Ellie didn't wake up until 7:15, having had a really good night's sleep. She was her chirpy, bubbly self as we went through the morning preparations for school. She was a little nervous about the Christingle service scheduled for the afternoon. She has a brief speaking part in the proceedings and was convinced she would have butterflies. We set off for school, having chatted about her performance, and left her at the classroom. Di headed home, and I set off for my walk.
Di had a meet-up planned with her friend Angie, over in Rustington. I got back from my walk just as she was leaving. After I had my breakfast, I popped across to Chris and Maureen to return their security key-fob and catch up on the highlights of their cruise. Once I had escaped, I set about bringing all the Christmas decorations in from the garage so that we could start decorating during the week.
Di arrived home at lunchtime and after a snack we had a quick change and headed for the school for the Christingle concert. We had good seats and Ellie was positioned right in the centre of the choir. Unfortunately, the school had problems with their microphones and had to make do without. The hall wasn't too big, so the children managed to make themselves heard without the aid of mics. They sang eleven carols and Christmas songs, and despite her concerns, Ellie did just fine.
We collected Ellie at the end of the school day, and after a quick change headed to Chichester for her appointment. I used Apple Maps to guide me to the venue, with the expectation it would find the quickest route for the time of day. That was a bit of a disaster. It provided guidance to the right area of Chichester and then asked me to drive down a "No Entry" road. I adjusted and tried a different route. Again, it directed me to a "No Entry" road. Di and Ellie leapt out and walked, while I switched to Google Maps and found a route that actually worked!
We had an unexpectedly quick run back from Chichester and dropped Ellie off at home, then went home ourselves and shut up shop for the night.
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