Impressed

I was up early so that I could greet Ellie when she was dropped off at 6:35. It was so early that my first coffee hadn't finished brewing when she burst in the door. She was no trouble. After our traditional cuddle, she went up to see Nana, and they both trundled back down the stairs just after seven. I wanted to go out for a walk, but it wouldn't have been fair to abandon Nana with Ellie first thing.

As soon as the clock ticked around to nine, I started looking for potential solutions for Ellie's broken iPad. I made some calls and got some quotes. One, a place in Chichester, quoted a good price, a 2-hour turnaround, and they had the part in stock. I leapt in the car and joined the traffic jam heading for Chichester at that time of the morning. I dropped the iPad off, and they promised to call me when it was fixed. I went back home for a cup of tea.

An hour later, the phone rang. The iPad was ready for collection. I finished what I was doing and headed back to join the traffic jam again. When I arrived at the store, I checked that the iPad was working, then paid the repair cost and headed back into the rain and drove home. Ellie now has her iPad back and has hopefully learned an important lesson. I must say that I was very impressed with the service.

We had a quiet Kindle afternoon during which I finished another book and, of course, started another. The front door burst open. It was Ellie and her friend Natalie coming to show us their outfits for tonight's "Trick or Treat" session. They were so excited that I suspect they were already on a sugar high. I wonder how much sleep they'll get tonight once they have topped up their sugar stream!

They will be dropped off here at 6:30 tomorrow morning. I will be interested to see how alert they will be.

As I write this, the only Trick or Treaters we have had so far are Ellie and Natalie. They have just left.