I started the day with the usual coffee and then school escort duty. Zoe had a day off, so we went together. She revealed that her plans for the day were to finish some ironing and to follow curry recipe. Mid-morning she came to borrow my vast cooking pot and then there were regular phone calls to check on progress and whether it looked as it should.
The rest of the morning was spent with laundry and ironing... and spot-cleaning the upstairs carpets after Jasper had vomited all over the place. We also managed to take a walk to the post-box and back around the lake. This is the longest walk that Diane has done since the operation. Tomorrow we plan to walk to the community centre and back (weather permitting).
When we went round to collect Ellie from school, I tried the curry. She had done a pretty good job, though there was a strong cinnamon flavour. This was because she had used full cinnamon quills (about 15-20cm long) instead of cinnamon sticks (about 2.5 cm long). Despite this, the curry tasted pretty good.
This afternoon we had a frisson of excitement as the sound of emergency service sirens could be heard across the district. It appears that firearms officers were called to the area near the railway station as there were reports of shots fired. Subsequently, two men were arrested. Then to add to the mayhem a fire broke out in the roof space of a local sports centre and fire engines were dispatched from Bognor, Chichester, Littlehampton, and Worthing. Even now, several hours after the incident, the sound of Emergency Services sirens can still be heard across the area.
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