Locks

I was up before 7:00 and Diane was up soon after. There was no imperative that drove the early start, just natural wakefulness. After sufficient coffee was consumed, I walked to Zoe's to accompany the school march to school. All of the children were dressed in red, white, and blue to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

I left Ellie in the classroom and then went for a walk. I took a different route from usual as I needed to get some cash from the hole-in-the-wall. It gave me a chance to catch up on the audiobook I had started before going away for the river cruise. When I got home, Diane went off to the hairdresser and I started on the admin for the morning. Parking was arranged for tomorrow, emails were sent to the Band of Brothers regarding the Spring lunch, and I called SAGA.

SAGA had sent a special offer as a "Welcome Home", this offered an upgrade on any cabin selected for a cruise booked this week. I phoned them and explained we had just booked a cruise for next year and should we get a similar discount. She agreed but had to get permission as it wasn't covered in the offering. She promised to call me back.

I went to my study and started processing the hundreds of photos I had taken over the last week or so. This took me the rest of the morning. After lunch, we sat in the Orangery with our Kindles until it was time to collect Ellie. It was while we were on the school pick-up that the phone rang and Fiona from SAGA confirmed the discount could be applied and waved her magic wand.

We stopped off at the park on the way home. As dinner approached, Di realised that Zoe had not left a school uniform for tomorrow, nor any school shoes. She went around to pick up the missing items only to find that she couldn't unlock the front door. Locks seem to have been a bit of a theme this week. She called and I went to help, clutching my keys in hand. I too was thwarted. We gave up, went home and then called Zoe in case she was unable to get in when she got home from work. She left work as soon as possible, came home and was able to unlock the door without any trouble. Pah!

Ellie is staying with us overnight.