Attacked

 Zoe had a late shift today. This meant that we could get up late, as we didn't have to greet Ellie first thing. I wandered to Zoe's in time to join the walk to school, and we dropped Ellie off at the classroom. Zoe headed home, and I went for my morning walk.

After some breakfast, I got on with various administrative tasks brought about by the expiry of one of my credit cards and the knock-on impact on subscriptions against that card. It always seems such a palaver. It was soon after this that I was attacked. Jasper was due at the vets. We took his carrier upstairs to provide his luxurious transportation. Unfortunately, he wasn't where we expected; he was behind the drawers in my study. The chair was moved, the drawers were moved, and he emerged looking for somewhere to hide. I stooped to pick him up, and he bolted. I lost my balance, lost my glasses and bashed my forehead against my old iMac, leaving a cut across the top of my eyebrow. This concerted, two-pronged attack by Jasper (the decoy) and gravity, the perpetrator, left me feeling pretty daft to have been suckered in like that. What's worse is that it has spoiled my boyish good looks.

I spent some more time looking at possibilities for future cruises. To be honest, nothing really grabbed me, and I started to consider some longer river cruises as an alternative. I haven't managed to find any obvious candidates, so far.  

The afternoon, as usual, involved some Kindle time before we collected Ellie. We stopped at the park on the way back, but once she was home with us, she got on with her homework. She is staying with us overnight, as Zoe doesn't finish until 21:00.