There's always time for a book - Seven happy things from my week

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Again I was tempted by the stress of very busy weeks behind and ahead of me not to post a list. But, again, I easily found seven good things from my week:

1. I never thought I’d be happy to say this, but it was so nice to be the in the office all week without travelling.
2. We went out for dinner at a local pub Friday night and had a great time. My co-workers are great people!
3. Speaking of which, my new manager started this week. She’s really nice and it will be so good to have a full team for the first time in months.
4. To celebrate we bought a bird feeder for outside our office window. It’s already attracting cute little British garden birds!
5. I saw my first wild newts in a pond! Very cute!
6. I have been cast into despair over finding a new skirt to take on holidays (see point number seven) and wear to work as shops only seem to have chiffon-let’s-pretend-it’s-summer skirts in stock, but I bought three on ebay yesterday. I’m sure at least one will fit!
7. My friends and I have managed to line up accommodation for our holiday in Spain next week (I’ll be away the next two Sundays but will do a mega happy list when I come back!). It’s Holy Week so accommodation was really tough to find, especially at short notice, but it looks like we won’t be homeless after all. I’m really really looking forward to this holiday especially seeing my Aussie friend. We’ve been friends since kindergarten and this is the longest we’ve been apart for 20 years so catching up over tapas and wine sounds like the perfect holiday.

More lists (and cute baby videos) up at Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.

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	From: willow_41z	Date: March 9th, 2008 07:13 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It sounds like you work at a great office! I hope you enjoy your holiday!

	From: emmaco	Date: March 9th, 2008 08:15 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It is a great place to work :)

Only one week to go! I still get surprised that it's so easy to get overseas here. And the idea of going overseas ON A TRAIN just blows my mind still :)

	From: steepholm	Date: March 9th, 2008 07:33 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Ooh, which birds have you seen? (And which newts?)

	From: emmaco	Date: March 9th, 2008 08:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

So far our list stands at a grand total of three: blue tit, robin and coal tit. Not as exciting as otehr feeders with siskins, redpolls etc. But even though they're the very common ones I love them still :)

We consulted our amphibian chart (which is astonishingly short) and think they were Smooth Newts.

	From: troubleinchina	Date: March 9th, 2008 09:36 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Your week sounds awesome!

Where in Spain are you going? I loved it there, especially the laid back atmosphere.

	From: emmaco	Date: March 9th, 2008 10:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

It's a quick trip, only 8 days, but we're meeting in Madrid then going to Seville, Granada then back up to Barcelona. I've never been to Spain before but am really looking forward to it! Not least because I am not utterly incompetent in the national language like in other European countries :)

From: philia_fan	Date: March 9th, 2008 11:21 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Mmmm, tapas. Have a great time!

	From: checkers65477	Date: March 9th, 2008 11:17 pm (UTC)		(Link)

The trip to Spain sounds like loads of fun. I love to see even the common, everyday birds, too. They are chirping outside my window even now. Have a wonderful trip.

	From: emmaco	Date: March 10th, 2008 07:22 am (UTC)		(Link)

I'm glad you made it back safely from the land of snow!

	From: lady_schrapnell	Date: March 10th, 2008 07:45 am (UTC)		(Link)

It's mad when the winter winds are still blowing and they insist on filling shops with swimming suits and tank tops, isn't it? Your holiday sounds wonderful!

I was thrilled to see two blackbirds in the back garden a week or two ago - there used to be tons of cats around, and the birds don't seem to trust the place still - but then Doug came in, and his job-description apparently includes protecting the place against birds. Loudly. Sigh.

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