1. It was Allan's birthday today. We sat and watched him open his presents and admired his cards and the witty messages. We have been best friends for exactly ten years to the day. I gave him a new stripy shirt and some books and a pair of hideous slippers. The slippers turned out to be a little bit small. It was especially lovely to see him be happy and contented. Without his kindness, generosity and patience I would not have the good fortune to be having the amount of fun I'm having just now. He has encouraged me to look beyond the attachments I have treasured and to let some of them just go and leave me for good. 2. As if this wasn't sufficient I received a couple of text messages which were mind-blowing. The first said "I feel like doing something out of the blue with you" and the second seemed to suggest something so humongous and wonderful that I immediately and without second thought replied "OK".
3. I have spent the day in pretty constant pain. My back, which seems to have a weakness these days when I play too hard, has been having a stress since Saturday's happiness's. This evening we went to supper in town and drank Chinese beers and laughed and talked about Belgium. It was fun and distracted me from the pain. Green tea ice cream at the indochine restaurant was subtle and delicately flavoured and combined perfectly with the fabulously gaudy deep fried toffied bananas. The pain subsided a bit and Allan had his birthday tea and all was well in the world.
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