Friday 13th....unlucky for some?

It doesn't really take a degree in rocket science to work out that the thirteenth day of the month follows the twelfth, but when the thirteenth falls on a Friday we are in completely different territory, like tomorrow. I would say I am superstitious to a point, but not obsessively- I am pretty sure I have walked underneath ladders before for example. Friday 13th however is one of those superstitions that I am quite suspicious and apprehensive about and there is without any doubt whatsoever at least one per year, however this year there are 3, one in February, one in March and one in November (we get a reprieve over summer it would seem!)I am not paranoid although I do think that it has certain connotations, as does the number 13 in itself. I am not a numerologist, but they don't say '13, unlucky for some' when playing bingo for nothing! There are exceptions to the rule however as I have read and known of people where the number 13 has been really lucky for them...just the luck of the draw I guess!

On to other things, I have a friend coming to visit in a month! I can't wait, it is going to be great to be able to show her round and go for days out together. She has never been to France before so that will be the first of many new experiences for her. She has never been abroad before (and she is almost 21) and so has never been on an aeroplane. When she booked her tickets rather spontaneously yesterday (as we found some cheap flights with Ryanair) she said afterwards that she was quite scared at the prospect although I'm pretty sure that she'll find it an enjoyable experience as opposed to a traumatic one! She is going to fly to Biarritz airport, so I am going to have to go and meet her there as she doesn't speak much French and it would be very mean to expect her to make her own way to Pau when she has no idea as to where to go! She will be in Pau from the 13th-16th March, so if I appear somewhat excitable around that time, that is the reason behind it.

I have no concrete plans for the weekend as it stands other than packing ready to go to Grenoble on Monday and I am trying to decide whether to celebrate my birthday with my friends in Pau this weekend or the weekend after the holidays when everyone will be back...tough call, I'll have to think about it and decide tomorrow...sleep on it as they say.