Friday goodie number 1: April 1st (no joke!) is the official date where I transition completely to my new job and don’t have to do it 50-50 anymore, like I have these past two months. Such a relief! The things I have been doing for my new job give me so much more energy. I find myself actually smiling at work again and while I do come home tired, it’s the good kind and not the debilitating depressing kind of tired. There are some difficult challenges in the new job but also some really great opportunities that I am getting excited about. The team so far seems great and I just love that I am working in libraries again! In practice, as of yesterday, I’m pretty much doing my new job full time as my old work has all but dried up. Just one more old-work-meeting to do on Tuesday and then that’s it. I did a front office library shift this morning, filling in for someone who was sick, and am working from home this afternoon, but all in library mode. So, Friday goodie number 1 is that I can now say I am officially a Library Coordinator. Yay!
Friday goodie number 2: While working at my dinner table this afternoon, my Father Quart shrine from Guylty arrived that I had bought from the Ukraine fundraiser she and Kate did. It’s a little thing of beauty…


… and I’m really glad to own a little tribute to a Richard Armitage role (in a clerical collar!) that I am actually looking forward to. Even though I’m not a believer myself, I do have this little thing for (good) priests, because I grew up around them and my dad was Protestant clergy. So yes, I’m extremely pleased that I can now call myself the owner of this little bit of clerical Armitage memorabilia.
Friday goodie number 3: A few weeks ago I read the Ronald Colman biography that his daughter Juliet Colman (who was a teen when he died) wrote in 1975. I had looked for a physical second hand copy of the book but I couldn’t find anything cheaper than about €100,- anywhere, so I made do with borrowing an e-book. Not ideal when you are still in Ronnie Colman land and want to look something up and you’d rather leaf through a real book than scroll through 290 pages of e-book. I decided to search again and found a copy on Ebay that was affordable. It cost €24 and with shipping and import cost it came to about €45,- which was way better than any other price I had ever seen for this book. So yes, it looked a little tattered in the pictures but I didn’t hesitate long, I just wanted that book. I ordered it last weekend and to my surprise it already arrived today!



Yes, the cover is a little tattered, the pictures on the inside are coming loose and the pages are yellowing but it really isn’t too bad and very well usuable for me. I also like that it has an inscription on the inside, telling me it was first bought in November of 1975 in Manchester. It’ll make a nice addition on my book shelf and I am ever so pleased!
Friday goodie number 4: Series 2 of Bridgerton is available as of today. I’m looking forward to watching this, it’s just the right kind of distraction.






Will I even be able to tear myself away from Ronnie for that many hours? I think I might if I can find the time this weekend (it’ll be pretty busy) because I’m ever so curious.
Friday goodie number 5: Last fall Mr E decided to plant all sorts of bulbs in our garden and this spring we are reaping the rewards. Even our little Japanese tree is blooming with it’s little red leaves again after we thought that it had virtually died last year after an unexpected freezing spell. We thought the same about our magnolia, but it has started flowering again too and there are daffodils and hyacinths everywhere…



The weather has been very nice here, with lots of sunshine (though still chilly in the shade). Yesterday I even suggested to my new team that we have a meeting outside in the sun and we did. Sunshine and flowers are a great start to my three day weekend (I have Monday off)!