I’ve not seen Davies without something with a screen attached to him today aside from an hour when we went out. Either the 3DS or my laptop, Ady’s tablet or a phone. I suspect it is a sign of impending Growing Up or something 😉
We walked into the nearest village today to post the rubbish DS back recorded delivery and in a blinding moment of foresight unlike any I usually demonstrate I bought my parents wedding anniversary card at the same time in the post office. It’ll be their ruby (40th) anniversary on 1st January. We won’t actually be here (thankfully, the wedding anniversaries I can remember when they are actually talking to each other are few and far between!)
We got caught in a really heavy shower of rain and all got slightly damp despite ducking into a charity shop until it passed over before walking home again.
Mum had been into town but got back shortly after us and then our friends Kev and Sue came over. Ady and Kev have been friends for about 30 years – Kev and Bruce were the two people I was taken to meet fairly early on in Ady and my relationship for approval – the closest he had to family to introduce me to I guess. Kev was widowed very young after only a couple of years marriage (his wife had a fatal asthma attack in her very early twenties) and he was sad and single for a long time but has been with Sue for about 15 years and she is lovely, a really good match for him. Sue has 3 sons and 5 grandchildren so although Kev never had any children of his own he does now have an adopted family too which is lovely :).
We had a really nice catch up with them and told them our plans. They have been folllowing the WW blog so had been keeping abreast of our adventures and given they have both had loads of work related stress this year they were very supportive of our ideas about getting away from it all. We’re hoping to catch up with them and Kev’s inlaws (he is still very close to his parents in law and brother & sister in law who all live together with 3 grandchildren) in the next couple of weeks.
Mum & I walked across to the supermarket for food for dinner while Ady and Davies did something online and Scarlett watched back to back documentaries about lions and tigers – she is loving the huge screen HD tv that Mum & Dad have for all the wildlife programes, Nat Geo Wild HD has never been watched so much :).
This blog feels very stale at the moment, lots of moaning about my parents and living in a limbo state, because friends are all busy with their own Christmas plans we are not even really managing to catch up with people here as much as we’d hoped, but we’re looking forward to Glastonbury in a couple of weeks and feeling usefully employed and on the road again.
not stale (see I’m reading!!!). Sorry that it is so hard for you all at your parents, although maybe in hindsight probably won’t seem so bad when you’re on the go again.
Comment by Kirsty — 29 December 2011 @ 6:31 am
maybe? probably? Meh, far too early in the morning for me to be coherent…
Comment by Kirsty — 29 December 2011 @ 6:35 am
Well, it’s still on my early morning to-do list before I get up!
Comment by Joyce — 29 December 2011 @ 8:05 am
I keep reading hopefully, waiting for the adventures to start again 🙂
Comment by Jan — 29 December 2011 @ 9:10 am
I think the limbo bit is really interesting after all the adventures. But I am the sort of person who likes minute detail relationship chat more than muddy ditches and wild beasties.
Comment by Allie — 29 December 2011 @ 10:04 am
Well, I still come here every day with my morning tea!
Comment by Joyce — 29 December 2011 @ 4:04 pm
Aw thanks guys (particularly Joyce 😉 ) 🙂
Comment by Nic — 30 December 2011 @ 12:33 am
twice! did I end up in moderation for using the iPad the first time? It just disappeared but didn’t say why so decided to have another go later.
Comment by Joyce — 30 December 2011 @ 8:48 am
Moderation for different email addresses, one you must have used before and not the other. But since I’ve released it you can now feel free to comment using either (or indeed both!) 🙂
Comment by Nic — 31 December 2011 @ 1:34 am