Sorry - brief Boomtown Rats moment. But I have officially decided that Monday's suck - that's just what happens when you've had a week off and then have to drag yourself back into the office, especially since I know my job looks likely to go due to budget cuts. Then I went back to the doctors and have to be referred to the hospital again - oh yes, Monday's are just frigging delightful.
That said, however, I refuse to allow any doom and gloom to bring me down. Life's too short, even for Little Miss Misery Guts here; sometimes you just have to take the sunshine where you find it. And I have found the odd shaft of sunlight today, admittedly in the weirdest places.
1) First thing this morning, as I was going off to work, I saw a kestrel going after the starlings in the tree. It didn't get any, but just watching it swooping down in pursuit of its prey was absolutely breathtaking. I almost felt bad that it missed...
2) On the way into work, I saw a bee. This is weird because it's, well, January, but nevertheless a bee there was. It was buzzing around quite happily doing its thing, and for some reason t made me feel positive. If a little bee can brave the January chills, I can weather whatever storms are coming just the same.
3) http://birdsinhats.blogspot.com There are never enough words to describe my sheer childish delight at the idea of birds wearing hats. Alice Tams is a genius and you should all follow her blog immediately. It will make you feel better, I promise.
4) My awesome mother bought me THE greatest present ever - look at my cat mask!!
Rawr, Pussycat!!
5) The 'antiquarian and collectible' books on the Oxfam secondhand bookshop site. Even if I never buy any of them, I could literally spend hours going through all the listings and seeing the weird and wonderful things that appear. Today's gem - A Dictionary of Chivalry. I am sorely tempted...
And lastly but never ever in a million years leastly - Richard Madden reciting Shakespeare.
Suddenly all is right with the world...*sigh*
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