Coffee and catch up...

This morning I will be catching up with my UCD buddies for coffee as is usual on a Wednesday morning.
We have been doing this catch up since 2010 when we were in Access and have a standing arrangement that we meet up at 10 every Wednesday during the summer.  Some weeks there are only 3/4 of us, other weeks there could be 8/9.  Its a lovely way to stay in touch over the summer months.  Everyone is doing their own thing with holidays, get aways and such like but there is usually a core 3/4 there every week and that usually includes me.  As I am going away on Saturday and wont be around for 4/5 weeks I'll not be able to catch up for a while, I'll miss it.

Later on I'll be bringing DD2 (been calling her DS2 dear daughter or dear sweetness 2)  to choose a bikini for her holidays, she's off to Barcelona on 30th July for 10 days and its her first foray away alone with friends.  She has been on lots of school trips etc but this is entirely different.  She is almost 18 so I feel that I have to let the shackles off a little, she is the youngest also so its a little easier after doing it for the other 2 although it dosnt stop me worrying about her :(

Yet again later I'll be heading out to Bray to visit Mum and go visit Dad's grave and give it a tidy up.  We got the headstone erected for his anniversary but the area around the grave needs tidying.  They are implementing the rules at the graveyard stating that its been returned to a 'lawn cemetery' - basically it means that no plants or flowers or extra memorial stones etc will be allowed on the graves, its to assist them with cutting the grass and keeping the place neat and tidy and homogenous I guess.  It will upset many people I fear as some of the graves have lots of flowers, momentoes and such like on them.  However the rule has been in place for some time but hasnt been enforced until now.

Tonight I hope to go for a cycle around the area to keep in with my exercising regime.  Now to bring the dog for his little walk.  Quite early today at 08.05am.  The early bird gets the worm as the saying goes.

The photo was taken the other night at the book launch I wrote about in a previous post. I'm on the left. :)
Forgot to put the photo in before posting.

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Namaste
Marie.