1. The sun shone even thought the forecast at the start of the week said it would be raining.
2. I found a 5 franc coin on my way to work (that’s about £3.50 or a little over $5) which is a decent sum in it’s own right and the coin had a pleasantly heavy feel about it as I dropped it into my jeans back pocket. I will spend it on something insensible.
3. My cat only woke me up at 6am this morning and then after a quick banishment from the bedroom she didn’t wake me up again until my alarm went off. This is an improvement from being rudely awoken at 4am by said cat banging on the wardrobe doors and consequently, on being shut out, banging on the main door at least once an hour until I’m supposed to get up.
4. Aside from a little hayfever, which is par for the course for me at this time of year, I woke up feeling completely chipper.
5. I met a friend for lunch by the river, in the blazing sunshine, and allowed my bare naked flesh (although I am only talking about my arms before anyone gets too worried about the idea of me over-exposing myself to all an sundry of Geneva) to feel the sun’s heat without the need for a coat. And I didn’t get sunburned. I also got to feed some sort of biting insect, so that’s wonderful for them, I guess.
6. The fiancé undertook the trip across the border to France to stock up on excitingly cost-effective (compared to Geneva prices) supplies for a party we are having this weekend. When I returned home the kitchen and cupboards were laden with supplies and best of all he knows me well enough to have got me some treaty things I could eat now (so I don’t eat all the party food before the actual party).
7. We actually have enough friends in Geneva now that we can have a party, which is nice as I’m going to be 30 soon and don’t want to feel like billy-no-mates as I transition to my fourth decade.
8. I had a very productive day at work where I could see actual progress on a couple of things I’ve been working on and the boss agreed I could work from home tomorrow to concentrate on a report.
9. My postal vote for the upcoming UK elections finally made it to Geneva and as I’m going back to the UK next week I can post it from there and be reasonably confident it’ll arrive in time for me to participate in democracy (Swiss post surprisingly not as reliable as I had expected).
10. As a result of the fella’s shopping trip we had a lovely, if perhaps not the healthiest, dinner of fancy hotdogs (proper sausages in fresh baguette).
Fear of the reaper 
Sounds like a great day alright!
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It really was 🙂
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May I add a number 11 please?
We’re going to see each other next week!! We’re going to see each other next week!!! We’re going to see each other next week!!!!
[little dance of joy] 😀
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I’m trying to do a Snoopy dance of happiness right now!
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Wow. So much good stuff in one day! Hope you have lots of great days like this 🙂
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Thanks! None of them really life changing events but when you are feeling positive everything just seems great 🙂
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What a lovely day you had. To me, just seeing and feeling the sunshine makes me feel happier. It’s great that you have settled so well in Geneva and have enough friends to invite to your 30th! Hope you have wonderful birthday and great party! 🙂
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Yes, I was wondering whether I’d have felt so positive about everything had the day started with rain. Thanks, I’m hoping the celebrations will be fun, I’ve not had a house party for a really long time so looking forward to it 🙂
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Woo hoo! This all sounds fabulous. Especially the sunshine. And the cheap(er) French groceries. And having friends to party with.
Jan tells me I have mail from Northumberland County Council at the new flat so I’m assuimg that’s my postal vote form 🙂
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Everything’s wonderful when the sun is shining 🙂 I’m glad your vote arrived in time too, really hope you enjoy settling into the new flat
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How refreshing to focus on the positive aspects – glad you had a great day!
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Thanks! I did a positivity challenge a little while ago (share three positive tihngs about your day every day for a week) and ever since then have tried to focus on the positives a bit more often, although I don’t manage it all the time.
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What a great challenge! I tried that on my own a while back, keeping a list in my purse and writing down 3 things each day that I was grateful for. I still have the list and read it from time to time. It’s always a good reminder that bad moments pass. Same as you, I don’t always manage it (I definitely have my negative moments!) but I do. Wish it came naturally for me like it seems to for others. 🙂
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Perhaps we just need a bit more practice!
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Sounds like a great day 🙂 Let’s see if this makes your current day better or worse: I nominated you for a Liebster blogging award over at my blog. You can accept or decline, I just wanted to let you know I really enjoy your blog.
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I’ve only just seen this (on my Monday morning) but this is a fab start to the entire week so thanks very much for nominating me, I’m really glad to hear you like my blog. I’ll be pleased to accept the Leibster Award and will get on with doing that properly later this week. Thanks again 🙂
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