Meet the babysitter.

Hello. May I introduce myself? My name is Carolyn and I am a friend of ALBOWIEB’s. I started blogging a few weeks ago with a bit of encouragement from Sam. Next thing I know I’m babysitting his blog. I want to write about things that I don’t think Sam would. Sadly this means, because of his post on Saturday, my fascinating anecdote about sock sorting is out of bounds.

But the subject of being outside – and happy at the same time - is very much safe. Sam doesn’t like going outside. A few of us took him for a little walk there once and he still moans about it to this day. I love being outside whether it’s walking, climbing, swimming, sunbathing, working, drinking tea... whatever I do, I’m much happier if I’m outside breathing fresh air. However, being a law student, I have spent the last few weeks cooped up studying for exams.

So, it was with great delight that I spent a day on the beach in the sun on Saturday. We even had a barbeque and I managed to get slightly sunburnt. I think a wonderful part of being British is our insistence on pretending it’s a glorious summer’s day when it is most definitely not.

I enjoy it a lot. Sam would not.