Thursday 4th Apr

Cleaning to start the day, but to be fair I was taking it easy and had to move carefully around the teenagers once they had both got up. I suspect the reason they were both so readily up, was that I was taking them to Nando’s for lunch. We headed out at midday and both teenagers were ready to go on time, which just goes to show they can do it when they want to. I’m allowed 20 minutes to myself to look in a couple of shops before we eat, but only 20. The youngest doesn’t do shopping, and spends his 20 minutes playing on the xbox in HMV, so not much different to being at home really.

We get just about the last table in Nando’s, as they start queuing after we’re in. The chap taking us to our table asks “Have you been to Nando’s before?” I felt like saying, hasn’t everyone! I go up to order and ask for a coffee for myself, but am told that the hot drinks are off! So I order a beer! Well I tried to be good, and the kids are on holiday.

The eldest is off on a practice camping/trekking weekend so we spend the rest of the afternoon getting her gear together, practising rolling up mats and sleeping bags. The forecast looks good for the weekend so we’re hoping it stays dry for her; it’ll make life easier for everyone, if we’re not emptying out wet gear when she returns.

Jay-le-taxi is out to collect the eldest from work late on, but what else would I be doing? Sleeping?

Yours looking out the sunglasses

Jay