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It's Friday, again, and whenever it's Friday we Celebrate The Small Things, thanks to VikLit.

Firstly, I'd like to celebrate the weather.  Even though it is still a bit chilly, the sun is shining which is always a good thing.  I don't know what it is about the sun, but it always puts me in a good mood, and it makes everything look so bright and vibrant.  Plus, it means that summer is on the way, and I love summer!

So, on to the events of the past 7 days.  A few good things have happened this week.

I have my official start date for work, which is exciting.  I will be starting next Tuesday.  Tuesday.  Tuuuuesdaaay.  Chewsday, innit.

I'm quite an impatient person, and I definitely don't like waiting around for things, especially to start work, especially when my new job is in a library, and as we all know, a library is pretty much the best place in the world.  Free books!!!  But at least I know when I'll be starting so I have that to look forward to.

My book group met earlier this week - well, it's not *my* book group; it's the book group I attend.  Anyway, I do love going to book group.  We have a month to read a book and then we meet up to discuss it.  Generally we spend half an hour talking about the book and an hour and a half putting the world to rights. I don't mind, I just enjoy talking.  This past month we read The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon.  Normally we all dislike a book, or we have a split with some liking it and some disliking it.  But this month we all liked it.  At the next meeting we will be discussing Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.  I know it's a classic, but I haven't read it, so I'm curious as to what all the fuss is about!

At the March meeting of the book group, a woman told me that she'd bought a copy of my book, 12 Days of Krista May Rose (sorry for the shameless self-promotion there!).  She asked if she brought it along to our next meeting, would I sign it for her.  I said that I would.  So when we met she handed me three books.  I was surprised.  She'd brought along her book, and two others that she'd bought as gifts for her friends.  It's a great feeling knowing that one person had bought my book, but I couldn't believe that she liked it enough to buy two more copies and give them to her friends.  It certainly put a smile on my face.

I received my first Postcrossing postcard this week.  I knew I'd be excited to get one, but I didn't realise just how exciting it would be.  I think we've become so taken over by e-mail and getting messages instantly that we've forgotten what it's like to anticipate getting mail.  I now want to get more and more!

Aaaand, finally, I'm in the local paper, The Lowestoft Journal.  A photographer came and took our picture at the library's World Book Night event last week.  Di (the woman in the centre of the picture) wrote a report of the night and sent it to the paper.  Someone decided to "edit" it by adding a bunch of mistakes, and then someone decided to publish it without proofreading it.  So that's a bit frustrating.  Apart from that, it's quite exciting to be in the paper!!

What are you celebrating this week?