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This weekend we have mainly been enjoying the fact that I had a whole 4 days off and we therefore managed to squeeze a trip to Somerset AND a trip to see Simon & Sharron in their (now not so new) house - perfect. We made good time back and settled down in front of the fire with SCD and a bit of Horseopoly, ably assisted by Freya!

Yesterday's whistle stop tour to Somerset was as lovely as ever. It was just Izzy and I and we managed to get down in good time for lunch before heading up to the Quantocks to blow out some cobwebs. We parked in Dead Women's Ditch and then went down towards Lady's Coombe and then back up to the top to make the most of the views. Izzy was fuelled on sugar for the first part but then wilted briefly when she realised I was being truthful when I said I hadn't brought the whole packet, just the ones she had in her pocket! She soon perked back up again and raced Ben up the hill to jump in the most enormous puddles together. This the same boy who didn't want to come and definitely didn't need his wellies because he definitely wasn't going to go in any puddles...! It's so nice to see them still larking around together.

We came back today on a packed motorway - seems the whole world was also travelling - to find 2 very happy dogs who'd clearly missed having neither us or Abi in the house. Abi is having a lovely time of course. Armed with a phone I've just had a far more satisfying text conversation with her than the brief phone call from earlier. she doesn't have the patience (or the reception to be fair) to talk on the phone, yet will talk by text for an hour. Admittedly a lot of it is asking about the dogs, but at least some of it is also asking how we are and telling me what she's up to. Despite there being a seemingly huge crowd of people there she's in her own room so its probably quite nice for her to be snuggled up chatting to me via text. This time we could plan ahead and sent her off with both a blanket AND a sleeping bag in case it got cold. Angie's is a normal equestrian set up - the wind whistles through the cottage windows and while the horses are snugly tucked up the people are freezing! She has to be up at 4:30am on Wednesday morning to go hunting and she can't wait - thank goodness she's an early bird.

So back to work for me tomorrow and just 4 days before a week off - woo hoo! The corporate world is a funny one and between recent events and general work uncertainty everywhere I look I'm very clear that now is the time not to rock the boat - I'm hunkering down and making the most of what I have. I bumped into yet another friend today who is having to either apply for their own job or find a new one - I'm grateful for the fact that mine seems relatively secure albeit pretty hard work 0 the grass is not greener anywhere for the time being.

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