How I Love Fridays!

I was cleaning the house until 10pm last night, but I finally got everything sorted. Just in time too, because our friend is coming to stay tonight. He's on the train at the moment, so I'm passing time until he arrives.

I met one of my bridesmaids for lunch today, and it was great to see her again. I haven't seen her in about 2 months, because I've been so busy with the wedding, and she's been busy with her new man too. She was made redundant 4 months ago, but what I didn't realise was that her partner was also made redundant shortly afterwards, so they're having real trouble paying the bills at the moment. There just doesn't seem to be any work around. It's hard seeing your friends in that position, because you can't do anything to help them, despite wanting to more than anything. But there's a hint of work somewhere, she just doesn't know when. I really hope things work out for them soon.

This friend that's coming to stay tonight is photographing a wedding here tomorrow, so we offered him our settee to sleep on. He's actually one of the photographers for our wedding, so Hubby and I will take the opportunity to talk to him about photos on the day. I'm not sure what he's going to say though, because he hates posed shots with a passion, and favours the reportage style. When I was photographing weddings, I would find that the best photos were indeed the reportage shots, but you need some posed photos too, so he's going to have to be flexible ;)

When he arrives I'm going to meet him at the train station and then we're gonna hit the town and get some grub. I did offer to cook for him (somewhat uncertainly since at one point he was a Michelin Star chef), but he's well aware of my lack of culinary skills, and he's suggested going to a restaurant for dinner.

I can't wait to see him again, because it's been so long since we last saw him; possibly a year. He used to be the head chef in the pub that closed down last November (although at that point he wasn't working there), so Hubby and I both know him really well, and he's such a great friend. He makes me laugh too, so I know tonight's going to be great fun. Unfortunately Hubby's working, so we can't talk about the photos until later on tonight, but never mind.

I'm really looking forward to this weekend. The sunny weather has diminished, leaving us with grey skies and threats of rain, so I don't expect I'll be able to sunbathe tomorrow (trying to top up my tan before the wedding, so I don't look too pale), but if it's horrible outside I might just kick back with a couple of DVDs and rest. After all this cleaning it's well deserved!