festive fun

Went to see the Lion King stage show at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay last night - absolutely beautiful! The costumes are amazing.

Although I'm not sure Mufasa was supposed to stumble up Pride Rock in the opening number, I'm almost certain he's meant to be more majestic than that, and I was slightly distracted when a light in the bank just to the right of the stage blew out in the final set piece...but overall it was absolutely gorgeous - 10/10 recommend seeing it, if you get the chance!

And then today we had out little little Christmas carol concert in work, which was lovely. We do it every year, on the last Thursday before Christmas: everyone crowds into the Reception area, a few staff members bring in musical instruments and we all sing our hearts out, all traditional Christmas carols - even the senior managers and directors come out of their Very Important executive board meeting to join the festivities - and there’s a collection for a nominated charity (this year cancer research, in memory of our friend and colleague John who died earlier this year), one of the engineers does a funny Christmas reading, and then afterward there’s mince pies provided by the Director.

Perfect.

If I could just shake this stupid cold, I'd declare myself ready for Christmas!