Drug induced Happiness.

DEAR SPOOK, I'm sorry to tell you to go away from googlechat, so that I can blog. You may perhaps think the blog is more important than you??? But I will come back in there and look for you soon as.
It dawned sunny and frosty. A proper Kiwi winters day. I nipped in to town for one wee chore, and then was coming home to tidy up the house so it was nice for the children coming home alone as I was going out to work before they got off the bus. I then thought that I had done too much running around and not enough socialising and that I should take the time to take Corrina a coffee and get a chat with her in the bike shop. She had a REP in and her electrics had just blown up, so coffee was not welcome at that point. So I called in to the coffee shop and had a coffee on the house, with Helen, which was very pleasant. They are going to Australia when they sell the house and she wants to talk 'cleaning' opportunities. I can talk the talk.
Then I met someone else on the street and had a blether and then met Anne who I hadn't seen since I got home. So we went for a coffee and she said that she had the distinct impression that I was hanging around the street looking for coffee opportunities. She may have been right. We had such a good catch up. It could be a while before our next one, but we are always ok with that.
I got home in time to get a call from Nicky who was walking along the canal and wondered if I was in for a coffee, and then a call from work who wondered if I could make it to work early - ideally 5 minutes ago. So a quick coffee with Nicky, who grated cheese for the children's cheesy beans tonight, and I picked up a pair of smelly socks and put them in the washing machine hoping that would look like a tidy house.
I got to work in an elevated mood due to excessive caffeine and no lunch. It was a lovely shift and I came home to very happy, independant children. Meg had taken on the task of tidying the house to the next level and was putting up Chistmas lights!!! In NOvember!! She is excited about Christmas this year as it didn't feel like Christmas last year with all that daylight. I am relenting on early decorations as I now see it as an opportunity to brighten up the darkest month of winter. As a celebrator of the Winter Solstice, rather than Christmas, I can see December disappearing in a happy state of anticipation. AS long as the children keep it as an exciting time of family get togethers and bright lights, rather than what they can get their hands on, I will have a better attitude than my usual Scrooge-like approach.
Until the caffeine wears off.