Saturday, February 07, 2009

While you work, new paper and to do.

1. The bus driver is singing 'I'm on the top of the world and looking down on creation' which is one of my favourite songs ever.

2. The fresh copies of the paper are fat and slightly damp. I like putting mine in my bag to take home.

3. Louise is coming to dinner. I run through a list of things to do before she arrives, and because I'm running late, switch some items from 'must do' to 'would have liked to have done'. Nick comes home early and picks up all the 'would have liked' items before I've even explained what they are.
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Volunteers, eleven and bright crayons.

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