the days streak by like lightning.

our baubles arrived in the mail today: shiny smooth perspex clouds, with dangly lightning bolts. i couldn’t decide on gold lightning or pink, so i got one of each. you have until 10am tomorrow (wednesday) to get a bunch of plastic jewellery for a song. these ones are most appropriate for the weather right now.

right now, i’m working on a job that doesn’t want to end. last night i breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to write up a hefty invoice, but this afternoon, there it was again, mocking me from my inbox. truly, it makes me want to staple my head.

it didn’t stop us, though, from watching hours of kid’s programming on tv as we played a gambly game of “i wonder if the rain’s stopped now, so we can go out” (no.). it didn’t stop us building a slightly flawed train network (much like our great city’s) across the red carpet.

it didn’t stop us from making toasted cheese/green apple/green peppercorn mustard sandwiches — lightly toast some nice grainy bread, spread each piece with a little butter and top with thinly sliced granny smiths and tasty cheese. stick them under the grill until cheese bubbles. dab mustard over one of the slices, then plop the other on top. sweet-sour, wilted-crunchy all at once, with a double thick layer of oozy, mustardy cheese bang in the middle.

we split a mandarin for dessert, and then we bravely went forth into madeleine battle, round two. it was only 2pm, and the rain was relentless.