IT'S BACK IT'S BACK IT'S BACK!!!

THE SUN! IT'S BACK! My excitement would know no bounds if I only wasn't sleep deprived/recovering from belated Norwegian National Day celebrations (Swedes celebrating Norway in Scotland? It works. It really, really works) and crashing from a working day full of coffee.
So yeah.
A nap. AND THEN EXCITEMENT.  

Who needs money

It's the day before pay day and I don't know if I should be concerned that I don't really mind eating this for dinner.

The birthdays are coming thick and fast

These are pictures from a birthday nearing 1 month ago! Maaaan, I'm really falling behind on my blogging. I wish I could blame the weather (as in 'WOW, it's sunny and warm, let's head out and enjoy the summer!) but it's been RUBBISH. Parts of me feel personally violated by the rain and the wind.
It helps to have a holiday to look forward to though, even though we're not heading to any exotic location. It also helps to have friends who are up for sitting outside the pub on a chilly Wednesday night and discuss everything which has ever happened/worried you/made you happy. Or having friends who use a whole block of cheese when cooking you enchiladas on a rainy Thursday.
Basically, the weather can't ruin good times if you have good people around you. Neither can it ruin a chilled out Sunday in with tea, books, cuddles and quite possibly some salmon with baby new potatoes.
But still. Scotland, come oooooon, it's MAY and I would like to at least get a WIFF of my SPF 50 sun lotion.

Today's number 1 and today's bad times

Happy times: Tickets booked for a trip home and down south for Swedish and English family times. Can't. Wait. Also, the sun is back, FINALLY.

Bad times: I'm so tired and sleep deprived I'm hallucinating. But it's not restricted to visions, nooooo sirriiiee, I'm actually SMELLING things which aren't there. And hearing things. It's a full blown multi-sensational hallucination attack. 

People

Working in customer service for years and years I have lost a lot of faith in humanity. Bar work was hard on the soul, but at least then I could excuse peoples behaviour as they would be mildly intoxicated most of the time.
But now I find it increasingly hard to bite my tounge and put a smile on my face when dealing with plain rudeness (or in many cases plain STUPIDITY). I mean, what on EARTH convinces people to act like tantrum throwing 6-year olds without a leg to stand on? Did these people not have parents who saw the value of teaching their kids basic manners? No? Aaaaaaargh.

Remember me, I used to life for music (now I live for coffee and a good book).

Maybe it's a sign that I'm getting older but during my night out last night I recognized about 5 songs (and enjoyed an even smaller number) and when I got back around 3Am I decided to clean up the pre-party mess and make croque monsieur and tea.
This is harsh.

Procrastination

Deciding to spring clean the whole flat.
Starting by spending 2 hours making the ultimate cleaning playlist.