Blow Out The Candles

The weekend is upon on us once more, another week of summer has passed with a deluge of rain, mugginess and disgruntled muttering from all and sundry – myself included. That is as far as I am going to go down the road of darkness in the post, for once. I actually have a purpose for what I am writing today. Anyone that has read my meandering rambles before knows that is a rare, I tend to stumble across the point of posts rather than already having the destination in mind – today is different.

Even during this quite frankly dreadful summer (4 days of unbroken sun and counting) I have had a positive that has run for the duration, that positive is someone that seemingly appeared from nowhere and in a relatively short period of time has become a constant companion.

To pre-warn you I shall be using clichés in the next paragraph.

In totally random circumstances I found a friend that is like my right hand, the other half of my brain (trust me that is scary at points). We are like like the proverbial two peas in a pod, to anyone that saw us together they would make the presumption that we have known each other forever and a day, I even have to remind myself that isn't the case. This sort of friendship can't be created and that day we met the sun was truly shining down on me. If you think I ramble in my blogs it is nothing compared to how I can be in the flesh when I have something on my mind / have something to share. My dear friend hasn't been put off by this probably a sign she has a screw or two lose (it is true!) in fact she has positively encouraged it, for this I am eternally grateful.

Before she reads this and comments about it not being one way, I know that for any friendship to work and become something worth cherishing there has to have equilibrium. Anyway let me try and get this back on track and get to my point (I remember I said I had a point to this). The other day she took me by surprise, a very pleasant surprise which has without doubt has been the highlight of a dreary week, I said that I would get my own back to be informed that I wouldn't be able to, that in my language is a challenge!

I'm not naturally competitive but this is a way of killing two birds with one stone (sorry about the cliches, I did warn you!)

Tomorrow is my dear friends birthday, I am not the greatest at grand gestures being a humble simple man this is my way of saying thankyou and wishing her all the best on her special day. It may not be shiny, it may not make peoples jaw drop in amazement but I feel it is highly appropriate.

We walk many miles and meet many people on the journey of life but only a few stop you in your tracks and make you feel that you have been given one of the most precious gifts possible. That is what I have been given, I haven't baked a cake but I do present a representation of me.

Look out the window, you may see the rain but think of all that you have and you will see you have plenty of sunshine in your life.

Take care everyone.

Enjoy today, look forward to tomorrow.

P.S. I think I may of won the challenge, what do you think?