Day 5

 Elisabeth and Steph - I am SO SORRY to hear about the neighbour issues. They make whole television documentary series about bad neighbours, it has the capacity to have a much bigger impact than I think some people suspect. 

Jenny's comment that a bunch of weirdos moved in next door and we were lucky this didn't happen to us made me think this:

I think the secret to it is probably having neighbours who are the same kind of weirdos? Once I left some cake outside Yvonne's door because we had too much, and in the twenty seconds it took me to walk home I forgot about texting her to tell her it was there, and then she texted me "did you leave me this cake? I hope so because I already ate half of it". 

This is my adorable daughter last night in her student house with her adorable housemate, getting ready for their friend's birthday party where everyone went dressed like a stuffie, is that not ADORABLE?

This is my neighbour's birthday party where we were much more dignified and adult and no one definitely shouted "Siri: play Let's Get Drunk and Screw!" and no one else definitely shouted "Siri: play eighties music and don't listen to Bob anymore!" and our dogs definitely didn't judge us from the couch.

Having good friends is associated with higher activity in the tempero-parietal brain regions. I am grateful for the positive effect my friends have on my brain. For the next few weeks I should probably give a little more thought to the effect they have on my liver. 

Oh, and today I did go for a walk