kezia’s birthday

so, it’s official.  kezia is 8. she had a great day at school and then went to a pool party at a friend from school’s house who shares exactly the same birthday

we had this lovely cake for tea.  if esther looks worn out it’s because she’d just had another 45 minutes of gruelling swimming lessons

work again for me.  i’m really busy at the moment as some pesky alternative operators have made a sort of complaint to the regulator about certain Telecom products.  it turns out just about everyone in the department has tried to crack this tricky problem but has failed, so it’s fallen to me to have a go.  although this time we’re more up against a deadline because of the complaint

anyway, the sky was amazing this morning as i went over the bridge.  this picture doesn’t do it justice.  the beams of sunlight were actually lots of small delicate columns of sunlight which had punched its way through the clouds.  these are (bad) grab shots through the bus window as we whizzed by.

and i went out for lunch with a couple of colleagues for a curry.  it wasn’t as good as Waitrose cook-it-yourself curries.  it’s funny the things you suddenly miss !