Flat Pack

 Look at meeee!

I have assembled a flat pack table all by myself and without mistakes.

Damian offered to do it for me, but I wanted to prove to mayself and the wrorld that I'm not as incompetent as I like to pretend I am.....

Sombre

 "Sombre" is the word.

It cropped up in the formulation "Everyone seems a bit sombre at the moment."

"Why do think that is?" someone asked

And I chipped in with "Because the old world is coming to end."

Later we rehearsed the conversation with someone who hadn't been present.

"The old world is always coming to an end," he said. 

"Yes," I said, "But this time it really is."