Jun 22 2009
A Weekend of Change
Saturday dawned with the plan of rolling down an enormous hill in what is essentially a hamster ball filled with water. I speak of Aqua-Sphereing. A treat I had purchased for my significant other for Valentines Day and only just cashed in.
We waited with growing anxiety as the screams of terrified women rolling down the hill punctuated the otherwise peaceful countryside. Eventually our turn was upon us and with running dives we plummeted into the sphere’s soggy depths. We sat, arms entwined as instructed, at the top of the hill as we waited for the area before us to be clear.
It was at that moment that he turned to me and stumbled onto one knee (as best you can in a ball too small to stand in) and asked if I would spend my life with him as his wife.
I said yes.
And then rolled swiftly down the hill! I was drenched but grinning from ear to ear as I freed myself from its plastic cage.
Sunday passed swiftly by; the smile plastered to my face as I was congratulated a million and one times (or so it seemed!). But it was not until I returned home that the next surprise would find me.
A friend of mine had sent a link with a potential writing job to me. I sent in my application expecting, as usual, to hear nothing for weeks, or potentially some polite but heartbreaking dismissal. Instead I was asked to complete an online form and within an hour of the first email response had been allocated my very first paid writing job!
All in all it was something of an unexpected and certainly exciting weekend! Here’s hoping the rest of the week continues in the same way.
