To avoid an early start this morning, Ellie stayed with us overnight. I let her sleep through until 7:30, and even then, she took a while to start functioning normally. We took her along to school, as usual, and then Di went home, and I set off for my walk. I mixed things up a bit by walking the back route into the village so that I could collect Di's meds from the pharmacy when they opened.
Back home, I settled down for some breakfast and to read the social media feeds. I wasn't able to linger for too long, as we had planned to go out for lunch with Jane and Trevor
To the sound of warning chimes and a display of random warning messages, we started our drive to The Refectory at Milford. Fortunately, all the warnings ceased after the first couple of miles, and the car behaved perfectly for the rest of the trip. I will be glad to get this fixed tomorrow.
We had a lovely lunch. Di had chosen a Crispy Beef Asian Salad, while I had a Wild Boar, Pork, and Parsnip pie. We both chose well, though Di would have preferred to have the dressing on the side. The Refectory was packed (probably because people were using up the vouchers we were given at Christmas) and as a result, service was slow. Normally, this doesn't trouble us, but we had to keep an eye on the time so that we could collect Ellie from school.
We were a bit late leaving the restaurant, and it was touch-and-go for the school pickup. We made good time and were on Drayton Lane before the traffic came to a halt. We still had 20 minutes for the last 3 miles. We made it, with 5 minutes to spare.
Ellie had dinner with us and then cracked on with some homework. I helped by showing her how to generate images using AI (Google’s Gemini). We used these images for a poster showing her recent baking exercise when she made some delicious scones
As Zoe has another early start tomorrow, Ellie is again sleeping here overnight.
(Just as an aside, Dad would be 100 years old today. Remarkably, his twin brother would also!)
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