But made my peace with it – I can tolerate almost anything for four days 😉
This morning we walked down to the farmhouse and spent the whole day in the garden there. The kids had a great day, playing with the dog, drawing and just adventuring around the place. Ady and I did weeding but we had a laugh and lots of chatting so not so bad. I still hate gardening though…
Lunch almost made up for it, another ‘proper spread’ of quiche, salad and home made jelly and ice cream. The kids had set the table and made us tea and coffee too which was nice. It feels a bit like we’ve slipped into one of Enid Blyton’s books somehow.
I had a phonecall from Jill this morning who said she is missing us and pizza night was very quiet without us last night. I had another phonecall this evening from Julie and we’ve got a visit from Mum & Dad next weekend so it’s been good to have contact and we’re looking forward to some real life catching up with people soon.
This evening we went in for dinner and I got to stick a load of washing in the machine which is good, we had already racked up a full bag of muddy and wet stuff. It’s interesting to see the wear and tear on clothes, I have a pair of jeans I guess I’ll be chucking out rather than washing again, they are through at the knees and leg and I must have lost weight as they keep falling down too. I can see why Barbara Good wore dungarees! Scarlett must have grown too as she’s complaining all her jeans are too tight. At least we’re getting plenty of wearings out of clothes though, no point in putting clean stuff on to get it filthy again within half an hour of wearing it. I do worry we’ll all be like Bod in the photos of the year – wearing the same outfits in every single location! 😆
Tomorrow we’re finishing off the garden in the morning then doing some chicken house making up in the afternoon, which Ady is dreading but I’m looking forward to – something practical and useful, hurrah! Not sure what we’re expected to work Saturday and Sunday with regard to days off etc. I’m hoping at least one of the days we’ll have a chance to head off for a walk around the area. I think one week hostings are great for places you are struggling to cope with but I suspect you don’t get a really good feel for the place as it’s just not long enough. It will be interesting to see how our next host pans out as that is for 3 weeks.
My face is sore and tight and feels chapped and my eyes are really puffy in the mornings still. I need to read back last years posts and see what it was doing then – I’m a bit worried that I’m supposed to be reducing my steroids dose from tomorrow but I don’t feel it’s properly stopped yet.