Monday 29th Apr

The youngest had a French GCSE exam first thing today, so the focus was on getting him out, fed, watered, on time and happy. This was accomplished despite the fact he looked tired still after a weekend hiking and camping in gales doing his DofE award. Thankfully he completed it well and despite managing to break the zip on his fairly new coat actually managed to bring home all the equipment he left with this time.

I managed to avoid most of the shopping in the supermarket this morning as I bumped into a friend, leaving Mrs P to get on in peace. The result was a lower than usual weekly shopping bill which just goes to show I may well be responsible for our impulse purchasing. I was in time to help pack the bags, the only thing I’m probably suited to.

Mrs P and I then set off on our continued carpet hunt, the saga continues. We found a couple more possibles and took the samples, this now makes nine we’ve had. Feeling good about ourselves I took us for a coffee by the sea. It was lovely to have clear views of the sea and coast, unencumbered by the weekend hoards; peaceful sunny and relaxing, albeit blowing a gale, but you can’t have everything. We returned home with high hopes for our carpet samples but when we put them in the lounge the light was different to the shop, and they didn’t go, so we’re back to the drawing board again.

The eldest is off to dancing and I get her to drive me and she does a fine job, with a bit of luck and a following wind we might really be moving in the right direction with our Learner Driver. I make the effort to go to football this evening, and manage to get a decent run out, by exerting myself a bit more than usual. Maybe this should tell me I need to make a bit more effort most weeks, now I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere before.

Yours getting active

Jay