Good Day Off

I have so much annual leave to use up before starting maternity leave at the end of May, that I can afford to take every Friday off work. This will also be useful when arguing the case for working part time, as I will have been working a four day week since the end of January, and my current projects include making everything more efficient so that it takes even less time.

Having a day off every week is rather nice. It means I can collect parcels from the post office, which came in very handy today, as there were four: * A lightweight summer grobag from ebay; * 50g sparkly black chenille knitting yarn, also via ebay. No, I don’t know what I’m going to do with it; * A very small pair of blue trousers, from Hg; * Several very small blue outfits and a book, from Lisa

This was rather like having a birthday, even if I did actually pay for most of it. In the celebratory spirit, I then went to the wool shop and accidentally bought some wool, which I also don’t have any plans for. It was just nice. I tried to avoid the wool shop for this very reason, but it just happened. I’m sure it will come in handy for something.

Then I had lunch (a bacon, red leicester, and bbq sauce toastie) with a friend, and spent an hour talking about babies. She has spent a year trying to have a baby, but she generously still doesn’t mind spending an hour getting excited about mine. This must surely be the sign of a very good friend.

Then I remembered to send a mother’s day card. Thank goodness.