1. Good neighbours. I am trying to work from home but my laptop is broken. Aaaargh! Who rescues me by sharing her PC? Fenella. It's my birthday and I fancy going out to lunch. Who rearranges her schedule so she can work from home? Fenella. My boiler is in pieces and there's no hot water. Who lets me use her shower? Fenella.
2. Introducing my mother to one of my friends and watching them discover that they went to the same nursery school (quite a long time apart).
3. Baked Alaska with pink icecream inside.
1. Meeting Clare's mother for the first time - thank you very much for the hot chocolate - and discovering not only that we went to the same school, but live/have lived by the same village and have some mutual acquaintances.
ReplyDelete2. Clare in raptures over the Angel Hair wrapping of her presents.
3. The squelching sound of wet car tyres being driven slowly over concrete.
Lxx
Birthday? Did we miss a birthday party for Clare? Cake? Pink ice cream?
ReplyDelete7. Sharing a birthday with a friend.
It was just a small family affair... Next year, I'll be 30, and then there'll be a party and a bit.
ReplyDeleteMy, didn't realize you were such and old lady. How about partying in Vegas? Quite a change from South Africa.
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