Walking on Sunshine

I finally realised the reason for my gloomy mood this week. Every morning when I have been out with Barney it has been dark, with overcast skies and no sign of the sun. The other reason has been Alicia, who it is probably best to describe as not being a morning person.

The solution to the second problem was fairly straightforward. All I needed to do was knock on Alicia's door five minutes earlier in the morning and provide her with a cup of coffee to and in a sims stylee she was raring to go (or at least raring compared to her normal morning mood).

The first problem was fixed by a burst of glorious sunshine this morning that gave me a chance to peg out the washing and enjoy the glorious colours of the elderberries and other fruits in the garden before starting work. Even getting the swimming times mixed up didn't dent my mood overmuch, and now it is the weekend, to be more precise Friday night which is pizza night in this house, and I have a keg of Boddingtons nicely chilled in the fridge for later on. Can't be bad ...