a brief hiccup on Saturday when I had to go for a walk round the block in the middle of the runthrough to have a little cry, but then I threw some forks, punched the toilet door, and all was fine again.

We have been in Joni outside the house every day for a week and we keep sporadically frightening the neighbours by suddenly emerging onto the pavement in a kind of HA HA WE'VE BEEN HERE ALL ALONG sort or way. I suspect that some of them have started to think we've been kicked out of our house and are now sleeping in the van outside, but we are trying to convince them otherwise by wearing really different outfits every day and saying 'SO, the SHOW WE ARE DOING..' as loudly as possible.

I was interviewed for Radio 2 today which was extremely exciting. I was extremely nervous and for some reason decided that not having a kazoo was the main obstacle to the show not being ready yet. The interview will be played on the Claudia Winkleman show on Friday evening so I hope I come across as someone who is doing something interesting in a quirky space, rather than someone who is obsessed by old school comical instruments.

In other news, the garden is looking pretty wonderful. The pumpkin plant appears to be doing well on its mission to take over the world (it has now attached itself to most of the other plants and has grown quite a long way across the lawn) and we managed to have a courgette omelette with the most wonderful, green beautiful courgette there ever was. It did, however, feel a little strange eating vegetables in front of other vegetables, a bit like we were saying 'Ah ha ha, this is what will happen to you soon, GROW GROW MY PRETTIES..'

SO, all is growing. Vegetables are growing and the show is growing.

Come on August, I'm (almost) ready for you.

I just need that kazoo..