That didn't quite go to plan. Ellie and I had a lovely evening, starting with a small science experiment (which I videoed). Then she went out to play for a while with one of her friends, she called me, however, to say there were some older boys throwing sticks and wood at someone's shed, so she was coming home as it was naughty. Quite right. I met her on the route back from the park, and we went home. She got washed and ready for bed, and I wished her goodnight. After a short while, she started to cough. I offered her some cough mixture, but she didn't want it. She tried to settle.
Di arrived home just before 23:00, and as we went up to bed, Ellie's coughing had got worse. It troubled her throughout the night, and none of us got much sleep. When we got up this morning, we decided that Ellie was not going to school. The cough is clearly related to her hay fever, rather than being a chest infection, but she needed rest. As it was Zoe's day off, she came to collect Ellie and look after her.
It was raining. Not heavily. It was more like a drizzle, and I decided to forego my early morning walk in the hope that it would dry up later. We sat and chatted over breakfast, and then I looked for a local plumber who could check a couple of taps that seemed to suffer from low pressure. I've managed to get a chap to respond, and he'll try and take a look next week.
Come lunchtime, Di had nearly finished some ironing, and I decided it was dry enough to chance a walk. I took a rain jacket, just in case, but it wasn't necessary. Despite how grey and windy it was, it was quite warm. The afternoon was spent in the Orangery with our Kindles and the opportunity for a power-nap to make up for last night.
Hopefully, Ellie is better for the rest and we should be back to normal tomorrow.
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