Moonlight Shadow

My Dear Princess and Dear Friends,

Another moonlight at dawn blip. I thought it was pretty.

Today was a strange day at work. Well. At home at work. If you know what I mean. 

For a start, I spoke with Briar who is a baby BA. She has just started and is very unsure. I reassured her that what we do is easy and that she can impress people with fonts. 

"Being good with fonts is 50% of being a BA," I told her. "The other 50% is plagiarism and impressing people with long words like 'leverage'."

She seemed happier after we spoke. 

Then I had a meeting with Philippa. She seems like a very nice, very professional lady. We talked about work for a while but then I let it slip that we came over from Scotland five years ago. 

"Does it get easier?" she asked. It turns out that she came over from the UK just 18 months ago. She's originally a South African/Kiwi lady but had spent ten years in London.

The meeting took a bizarre left turn. I found myself reassuring her that yes, it does get better. We talked for ages. 

She seemed happier after we spoke. 

Loulou came around at lunchtime. I didn't mention this yesterday because it was such a busy day, but we had commuted into work together the previous morning. She was a little anxious about going back into the office. I'm not sure if my idiot optimism helped or not. I hope so. 

But she seemed in very good spirits today. So I was happy to see her looking so delighted. She and Caro talked about VERY RUDE THINGS* for a while and then she left. 

And then Shenée came over. She told me she had been feeling "meh" earlier in the week and so I invited her round to watch "Dangerous Liaisons" projected on the wall of the spare bedroom. 

"Dangerous Liaisons" has been a running joke between us for ages. I mentioned the film to her last year and she has been wanting to see it ever since. Craig picked it up and ran with it. Every time me and Shenée were out together without him, he would send her a text that he was watching "Dangerous Liaisons" with the parrots. 

You can imagine her reaction. "NOOOOOOOOOOO CRAIGY! NO DANGEROUS LIAISONS!!!!"

I don't pretend to get it. But it keeps them happy.

Anyway, I ordered pizza and Shenée curled up on the spare bed for the movie. And she LOVED it. Glenn Close is one of her favourite actors ever, so she enjoyed every dastardly moment of it. 

"I NEED TO TELL CRAIGY!!" she insisted, picking up her phone and texting at high speed.

Before she left, Shenée actually climbed over furniture to give Caro a hug and a kiss on her way out. You know I doubt very much that Caro and Shenée would have been mates if not for me. They are just too different. But I love seeing them together now. Caro has become very important to Shenée - and I think that has touched Caro's heart.

Most importantly of all, Shenée told me she was no longer "meh" as she waved goodbye.

And I was happier after we spoke. 

S.

* Which I can't repeat. No really. I mean you know what I am like and it was really very funny. But it is also private so I just can't. Dammit.