Maintenance

 We were both up soon after 7 am. Diane was going to substitute for me on the walk to school with Ellie because I had to remain behind and await the arrival of an engineer to look at the window in Ellie's room. We had been given a time slot between 8 and 12, but they couldn't be more specific.

Diane had an appointment for Jasper at the vet. We loaded him into the car (with surprisingly little fuss), and they headed off to Oving. Soon after they left, the engineer arrived to look at (not through) Ellie's window. We had been experiencing a draft through the hinge side of the window, and he started to check it all to see if it could be adjusted. He fiddled and tested, re-fiddled and retested. In the end, he moved a wedge slightly. This should pull the window tighter to the frame as it closes. As there was no wind today, there was no way to check if the problem had been solved, but the solution seemed to make sense.

When Diane and Jasper arrived back, we left Lottie to do her weekly blitz on the house and headed to Sainsbury's. Though we didn't seem to have as much as usual, it did seem to take longer than expected. This was almost certainly because of the shuffling, brain-dead zombies that were already in the store when we arrived.

After a tasty lunch, I decided to go for a walk. I had missed my morning stroll, so I made up for it! I walked around the estate and then headed to North Bersted Street. I followed the old highway to Shripney. As I got close to the A29, I turned around and looped back the way I came. I was out for about an hour. When I got back, I plopped down in the lounge with my Kindle. Diane was already there, but she went to pick up Ellie from school with Zoe before coming home and rejoining me in the lounge.