Ugh, hate Sundays… by the time the clock’s hands tick round to about 5 o’clock in the evening, Sunday blues set in. Sunday blues should be a recognised condition. It is characterised by a nagging feeling of impending doom, general sluggishness and a paranoia about running out of time. These feelings persist for a good few hours before bed time and may even keep you from sleep. This may trigger the secondary condition.. Sunday night sleeplessness. As you lie there thinking of (a) things you need to do tomorrow and (b) things you SHOULD have done on Sunday in preparation, sleep eludes you. The longer you lie there the more you worry about the fact that you can’t sleep. It’s a vicious cycle made all the worse by the fact that it is Monday in the morning. Tossing and turning exacerbates the situation and should not be entered into lightly. Consider yourself warned.

Yay! Who doesn’t love Fridays? Okay, okay… I’m sure there are some people out there who don’t but I am part of the percentage who LOVE Fridays Had a Grandparents picnic at school today. Generally you spend an hour or so wondering around smiling and nodding your head but today I got chatting to a Grandmother and I must just say, I haven’t laughed that much in a while. Thank you for making the picnic so much fun Granny Angela!
On another note, the driving is improving. Getting a better feel for the car. Still a bit jerky changing in the lower gears but I can still count on my fingers the number of times I have driven the car so there is room (and time) for improvement. Got a taste of the enjoyment of driving (some abstract thing everyone kept telling me about when I ranted about hating driving lessons)… I was driving on the highway (at 100 – keeping to the speed limit..) and had the music up (Scissor Sisters – I don’t feel like dancing and Celine Dion – Changes, if you were wondering) and life just felt good. Had to then take the off ramp and concentrate some more so the moment ended but it was good while it lasted.
It’s at times like this when I get slightly philosophical and think about life and how, at this very moment, all over the world someone is dying, someone is giving birth, someone is breaking up, someone is getting engaged, someone is saying good-bye, someone is hugging hello, someone is sick, someone is recovering… There I was feeling life was good but family members of a well-loved colleague were mourning. Life is a juxtaposition of moments.
On that note let me cheer up and lock up and climb back in the car and face the traffic to fetch my love xxx

Just thought I’d start out that way… I probably don’t NEED more shoes but I would certainly LIKE new shoes. My trusty black little heels that I wear to school are close to giving out. I will be very good and only buy shoes when they give out.. well, maybe if I see a stunning pair that I couldn’t possibly resist then I may change my mind. That is, after all, a girls’ job isn’t it?

Valentines day coming up on Sunday. I agree with my husband that it is a commercially hyped day but let’s be honest, if you aren’t being spoilt and you do have a significant other you feel a bit left out. Everyone else is getting cheesy stuffed dogs or plastic roses.. not to say that I want cheesy toys or plastic roses..  something yummy is ALWAYS a good bet (read: Lindor balls) as is anything you would not normally spoil yourself with (read: spa treatments/ flowers/ jewellery/ pretty undies/ hand-written poems) Yes guys, the last one is a winner! Most girls (admittedly not all) would swoon at the mere thought of a poem written by you. Hey, it doesn’t even have to be a poem (rhyming is skill and if you don’t get it right it sounds dorky) make it a genuine love letter and you will score MAJOR brownie points. Even more so if your girl is the type to keep the letter and haul it out to re-read every now and again. Just a tip… use it, don’t use it… PS This works equally well for anniversaries/ birthdays/ Christmas/ making-up after a big fight. Let it be known however that for the birthday and Christmas ocassions it should be paired with a gift for EXTRA points