Parents' Evening

 Ellie was dropped off first thing. For breakfast, she ordered fried eggs and promptly got fresh egg yolk down her white polo shirt. She did, however, finish the eggs. The weather was cool but sunny as we walked her to school and ushered her into the classroom.

It was a fairly quiet day. Diane had to drop some questionnaires off at the surgery and get one of her prescriptions changed. I buried myself in the computer, updating the accounts, and researching an affordable MacOS alternative to Visio. This latter item turned out to be a fruitless task. The problem I have is that I am so familiar with Visio that none of the other (affordable) products seemed to fit the bill. Also, there is a value-for-money aspect to the research. The product is only likely to get used occasionally so I am not willing to invest large sums. 

After lunch, we had our usual hour or so of reading. Because it was so bright and sunny, we were able to sit in the Orangery We then collected Ellie from school. She was grumpy because we wouldn't let her stop off at the Messy Church and play. (This is a monthly event in which she has never shown any interest in the past). She came home and sulked in her room for an hour.

Tonight was Parents' Evening at the school. Zoe and Pete had an appointment at 17:20. Unfortunately, Zoe was stuck behind a traffic snarl-up near Horsham. It was touch and go, so I said I would attend and she could join us if she got back in time. Pet and I went in to see Miss Yardley and were delighted to hear her appraisal of Ellie's progress in English and Maths and what a joy she was to have in class. Zoe managed to get back and join us after the first few minutes.