1. Sarah's birthday on Friday. So far as I know we're having sushi in Kingston, which I've never done before but should be pretty great.
2. Muse concert, also on Friday, only in the evening. It would be on Saturday but my brother messed up the dates, and he's still on holiday on the Friday so I get his ticket, har har. I asked around a bit, was going to go with Alex but she has been medically warned not to go gigging until at least an hour after her surgery. Which was a massive shame, obviously, I was quite looking forward to going with Alex. But I had another ask around and Becky said she'd go, so it's finally all sorted, and there are no gig-related outstanding issues, other than Becky owes me money for the ticket. Pay up! Or I'll send the heavies round!
3. Going on HOLIDAY next Tuesday! This is the most exciting thing all year. Going with Vicki and Sarah to Dubrovnik in Croatia. It's a bit late in the year but being pretty far south the weather should still be pretty good, and I couldn't spend a whole week on the beach anyway. Only two things I really need to finish doing to be ready (other than packing, which as we all know is only done correctly when done the night before departure), which are getting my currency sorted, and learning Croatian, which may take a while, so I'd better crack on seeing as there's only a week til I leave. Luckily I've got a CD called 'Croatian in 60 Minutes', so I should be completely sorted come the 14th.
4. Volunteering in the Archives is still going well, and I'm branching out of old staff files into other archivey things when I'm asked, getting a broad experience. Not sure how long I'll be able to stay in the Archives for as I'm missing out on almost 2 months worth of pay per annum, having knocked a day off wardening each week to make it easier for me to work in the Archives. However if I can make it to a year I'll be better placed to get into an archive qualification, and if I can do that then one day I may end up running the National Archives, who knows. Why not aim big, it can't hurt.
That reminds me, I need to get hold of the Chapel Archives as well, to ask about an ancestor of mine who did some stone-masonry there in the 1880s, see if there's any information about him.
That's it for now! I expect I'll put up some holiday snaps when I get back.
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