Amazing birthday treats!

Although my birthday isn’t until tomorrow, as we’ll be spending the next day or so on a series of planes to get back to the UK, Nick decided that Wednesday morning ought to be a mini-celebration of my birthday, which was a bit of an unexpected treat.

            Having had a bit of a bad week at work, Nick started this week entirely ready to leave for holiday, and so he took Wednesday off work to pack and sort himself out.  This would normally have meant that he would stay in bed until around noon before dragging himself into the world to start being productive. Not this time though!

            I walked out of the shower to find a fully laid table, with coffee and bagels with cream cheese and bacon ready for devouring, music on the radio and a very big box wrapped up on the sofa. I could quite happily start all my mornings like this!

            The wrapped box contained the foot spa that we’ve seen in the window of a local shop every day for the past few months, and that I have been desperate to buy on more than one occasion – when I’ve been out and about all day, hot and sticky with my feet pounding the pavements, quite often the only thing I want to do it stick my feet in a nice cold water soak – and now I can do that whenever I like. Perfect!

            Present opened, it was time for breakfast and coffee drinking, and it was delicious! Just as I was feeling pretty smug and was starting to get ready to go to work, Nick said he wanted to show me a video that his friend had just uploaded to Facebook.

            As it started I assumed it was going to be something incredibly random, but I fairly quickly realised that it was actually a video made by Nick, and that it was meant for me! It was another birthday present – and it was amazing! Nick has arranged for us to go on a long weekend to the Gili Islands, just off the coast of Indonesia. It’s one of those incredible places that is still safe from the worst burst of tourism, so there are no cars on the islands, only donkey carts and bikes, there are turtle safely areas where you can swim with the amazing old-man-faced creatures, there are a completely no-frills bars and accommodation, and there’s apparently amazingly fresh seafood grilled in open air restaurants and cafes.

            It’s a ridiculously generous present, and we’re not going until December, which means I get a couple of really good months to build up the excitement even more! I can’t wait!