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Ady took Davies and Scarlett to Liza’s this morning so I had my odd hour at home all alone before work that I get once a fortnight. It’s strange. Nice, but strange.

Work was good. It’s coming up to my 2 year anniversary of starting there which has passed in a flash. I think given my very small availability for work outside the home it is pretty near perfect really – close to home, great perks, allows me lots of scope to be me and use my skills and has a pretty good bunch of workmates. I’ve been thinking a fair bit lately about my own future plans career-wise and I’m fairly convinced library work doesn’t feature in my long term future but it’s a very good ‘for now’ option.

I collected Davies and Scarlett and we went to the park to meet up with Lucy and The Rs. They all had a nice time playing together while Lucy and I chatted and drank hot drinks from the little cafe at the park. Hard to compact two weeks worth of chat into 90 minutes once a fortnight but we have a bloody good try!

On a bit of a ‘songs from my childhood’ kick I’d picked up Abbey Road from work and was listening to Maxwell’s Silver Hammer and Octopus’ Garden in the car and playing them to the kids. I have such lucid memories of my Mum singing along to ‘Yesterday Once More’ in the house we moved from when I was four – she wasn’t happy for a good proportion of my childhood but that song brings back good memories of her clearly feeling carefree and happy with a light atmosphere. My parents had an old record player (which obviously wasn’t old at the time) which you could stack up records on and certain ones got played over and over including Abbey Road, an Elton John one from which I only recall Benny and the Jets and a Rod Stewart album too. Odd to think maybe one day my kids will be playing those songs to their own kids with their own childhood memories attached.

We came home and the children played with the chickens for a while then came in for their tea. Ady was going to see an old school friend who is leaving the country to live in America after work so I took Davies and Scarlett to Badgers and sat in the car tonight. Ady came home with a black and white great long picture of all of the boys in his school year from 1977 so we’ve been doing a sort of ‘where’s wally?’ with it until we worked out which was him 😆

I actually quite enjoyed sitting in the car with my book and a bag of toffees although I did have to turn the engine on a couple of times to put the heater on for a few minutes. Ady had beaten us home and tidied up so I read a huge pile of books to the children (including a couple of Eric Maddern – Fire Children and Curious Clownfish, Falling Angels , Smartest Giant in Town a slightly odd one called Arion and the Dolphin and a nice one called Solo about penguins.). Davies is listening to Carnival of the Animals in bed at the moment so that was blaring out for ages.

I watched Definitely Maybe which was quite a nice film – bit predictable but a good cast and it focussed on couples getting together which always appeals to my romantic, nostalgic side ;). Ady slept on the sofa 😆

Stupid wireless thing is still not working but I refuse to spend any more time on it while getting all impatient with the children so I’ll try and sort it at the weekend when Ady is around to do something else with them instead.