go to bed well after midnight the night before after a lovely evening with good friends eating tapas
sleep in late
wander into main room looking for husband
both lie on the coach with your feet fighting for space, sharing the knitted blanket
watch the snow falling
comment that my husband looks very cute in his glasses
flick through an old edition of delicious magazine and mentally plan our dinner menu for the next month
cut out lots of hearts from old scraps of paper and hang them on our ladder
get very excited about heart garland and make husband laugh
bake lavender earl grey tea shortbread in pyjamas
start reading recipes online and forget shortbread is in the oven
be grumpy for five minutes until husband laughs at you again
make coffee cake
invite good friend around
eat the leftover icing with good friend while watching winter olympic athletes do impossible sports
finally have a shower and get dressed
church friends begin arriving early and the flat buzzes with noise
worship, prayer, discussion, friendship
wonderful pakistani friend cooks amazing dinner of qorma curry
house heats up and windows are opened despite snow still falling
friends slowly depart
back on sofa with husband
laugh uncontrollably at top gear winter olympics special, despite having seen it many times before
repeat favourite line over and over – “you’d be killed to death”
discover pretty woman is coming on
pretend not to be amazed that husband actually wants to watch chick flick
make popcorn
cry in film coz it’s so sad
cry in film coz it’s so happy
go to bed
all day: feel incredibly lucky to have amazing husband and wonderful friends to love and be loved by
