Five things make a post…

1) After several weeks of being undecided, I’ve made up my mind: I like my new job. Yes telecoms is and always will be relentlessly dull. But I’m starting to find my niche, and I’m always happy when I feel useful. Also, they have a tradition known only as ‘pizza fridays’, of which I very much approve.

2) Molly’s blood tests came back positive for hyperthyroidism. She has a small tumor on one of her thyroid glands. (Cats have two thyroid glands!) The tumor is benign, but chucking out lots of extra thyroxine, which is speeding up her metabolism and causing her to be both skinny and constantly freaked out. Poor little stressy furrball. So, she’s on pills for two weeks to reduce the symptoms, after which she has to have surgery to remove the tumor. And then she will be all better. And I will be hitting up the pet insurance people for a big payout.

3) RSVPs are starting to come back for our wedding! (OMG only 96 DAYS TO GO.) This pleases me enormously, because it means I get to make entries on my Spreadsheet of Unusual Dietary Requirements. Honestly, you never met a bunch of people with more varied eating habits than our wedding guest list. Not only vegetarians, but a pescatarian (I had to look that one up) and my bridesmaid Liz, who describes herself as a ‘flexitarian’, which basically means she’s veggie but she eats salami because it’s too nice not to eat. Also one woman just wrote ‘I am pregnant’, which is nice for her, but not very helpful. So what? Do we need to cater to pregnancy cravings or are you just asking us not to serve shellfish? Anyway, I am just putting it all on my Spreadsheet of Unusual Dietary Requirements and giving it to the hotel for them to deal with.

4) We watched the Olympic closing ceremony yesterday. I was enormously pleased that during the ‘handover to London’ segment with the red London bus, the bus stop they used was a real London bus stop. That’s what they actually look like! Little details like that always delight me. J was very disappointed that when Leona Lewis sang Whole Lotta Love with Jimmy Page, she omitted the lines ‘I’m gonna give you every inch of my love’ and ‘I wanna be your backdoor man’.

5) We went for a picnic this afternoon in Richmond Park, because it is a bank holiday Monday, and going for a picnic is what one does. It was cold and windy and we took umbrellas just in case, but we had a lovely time anyway, and scoffed lots of cheese.

That’s it! I am going to go and have a nap before the pub quiz. Hurrah for long weekends!