Alice Band's Diary ; I Am Alice Band, Wife of a Naval Officer and Mother of Four Children. What Follows Is the Story of My Busy - but Always Complicated - Life...

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I'VE KEPT quiet about my cousin Sally. Hardly surprising, as she was and continues to be the high achiever in the family. Where I failed miserably at school, she excelled; where I went travelling or, as our uncle preferred to refer to it, bumming around the world, she went to a fantastic university. Suffice it to say, whereas I now make cappuccinos and don an apron of domesticity and am a loyal, devoted and supportive wife - do not guffaw - she is a single, independent, high flying go-getter living in Geneva.

Googling EasyJet the other day, as I am wont to do when in need of a little escapism, I went down the list of where one could fly to from Bristol. I was thrilled to discover a fare to Geneva for just over 63 quid. Bargain. As my finger hovered longingly over the "continue" button I wondered how I could break the news to Hubby that I'd be abandoning ship for the weekend. I looked at the dates of flights, and before pressing "continue" texted my cousin to make sure she could find a tiny window of opportunity in her jet-setting lifestyle not only to accommodate me but also drag me around the sights.

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Alice Band's Diary ; I Am Alice Band, Wife of a Naval Officer and Mother of Four Children. What Follows Is the Story of My Busy - but Always Complicated - Life...

Whereas I usually have to wait days for a reply, for once she texted back almost immediately - but not quite quickly enough that I hadn't navigated away from the EasyJet web page on my computer, and by th...

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