I love my job...

I have found myself thinking this yet again this week.

As I was walking from the science lab back to my office, the other day, a wave of happiness came over me and I thought 'I love my job'.

Now that's not to say the same wave of happiness passes over me at 6.15 am when my alarm goes off!! It was particularly difficult last week after two weeks off and the clocks being put forward.

Now, I would be the last person to critise the government, but why, oh why have we put the clocks forward again this year. The theory is that we will save energy. The problem is, that most of the energy we use in this country goes on Air Conditioning and the AC is on all day at the moment!!!

The temperature is rising here all the time, in fact my thermometer here has reached 40 degrees celsius for the first time this year!!

The main hassle with the clock going forward is that it has slightly thrown out my body clock. When the alarm goes off it is still dark, and it is not going dark again until just after 8 in the evening. Which means I am struggling to get up and then it gets to bed time before I realise it.

The other thing I have done this week is spend some of my inheritance. When I called mum last week she told that my grandmother had left my sister, my two cousins and myself a small legacy.

Whilst Thomas was here I had already been considering a purchase and ruled it out as too extravegant. We had been into Jafferjees, who sell the most wonderful leather products. I already have a belt from there and Thomas bought himself a wallet last year. We had gone in to look at bags for my new laptop and they really were beautiful, but I couldn't justify the expense. The day after I had the conversation with my mum and it occured to me that some new luggage would be an excellent way to remember my grandmother. So we returned a few days later and purchased not only the laptop bag but also the carry on bag that went with it!! I really will look the part when I travel back to the UK in business class.

I still had some money left so decided that I would like to invest in some artwork. Now I know as much about art as I know about sky diving. So Thomas and I went to a couple of the galleries here in the city, and in the second one we saw a pair of water colours that just capture my attention. So we went away and gave a few days and when we returned I still liked them, so as you can see they are now gracing the walls of my sitting room and each time I look at them I will think of grandma.

This morning I was preaching at the cathedral, and the first service was a little like ecclesiastical happy families as we had at the front, a bishop, a priest, a deacon and a reader! This was made all the more bizarre by the fact that there were only 3 people in the congregation!! I love the Church of Pakistan...