Down to earth

We've been back in Blighty for a few days now and I've just about come around the fact that I do have to go back to work and earn a living again! I've had a very relaxed couple of weeks and it feels like it's just too much to ask to make me go back to work just yet... However I dutifully made my way to the office this morning and was greeted with 200 emails and a slightly scary to-do list.

I'm actually considering doing away with my signature lists of stuff to do. As good a tradition as they might be, sometimes it's time for a change. Trouble is, I can't think of the non-traditional way of making sure I don't forget anything...

Good stuff has happened in the time we've been off work, though. My sister-in-law and fiance have set the date for their wedding (September next year - not long in wedding planning terms!!!). They also held a great party yesterday to celebrate being engaged and having their house, if not their new kitchen (long story and a sore point, I think it's fair to say). Three new babies have been born in our group of friends at church and another is imminent. And the building work started on my folks' house in France just as soon as we left it in peace - a new bedroom and bathroom will await us next time we're over there.

The other big news is that my parents have finally organised their joint 60th birthday party, which has been a while coming. I need to get some bowling practice in on the Wii as they're planning a skittles evening and I can feel the competitive juices flowing already.....