this looking after myself with my cold business didn’t it…
This morning Ady went off to meet the boat (we were expecting diesel and needed to send off some venison) and then hook up with Sandy to do some wood collecting. I went off to do some more fencing. The pigs tail things are called lashing rods and I’m pretty darn good at them now having done a full fields worth of them top and bottom. My watch battery has died so I only know what time it is by my phone which was in my jeans pocket underneath my oilskins. I thought it was about 1230pm but it was actually 2pm when I got home. I had been expecting Ady to appear really so called in the house to shed oilskins and went off to find him. The kids were very busy tidying rooms in preparation of new stuff arriving and wanting a sleepover on Christmas Eve. It had rained on and off all morning so I was runny of nose and a bit soggy round the edges but made the foolish decision not to put my waterproofs back on as it had stopped raining.
It only stopped until I got to the bottom of the croft and then started again with a vengence meaning I was soaked within about five minutes. I should have double backed and got changed really but I didn’t. I then walked around a bit looking for Ady and Sandy before spotting our car outside Jinty’s. Bonnie was in the car, as was our turkey (taken out to defrost) but no Ady. It was raining heavily by then and nearly half an hour walk back to the croft so I decided to sit in the car for a while and see if the rain stopped. I’d only been there about ten minutes when Sandy pulled up with Ady. They were chopping the wood up smaller with the chainsaw at Sandy’s and I stood there shivering until Sandy sent me indoors to see Fliss for a cup of tea.
After a bit Ady and Sandy came in and we left. Back home to feed animals and then I went back down again to collect the veg box. I ended up staying for three drinks as Fliss came along and it was a nice evening with a few people out. When I got home Ady had tidied up, got the fire lit and the dinner on so it was lovely to come home to. Damp bedroom aside the static is lovely and cosy now. We watched Outnumbered and had dinner and it was bedtime for the kids.
Tomorrow we need to catch up with Fencer Ben to get paid and collect some venison from the freezer for Mondays dinner, I want to ice the Christmas cake and make some mince pies and I have some last few bits to wrap up but we are looking forward to lie-ins, pancakes for breakfast and the woodburner lit all day.