I was up early for Ellie's drop-off. She went straight upstairs to get into bed with Nana and go back to sleep. I eventually woke her at 7:30. Once she was fed and watered, washed and dressed, we took her along to school. It was spitting with rain, and I hadn't dressed for it, so I skipped the early morning walk and went home for breakfast.
I spent most of the morning editing last year's journal. I managed to complete the period that encompassed out Canaries cruise. Taking that as a good breakpoint, I set off for my proper morning walk. By this point, it had dried up, but I took a hat and some gloves, just in case. I was out for just over an hour. Once home, I made us both some tea and prepared some lunch.
I returned to the study and resumed editing the journal. After an hour, I again bookmarked where I had reached and went to the lounge for some Kindle time. It was while I was reading that Zoe phoned Diane. "Could we step in and take Ellie to her appointment in Chichester, after school?" Of course, we could, but why? Well, it seems that an articulated lorry had pulled into the yard behind the store and its trailer had caught fire. The Fire Brigade were called, and Zoe hit the "evacuate" button for the store. The Firemen admitted that if they had been 5 minutes later, then the store itself would almost certainly have caught fire.
I collected Ellie from school, and we took her to her appointment in Chichester. While she was there, I got a call from Zoe to say that everything was under control and she was just leaving. She would be home in time for us to drop Ellie off on the way through.
We dropped Ellie off, then went home. We've just finished dinner and are planning on a quiet evening.
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