Girls – My Rocks

There are several key people in our lives – family foremost, of course, but friends are just magic, aren’t they? The last couple of days for me have once again been uplifting in the company of my girl friends. Absolute rocks.

Yesterday, it was the turn of a couple of the college crew. We had mulled over whether to go to the cinema to watch the latest ‘Downton’ film. In the end, I decided I still wouldn’t risk being in an enclosed public place. However, I found that I could download the film from Sky, so Anita and Linda came over to watch it on our ‘big screen’ instead.

We had a lovely time. After a glass of Pimms and a light lunch, we settled down to watch the film with a box of Maltesers and a bag of popcorn to tuck into. The ability to pause the film every so often was also a blessing, as we wondered who was related to who and who the next love interest was. It was a cracking afternoon and I gained a lovely display of flowers into the bargain.

John spent the day in the garage once more – not doing his car yesterday, but still having a tidy up – and he dug a hole. The garage is beginning to look a bit more like now – but the hole? Well, that’s directly in front of the garage door……. what a mystery.

This morning I left John in bed for a lie-in – he’s still getting over his chest infection – while I went off to the campsite at Stoneleigh with Danielle to help set up their tent for the weekend. Originally, Paul was planning to help, as it is their tent that Michael and Danielle are borrowing, but he sent us this photo yesterday, with an expletive accompanying the text………

It turned out that Danielle and I were very capable of putting up the tent as well as minding the baby. Oliver refused to sleep while we beavered away, content to watch from the sidelines for a while and then from the comfort of either Danielle’s arms or mine. Amazingly, the tent was very easy to put up. It brought back memories of when John and I had an ‘A’ frame tent – but that was pretty hard work in those days!

The family are all set up this evening and clearly enjoying themselves so far.

I arrived back from the tent adventure to find that the hole John had started digging yesterday was now even deeper. Hmm…. It transpires that he’s planning to put a security post in place. Having had the car out of the garage ‘on show’ he thought he ought to secure it more adequately. Nothing stops that man. Chest infection or no… he’s still on it.

I was still gallivanting, however. Treated to afternoon tea at lunchtime with my friend, Margaret. How thoughtful she is. “I thought you needed cheering up,” she said. Well, it certainly did that. We had a lovely time and the food was delicious. Yep, the girls rock.

John had not only successfully dug the hole for the security post when I got home, but he’d put the post in place and concreted it in. He’s amazing. Outstanding in fact. I had to go and have a lie down after my exertion of having afternoon tea while he worked on…….

With Covid on my mind and Paul in particular, I hope everyone stays safe. The incidence of infection is quite high just now – hoping I avoided it at the afternoon tea venue……I mean, I had to take my mask off to eat! Hehe.

Take care everyone. God bless.