Sparky

 I was wide awake by 5:00, and managed to stay fairly still until 6:00 when I got up. I drank my coffee and read the papers, then as the time climbed towards seven, I took a tea to Diane and got washed and dressed. I needed to be decent as we had been informed by the electricity company that they wanted to adapt our controls to add an Isolator. The chappie turned up at 7:45, but sat in his van on a weekly "Teams" call before coming in to us at 8:15. He settled down to his job (with a cup of tea). I had to leave him to it; I had an appointment for a blood test I had to get to.

I arrived early for the blood test, but was seen early. With an arm empty of blood, I drove home and pulled onto the drive just as the electrician was driving off. In the house, everything was working again. Things had gone smoothly/

After some breakfast, I updated the accounts, then as Diane pottered, I went for a walk. A new Jonathan Kellerman novel was playing through my AirPods as I marched around the estate. As I started on the final straight towards home, I bumped into Ellie, who was out with her friends on her roller blades. We had a chat and a cuddle, then I left her to play and went home for some lunch.

During the afternoon, we managed some Kindle time, but that was curtailed as we had to take Ellie for her weekly appointment in Chichester. Dropping Ellie and Di near the centre, I turned back and drove to John Lewis to collect the vacuum cleaner we had ordered. While I waited for it to be retrieved from the stores, I met up with Lottie and had a chat. (Lottie works for John Lewis several days each week.) 

I went back to collect Di and Ellie, and, dropping Ellie off, we headed home for a quiet evening.