I'm having the crappiest, shittiest day ever. I hate work and I nearly cried (which I only do very rarely) and I've been told by one of the nice people to take 10 minutes and recover from what the nasty people have been doing. So I'm using you to calm myself down because I know you're all lovely and good listeners. Hope you don't mind. Last weekend I went to a stately home called Upton House and it had an amazing garden. I think I might have told some London people about it on Friday night (booze obscures memory - plus ca change) but I wanted to share it with all of you because it was the most wonderful place I've ever been to. The garden falls away down the side of a steep hill and there are high walls, wooded bits and topiary hedges everywhere, which means that wherever you are standing, there is always a part of the garden you can't see. The effect is that you turn a corner and suddenly discover another part of the garden you've not seen before - it seemed almost enchanted in the late afternoon autumnal sunshine with its butterflies and scent of lavender . I thought what a good place it would be for a game of hide-and-seek, and also that it would be perfect for hand-in-hand walking and secluded snogging. But what it made me think about most was that you never really know what's going to happen next in your life - one day you could be doing the same old things in the same old places, the next you could turn a corner and discover brand-new, brilliant things. I don't think I'm expressing this very well... I'm just a hopeless optimist and when the things in your life that are going rather well become obscured by the things that aren't, you need to have something to cheer you up, don't you? Sorry for the cod-philosophy and thank you for being my medicine. I'll try to be perky and amusing next time. Juicy Lucy x =================================================== This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+