It’s a beautiful day, and I’m feeling really lazy. I’m still in bed, reading Alan Bennett’s Untold Stories and browsing the Internet. It might be something to do with the fact that I was awake at 6am yesterday, and didn’t go to sleep until about 1 or 2am.

Yesterday, Reading was really fun. We had lunch at the Slug and Lettuce, bought Krispy Kremes, went shopping (I bought a top for work and a jacket), and generally caught up over the past year or so we haven’t seen each other. Vitushni is the closest non-work friend I have to where I’m living now (we live about 80 miles apart), and it was actually so easy to meet up for both of us that we said we’d have to do it more often! It’s so weird to think that less than a year ago, my closest friend was a five minute walk away or even literally in the next bedroom along. Don’t get me wrong, I love my work friends, but most of them live much further away than that, and a lot of them have their kids, partners etc. Also, we spend around 8 and a half hours each week day together anyway…!

I have chores to do today, and I might go food shopping. So exciting I may save my lesson planning until tomorrow, because my mobile Internet usage resets, and it’s pushing the limit as it is. One of my work friends also lent me a fitness DVD, so I might have a go at part of that today though it looks pretty tough. If I were somewhere else, if this was a year or two ago, I’d be going swimming with someone, or shopping in town, or visiting my parents and going out for the day, or taking Pom to the park with my sister, or having a BBQ with a load of people, or lazing outside with a book. Hmm. I guess this is all very ‘woe is me’, and I am happy that I can function perfectly well living on my own, but on sunny weekends I especially miss having people around.

I think I’ll get dressed and have a tidy round, put some washing in and then head outside for at least a few hours…it’s too nice to waste! I was so hot yesterday, even just wearing a loose top, cropped jeans and sandals. It was the hottest day of the year supposedly, though I don’t think today will be much cooler, so walking up the hill where I live will be fun!

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