Off on holiday

Just after the Easter break in England, I will be off on holiday. I am going to Crete with The Hubby to be there for Greek Easter, which is their biggest celebration of the year.

And if you are a burglar reading this, no, my house will not be empty. I have a teenage daughter on break from uni who, like most teenagers, spends their entire time either sleeping, eating me out of house and home, wrecking the bathroom or watching TV. I fully expect her to be welded to the sofa for the whole time I am away with large bottles of coca cola and an unlimited supply of chocolate digestives by her side (along with her mobile phone, of course) watching endless soaps and American trash drama. And even if not I have three ferocious moggies who will eat you as soon as look at you. So don't even think about it!

This holiday seems like it has been a long time coming. The winter, whatever the weather men say, has felt long, grey and dreary. Work is getting more and more manic as cuts are made and staff leave. Our own money seems to be flowing out of the door in an endless stream of household expenses and ever increasing bills. We both feel exhausted. Some Cretan sun will be very welcome.

I am going for about 9 days, and The Hubby is joining me a day or so later (he couldn't get the time off work as his boss is a total w****r  about authorising leave (oops - better hope he isn't reading this!). We will be there for the Easter Saturday night celebrations and also Orthodox Easter Sunday when hopefully, if it is warm enough, we will barbeque on the beach, or maybe on the balcony. It will be a week of just relaxing in the sun, reading, writing and for me, learning my lines.

I have been spray tanning myself for the last couple of weeks and look a nice golden colour (mostly, one or two places are a bit patchy but never mind), have booked an appointment to get my highlights done again so I will be lovely and blonde once more (the Greek men do like a blonde, I have discovered!) and have booked an appointment to get my nails done and have my eyebrows waxed. I've bought a new handbag. So I'm ready, I think, apart from a little bit of packing!

I can't wait! I do get used to the pace of life in the UK and I am used to not seeing The Hubby from Sunday night until Friday evening (or that's quite often what it feels like) but to be honest I married him because I wanted to spend time with him so holidays when we can  have time totally to ourselves without worrying about work, children, relatives or anything else are very precious. I expect we'll do a bit of walking which you can't do in the summer as it's too darn' hot, some sunbathing and some socialising. It'll be great.

I hope the weather's decent. Last year I went to Crete with two girlfriends for Easter and it was cold and wet. To add insult to injury, the week we were away it was beautiful in the UK. So here's hoping the sun shines on me this time. It owes me one!