During a casual chat with a friend in work this week, I mentioned that I was supposed to be heading to my friends in the south of the country except that it's so far down that I fly and that my passport expired in May, so I'm not going anywhere. "You can fly domestic using your works pass, a friend of mine did." What? Minutes later, I'm on a flight booking website, I phoned, Googled and sure enough, I can travel on my expired passport... as it's only just expired, (sounds ridiculous to me,) or my works pass.
That night, I booked to fly down to Southampton to see my friends in just a few weeks time. By next morning, I had a text from JR to say I was in the diary, she would be at the airport to pick me up and everything was arranged to meet up with our other friends down there, that includes precious and new baby Joshua, and his equally gorgeous, big brother Alex.
I never used to understand people who declared emphatically that they; "needed a break." But now I do. I need a change of scenery and I really need some company, at least, for a while.
Major news this week, I logged on to check my emails one day and there is an email from my friend M, who I used to work with, in response to my last email, and she begins; ".... yeah, Rome was great, glad you got postcard... queue at Vatican was ridiculous... D surprised me and proposed, no big deal..." What???? I almost slid off the sofa and had to re-read, it was literally that scene in the SATC movie, (the good one,) where Charlotte shrieks at Carrie's news in the restaurant.
My friend has already, happily passed the 20 year anniversary mark with her lovely partner and so you can understand my shock. I couldn't be happier for them both, however... I'm still stunned.
I asked permission to send an engagement card, my friend is a no-fuss kind of gal, but she gave me the green light and so I found a suitably stylish card for my stylish friend and her lucky partner. Isn't it great to hear good news once in a while?
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