Yay the end of another working week ! And one more week ’til i see my husband Hamada again ! Everytime i think about it my stomach does somersaults. I was in the town centre yesterday afternoon, i went to get the last roll of film developed, i was very pleased the photo’s were lovely. I went into Lewis’s to use the bathroom and saw they had a sale on in all the boutiques, so i thought to myself hmmm i may get a bargain here. I picked up two tops, so i was quite pleased with myself. Only when i got home and took them out the bag i found one still had it’s electronic tag on, how the alarms never went off i don’t know.So now i will have to go back into town to have it removed and no doubt be tempted by other goodies. I don’t have any plans for this weekend, the forecast for the weather is good, so i will go to town on Sunday. I do not like town on a Saturday, too many people pushing and shoving, ugh nightmare. So i will probably try and enjoy the sunshine on Saturday, oh and maybe even do a few jobs. One will see how one feels ha ha……..

I woke up about 4am i’d fallen asleep on the sofa, i went to the bathroom then got into the futon, but i only dozed on and off. David and Sarah came down about eleven o clock and we had a bacon roll and a refreshing glass of orange juice, very welcome after a nights drinking.

Sarah was very tired so has been asleep for most of the afternoon so David and me have been tapping away on our laptops, he he, i can do that now that i have my own.

I woke up to my brother David telephoning to arrange what time he would come to pick me up, it was eleven o clock so he said he would come for me at one. I telephoned Hamada and told him i had booked my reservations and i would be there on the 21st July.

David came for me at one, it takes about an hours driving. When we got in the house he was nodding his head at me, i thought my buttons were undone or something, but it was my lap top ! I had only ordered that and a digital camera last Sunday. My digital camera, which i was hoping would arrive before i went away, arrived at David’s on the Tuesday, very fast ! And my laptop arrived on Thursday, I was very pleased ! We spent a couple of hours going through and showing me how everything works, but i think a lot of it will be trial and error, haha.

I went upstairs about four o clock to straighten my hair and put some make-up on, soon after my sister Hazel and her partner Chris arrived with their three daughters Ashleigh 18, Kirsty 14, and Nicola 9. I hadn’t seen them for a couple of months and i am always amazed how much they have grown between visits, Kirsty is so much taller than me now and Nicola wont be far behind.

Sarah was in charge of the barbecuing, unfortunately we didn’t have the glorious sunshine we had last week, it started to rain so poor Sarah had to do the barbecue under a parasol, not that it affected the taste of the food. The drinks were already flowing when Ruth and Doug arrived, she didn’t finish work ’til three thirty so it was about six thirty when they arrived. So my camera has been put to use already to put on my lap top ! It was good fun catching up with all our news and i had fun with the kids. It was a shame when they all had to go but because of work they had to leave about eleven.

I had spoken to my friend Morag on Monday, i have been booking my holidays with her for about four years now and we have become good friends. She telephoned me on Wednesday to get the details and see what she could find for me, then telephoned me back today. It was very difficult because Hamada wanted me to try and get a reservation for this month and it’s the height of the season. So we have to go to the British Embassy in Cairo again this month to apply for a spouse visa, because if we aren’t given the visa Hamada will go back to university to further his studies, if that is the case he has to get his application in on time.

Eventually we got a reservation for the 21st July, two weeks all inclusive, so i hope everything goes ok. I telephoned Hamada to tell him when and where i will be. I could have done with a nice glass of wine after all this but i didn’t have any in store, but i will make sure i have one tomorrow.

Another beautiful day ! After we had our breakfast David got his laptop out to look for a digital camera for me then we looked at laptops, i had wanted both for a while now but wouldn’t buy on my own. David is pretty good on these things so he helped me choose. I .spent the rest of the day sunbathing and reading my book it was very hot and i got quite sunburnt. I had a shower and after our evening meal had a couple of drinks then David took me home about nine o clock.

It was a beautiful day the sun was shining when we got up perfect for a barbecue. We watched a dvd of Swat in the afternoon, just the kind of film i enjoy lots of action and a good plot. I even got an hours sunbathing in and read some of my book. Sarah and David prepared the food for the barbecue, ribs, chicken. kebabs, sausages and salad, it was so nice we ate outside.

In the evening we had some drinks and watched tv, perfect end to a perfect day.