Thursday 5th Sept

As the teenagers went back to school yesterday; so I went back to volunteering IT support at the library yesterday, after taking some time away, while the kids were on their school holidays. A number of the regular faces were in, but interestingly some weren’t. In fact one guy in particular I’ve not seen for about 3 months, and I do wonder if all is well with him. It’s strange how you sometimes build relationships in life, where you least expect them.

A pit-stop at the folks for a cup of tea on the way home, leads to instructions on watering plants next week. They are off to Greece for a week in the sun; nice work if you can get it, and possibly something to look forward to, when Mrs P and I get to a certain age. Though, maybe the world will have changed by then.  

The afternoon brings gardening, cooking and giving the ironing a body swerve. Then the eldest comes home to tell me, her and 14 friends are trying to find a convenient week to all go on holiday together next summer, and when were we planning to go away. Help! Holidays are not a conversation we usually have for another five or six months in this house. I’ve gone from dreaming of being able to go to Greece at a moment’s notice, to being expected to commit to a family holiday, time and destination in eleven months time. It’s not happening, the eldest will just have to wait. After all we are the parents, she is the child. Well for another 4 months anyway, but we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.

Yours not in the holiday spirit.

Jay