A perfect Friday
I’m having a perfect Friday. In fact, a perfect day wherever it fell during the week.A reasonably early start - Miss J was up bright and early this morning, just after 05:30 - but then it created the chance to have breakfast #1 with my #1 darling daughter. Dr J had a lie-in - well until 07:45 - after doing the early shift yesterday. We are experiencing a 05:20/05:30 start to the day at the moment, which is not always entirely welcome!Aoife and I proceeded to then go through our repertoire of princess games and recreations of scenes from Disney films. This morning, we focused on Tiana - the Princess and the Frog for those of you still using old money. I did a few emails and some status reports for some of my current projects - I like to provide clients who are working on fixed fee projects with a regular formal status report to keep them updated on progress - it helps given I spend most of my time away from their offices - in mine. Listened to parts of the Today programme - made extra enjoyable for the absence of John Humphrys.Dr J then took up the little person reigns as I headed up to the golf club for an early round of golf. 08:12 on the tee and off the 18th by 10:30. Windy but wonderful. What a way to spend a couple of hours. Fantastic. The course is in magnificent condition - it can only be a grass shaving behind Birkdale in the presentation stakes.Now for breakfast #2 - well, more like brunch - this time a full Team Jones breakfast in Birkdale village. Some time together. Precious time. A few hours of work then followed - a hugely satisfying and productive few hours, with lots of the to-do list ticked off and a number of outstanding pieces of writing (including this one) dispatched. Pleasing. Very pleasing.I can’t help but think that having such a great start to the day - exercise, family time and contentment - makes for a more productive working time. I got more done in five hours at home than I would in two days in the office in my old life.As I sign off, we are now just getting ourselves ready for early dinner out with the extended Team Jones - my sister Lucy, gets married tomorrow and we are having dinner with her - on her last day as a Jones - and her fiancee Andrew, our parents and Andrew’s and his brother - the best man. A lovely evening ahead before a lovely day tomorrow - a hugely special day for both our families. Miss J is a flower girl tomorrow - to say she is excited would be like saying I enjoyed the golf last week - understatement of the year territory. To say we are proud parents of the flower girl would go further still.I reflect on this with my new Bose SoundLink speaker booming in the background - a thing of great beauty and currently playing music which defines great beauty. Fittingly with tomorrow in our sights, The Beatles have just serenaded me with ‘I Will’:Love you forever and foreverLove you with all my heartLove you whenever we're togetherLove you when we're apart#ben2b40