It started well enough, with our normal five am start (the opposite of the Sunday lie-in routine followed by many). Croissants for breakfast with apricot jam – all bought in, I’m ashamed to say. Well, ashamed about the jam; life is too short to make croissants from scratch.
Off to work,and we had our normal drive through town, marvelling at what young people consider appropriate apparel for 5.45 am with the temperature around 4 degrees C. Makes you glad to be old and warm. I used to think that I burned the candle at both ends but I wouldn’t have been able to keep up with this lot.
Return home at 6.15 am and face the eternal quandary of how to fill the gap until the laundrette opens at 7.30. Sleep? Second breakfast? Some computer work?
I ate the last two slices of the honey and oat loaf with peanut butter as I decided against having a second breakfast, and read my emails and checked the blog as I decided against working on the computer. Suddenly it was 7.30 and I needed to be off to be off to do the washing. Well, no harm in a little nap first…
You can guess how that went, I presume. I’m told that the optimal time for a nap is 40 minutes, because you wake instantly and feel alert. Two hours isn’t so good. I still don’t recall reaching across to switch off the alarm. Fortunately my bladder and the hoover fetishist next door refused to let me sleep longer.
Ten o’clock by the time I’d gathered the washing, the detergent, a book, a banana and some change. That’s quite a busy time down at the laundrette, so I decided to blog and have that second breakfast after all. I’ll wash later.
Cornflakes. They’re healthy. I had a glass of milk, poured a helping of cornflakes and looked for the new milk carton.
The code of silence observed by my family when using the last toilet roll or last of the milk, is the envy of secret societies the world over. In comparison to Number 1 son the Mafia appear to be chatterboxes and the Freemasons seem prone to gossip. As a bonus, they don’t eat my cheese.
At least it reminded me of the health-giving benefits of green tea.
So, healthy, hungry and determined to stay upbeat, I reach the end of the first part of my day.
It’s not easy being cheerful…
…particularly as Number 1 son has offered to cook lunch.
As for young people and what they wear in the cold, I’ve never understood it, I’m not too old but even as a teenager I could never understand wearing skimpy clothing in winter. I once saw a man topless in a frosty January just strolling down the street! 😮
Makes me feel cold just thinking about it.
There is nothing worse than the silence of the one responsible for finishing the milk and the toilet roll – especially the toilet roll.
I try to keep a reserve toilet roll hidden but they nearly always finish that too!
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I need to take my duvet to the laundrette but actually I don’t know where there the nearest is since I moved. Better find out in case my washing machine ever breaks down!
I hope the laundrette experience wasn’t too detrimental to your day.
What with blogging and cooking and shopping I managed to avoid it – will have to go during the week. 😉
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