In the words of the mighty Cliff Richard:
“We’re all going on a….summer holiday! No more working for a….week or two!”
Oh yeah baby – a week in the sun here I come!
Oh how I have longed for this day to come – a week in a 17th century converted farmhouse with its own pool in the Dordogne in south west France for a whole week. I went to the Dordogne with my parents and brother when I was about 11 and I remember loving it even then (when I wasn’t as fussed about trailing round quaint little villages and shopping in the markets etc). This time I am obviously going with Mr Whisperer and these are my plans for the week:
- Read at the airport
- Read on the plane
- Drive hire car to property
- Settle in and unpack
- Read
- Swim
- Read
- Drink wine and eat yummy food
- Read
- Sleep
- Read
- Drink morning coffee by pool (while reading)
- Read
- Swim
- Read
- Eat
- Read
- ………….and repeat!
- Dordogne, France
Obviously when preparing for ones holiday one must take care to plan carefully about what one needs on such a vacation. Here is how my holiday preparations went:
- Narrow Mt.TBR down to a manageable 20 books
- Throw bikini and some sun cream in my suitcase
- Umm and ahh over which books to take out of “possible pile”
- Pack toiletry bag and chuck in suitcase
- Pat myself on back for managing pile down to twelve
- Chuck in a few vest tops and shorts (and a dress or two for the evening)
- Panic because I can’t decide which books to leave out
- Throw passports into bag
- Throw a little party because my pile has shrunk to eight
- Sleep on it
- Re-examine pile and put one of discarded books back in it
- Check suitcase – yep, all done
- Spread books out on the floor and ask the cat to pick
- Grumble under breath at cat who doesn’t cooperate
- Play eenie-meenie-minie-moe
- Narrow books down to five
- Sleep on it
- Take 2 books out and replace with two previously abandonded ones
- Throw evil looks in direction of Mr Whisperer who is starting to despair (he doesn’t understand!)
- Finally choose final five and feel pleased with myself
- Start to worry that as soon as we get to the airport I will have the old “I should have brought those two as well” conversation with myself
Does this sound familiar to anyone else?
So here is my final selection:
True Things About Me – Deborah Kay Davies (currently reading)
The Lagacy – Katherine Webb
The Summer House – Marcia Willett
The Radleys – Matt Haig
Beside the Sea – Veronique Olmi
(Please see sidebar for pictures as I have packed my camera and can’t be bothered to get it out to take photos of said chosen ones)
YUM YUM!
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