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caddymanBack in the office after a weekend extended by two days because I do not wish to work on my birthday and also because it’s nice to have an extra day off, anyway.
Saturday we journeyed up to Bedford to seeellefurtle’s cousin whom she had not seen for many years, so it was nice for her to make contact again after all that time. We spent much of the afternoon in the pub where we adjourned for lunch and then went back to meet the cousinlings, the youngest of which I think postdates last contact. It turns out that the younger sister is a promising musician and the older has some talent as an artist and I at least, enjoyed looking over her portfolio (in which there were many cartoons).
Little if anything was achieved on Sunday, which is as it should be. I got a great deal of Warcrack played and we watched a reasonable amount of telly. There was some tidying, however, in anticipation of the visit of the in-laws on Monday, which in itself occasioned a trip to the local.
Furtle made me a dalek cake, which was very tasty, if a little wobbly. I have a photograph of it which I am forbidden to post up either here or on FarceBørk, so if you want to see it you will have to pester the shy cake-maker herself. It is largely eaten now, which is just as well, because it is not immediately obvious how something made with two Swiss Rolls, dollops of icing sugar and chocolate buttons entirely dovetails with a low carb diet…
In the evening, after a further hour or two lolling around to overcome the effects of afternoon BEER, we decamped, just the two of us, to a local Indian restaurant where had a very fine curry.
This is how you do birthdays.
Yesterday was largely a matter of getting over the strain of relaxing by relaxing, though we did nip out to the shops for a breath of fresh air.
This morning was back at the office. There is nothing quite like a commute on unsympathetic trains to break the mood. Never mind, soon be the weekend.
Saturday we journeyed up to Bedford to see
ellefurtle’s cousin whom she had not seen for many years, so it was nice for her to make contact again after all that time. We spent much of the afternoon in the pub where we adjourned for lunch and then went back to meet the cousinlings, the youngest of which I think postdates last contact. It turns out that the younger sister is a promising musician and the older has some talent as an artist and I at least, enjoyed looking over her portfolio (in which there were many cartoons).Little if anything was achieved on Sunday, which is as it should be. I got a great deal of Warcrack played and we watched a reasonable amount of telly. There was some tidying, however, in anticipation of the visit of the in-laws on Monday, which in itself occasioned a trip to the local.
Furtle made me a dalek cake, which was very tasty, if a little wobbly. I have a photograph of it which I am forbidden to post up either here or on FarceBørk, so if you want to see it you will have to pester the shy cake-maker herself. It is largely eaten now, which is just as well, because it is not immediately obvious how something made with two Swiss Rolls, dollops of icing sugar and chocolate buttons entirely dovetails with a low carb diet…
In the evening, after a further hour or two lolling around to overcome the effects of afternoon BEER, we decamped, just the two of us, to a local Indian restaurant where had a very fine curry.
This is how you do birthdays.
Yesterday was largely a matter of getting over the strain of relaxing by relaxing, though we did nip out to the shops for a breath of fresh air.
This morning was back at the office. There is nothing quite like a commute on unsympathetic trains to break the mood. Never mind, soon be the weekend.
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Date: 2013-02-08 11:50 am (UTC)Just to point out there is a decent comic shop in the town which even I don't mind going into plus it's staffed with *whisper* non-smelly, friendly, helpful staff some of whom aren't white and one of whom isn't even a chap ! Outrageous !