A doing day

We have tried to have a ‘doing’ day today. Instead of sitting, curled up on the sofa, goggle-eyed, we have been out.

This morning, it is true that I left John in bed while I went to yoga, but he was more or less up when I got home. My yoga class was very gentle, being all about somatics – the mind-body connection survey. We mostly lay down on the floor to check ourselves out, and I was conscious, at one point, that I might drift off……

I did feel better for the exercise though and felt ready for a trip out when I got home. “Shall we go for a bit of lunch and a walk at Baddesley Clinton?” I asked John. Yes, he was up for that.

In the end, we didn’t leave home until about one o’clock what with faffing about with one thing and another. Soup in the café, therefore, was orf……Ah, well, never mind, I had a lovely hot chocolate instead and John had a panini. Here he is, enjoying it!

We didn’t manage the walk though. John felt a bit wobbly after lunch, so we tottered to the National Trust shop, bought a bird bath, and came home.

The member of staff serving us was kindness itself. I had enquired as to whether the bird baths were available on line as I didn’t think I’d be able to carry it to the car. Not only did he carry it out for us, but he allowed me to bring car right up to the door so that John had a simple hop, skip and jump to get into the passenger seat.

We thought we might go over to the Kenilworth Newbies to drop their ‘left behinds’ in this afternoon but, in the end, we didn’t do that either. Oliver has a bit of a cold and it looks like I’m going over there tomorrow anyway. Not only that, but the afternoon slump overtook us and we ended up comfy on the sofa.

I managed a walk to the shops, however, in the pouring rain, to buy a few bits for tea. And then this evening I’ve finished the quiz. So it’s definitely been a ‘doing’ day, today. Go us!

Take care everyone. God bless.