Killing myself laughing

I was inspired by Bloglily’s post on laughter, and made an attempt to calculate how many times I laughed today.
- 2 laughs at a coworker being snippy at someone on the phone - 1 laugh at a joke made by a newly pregnant coworker - “well, there was nothing on TV that night.” - [...]

Friendship without performance

The drinks and dinner I had with the old school friend was a rather awkward evening. We traversed the lives of old acquaintances, and then gradually ran out of topics of conversation. I found myself telling endless stories about the lawyerly life, and then moving on to reminiscences of university in an effort [...]

How did people ride horses in all that fabric?

I’ve arranged to catch up with my old school friend for a drink tonight, which I’m sure will be strange. I have been thinking of her during the last week, and realised that I had forgotten how close we once were - or rather, how much she used to confide in me. I [...]

Ghosts from the past

Eric the pot plant has a new leaf, his very first since I bought him about 18 months ago. It seems the sunlight in the new office is doing him good. I am ridiculously fascinated by the leaf’s rate of growth - over the weekend it has almost doubled in size.
My herbs are all going [...]

My inner party animal wakes up

I went to bed past midnight two nights in a row this weekend, the first due to a night in a pub with Prince Valiant’s workmates, and the second due to an engagement party for some friends of ours. It was a very uncharacteristic pattern for me, and I woke up on Sunday in [...]

Absences

Prince Valiant has been away on a fishing trip this weekend, so I have been enjoying the unfamiliar experience of being alone in the house for a couple of days - alternating house care with playing on the internet and wallowing in some trashy television. Thanks to the sunny weather this weekend, both of [...]

Sunshiny day

I spent most of Friday in the kitchen, putting together lasagnes and salads, gradually filling up the fridge shelves with food. On Friday night, we headed out, reluctantly, to a work function, and then came home to collapse into bed.
Saturday dawned with blue skies, a gentle breeze, and bright sunshine which quickly evaporated the [...]

Toilet roll cupids

The Rider and I laughed as we drove up to the B&B we were staying in - it look rather like a smart blue and white bunker perched on a hillside, looking down onto the fields below. A note left at the front door directed us to the left, and announced that our room [...]

Connections

Today has been a day of pleasant connections. On my way out of the change room, rushing to Body Balance class, I ran into Yi. As it turns out, she’s a member of the same gym. It was lovely to see a familiar and friendly face.
When I arrived home, I discovered that [...]

Favorite Things Saturday: Writing Letters

Writing letters on a slow Sunday afternoon, dipping my pen into the inkwell and then drawing the fine glass nib across the page, is one of my favourite things to do. Glancing at the letter I’m replying to for inspiration, my mind strays onto another topic, and I find I have rambled on for a [...]