Wednesday evening

Good evening, lovely people, and welcome to my blog.  

It is Dave's birthday today.  Unlike me and Beth, he tends not to make much of a thing about it and, to be honest, wouldn't mind if I forgot completely, but I remembered to send a card and will give him something when he and Anna next come round.

I texted Chris yesterday and she was keen on doing Lindsey's ad hoc Beat the Street walk too so we made plans to walk down to the hall where it started and go from there.

Then, this morning, I got an email saying that my parcel was arriving today at the very time we were going to be out.  However, I followed the link and they were OK to leave it on the doorstep.  As I live down a short cul de sac and the doorstep is hidden by my car and the neighbours' cars too, it's as safe as any place is going to be so I was happy to go with that and do the walk.
I was rather happy it was coming early, to be honest!

And - the best timing in the world - it arrived just as I was leaving for the walk.  How lucky was that!?

It was one of those days where everything seemed to go well.  My car insurance renewal stuff arrived.  I opened it with some trepidation to see that it has gone up by the grand total of  . . . £9.02.  Under a tenner.  Phew, what a relief.
I'm not sure why it is so small an increase.  Maybe it is the age of the car, who knows?  But I'm not complaining.  All I need to hear about now is the teachers' pension increase.

The walk was really good.  I wondered if Lindsey would go around our estate but no, she took us round the next area along at a fairly spanking pace.  Great exercise and I was thoroughly lost for quite a while with no idea where we were.  It was a bit chilly but by the end we were all warmed up and, to be frank, a bit sweaty.  And I'm well over 10k steps today - my target each day is 5k.
I have lost my Beat the Street card though.  It must have fallen out of my pocket during the walk.  I was using my phone to register boxes so didn't miss it until I got home.  Oh, well . . .

Personal Training was, as always, good fun and hard work - as it is supposed to be.  What with that and the walk, I should sleep well tonight.

I've unboxed the cutter and used it.  It's just as expected - works well and is very solid and 'substantial'.  Good oh!  Yes, I've used it.  Never were carrots more beautifully sliced!

Tomorrow it's Chris' birthday.  We have agreed not to do presents for each other but I have a card and I will bake some flapjacks for our coffee and chat time using the basic 3-4-1 ratio.  We don't have any edibles usually so that will make it a bit special.
I'll do the SET class later on to make time for the flapjacks.  Lindsey records this one and pops it onto YouTube so that will be OK.
Then, in the afternoon, I have a Teams meeting with the other SEND governors in our academy trust.  I'm not expecting it to be all that interesting but it will be OK, I am sure.

I'm feeling really tired now.  It's only eight so I must stay awake a little bit longer but I think it's an early bedtime for me.
How has your day gone?  Hopefully, really well.  Sleep tight and pleasant dreams, everyone.  xx