Visiting my horsey friends

After a lovely Saturday, Sunday was equally sunny so, after morning service, we headed out to Uncle Henry's for lunch. We have passed this place so many times but have never been in. It is a farm shop with a lovely cafe attached. We had a great meal and D even said that the wedges were the best he'd ever eaten...which is saying something. With the sun shining, D took me on a magical mystery tour and we ended up at Bransby Home of Rest for Horses. Now I am quite a horsey girl so this was perfect for me. This place takes in injured or maltreated horses and gives them a quiet place of peace and tranquility. It is just a lovely place. We wandered round and saw all the horses. They also have a few donkeys. D loves donkeys so he was delighted. He's spent today researching donkeys...watch out for the day the Wardens buy a bit of land! It was such a lovely Sunday.

Today has been back to university with rehearsals, admin galore, student meetings and the start of the Caryl Churchill festival. All fun and games. And tonight we finally got our internet working properly again (actually D finally got our internet working again along with a nice man from Virgin) so here's hoping it'll stay strong. And to celebrate we did the P90X ab ripper, a hard core exercise routine that we haven't done in a while. It is a total killer but great for your core muscles. I'm looking forward to a half research day and a Creation/Realisation rehearsal tomorrow. The flat is looking progressively tidier and cleaner in preparation for Spring and the arrival of my parents on Wednesday. Can't wait to see you both! I have taken a bona fide day of annual leave this week (what!?) and Mum and I are off to Eden Hall Spa. So excited! Then we have D's aunt, uncle and cousins arriving for the day on Sunday. As we drove about yesterday, D turned to me and said, 'what a lot of things we have to look forward to over the next few months' and he's absolutely right: a few days in Norfolk, family visits, concerts (including Roger Waters, of course), a trip to Edinburgh, the production of The Adding Machine, some exciting research to look forward to (OK, so D is not quite as excited about these last two as I am!), Easter (my absolute favourite time of the year) and, finally at the end of May, our trip to Beijing. Phew! Some life we live :-)

Hope everyone is doing well. I'm off for a snooze.
CSW