Monday 23rd Sept

It’s Monday morning and so Mrs P and I are pushing a supermarket trolley around the shop. Well I’m pushing as Mrs P selects what we need, and I try to resist impulse purchases. We’re in a bit later this morning, and so it’s a bit busier, but on the plus side the bakery has some cakes out to taste, and so my elevenses consist of free mini chocolate donuts today. Yummy.

I help Mrs P with her cleaning, following her obediently around the house with the vacuum. I think maybe I’m getting inured to housework; can’t say I enjoy it but I get on with it. Mrs P appreciates the help, and we are finished in time to go for a walk before the kids get home. We walk up the road and through the woods. The local woods are a dog walker’s paradise, and we find ourselves shifting quickly as Labradors and assorted other breeds rush past us chasing balls. At the far end we can look down on a building project we’ve been following. There is a house that has been gutted and is being rebuilt, but two rather interesting outbuildings, possible work studios have been built, and what looks like a sauna in the front garden. We are not being nosy neighbours, just curious.

The kids arrive home looking tired after a day at school. I think it might be not getting enough sleep at the weekend is the problem, but they are of an age now where I can’t switch off their bedroom lights unfortunately. We are though slowly pulling back on the youngest’s use of the Xbox, so hopefully that might help.

Yours enjoying the unseasonably mild weather.

Jay