if my sister's baby is born this month her birth flower will be chrysanthemum, next month holly or narcissus. since my birthday is next month too, i'm choosing narcissus for us both. being december baby myself, i've learned to hate everything that associates a birthday with christmas. narcissus seems much less christmassy, until someone tells me it's some kind of holy flower.
it's fifty here today, which is incredibly warm for november. mary's boss was here bright and early to tell us he'd like to hear any opposing offers we might get for our skills. i oughtn't to go into more detail until all the craziness settles down but there's somekind of nasty power struggle between the banks on the island and he doesn't want to lose us to another bank. the fact that just last thursday we were discussing what kind of offer we could get from the other bank, is just a little too ironic.