Sophie had a blood test booked this morning (or she thought she did) at the surgery in Guilsborough so we trekked all the way over there at 6.45am, another early start! When we arrived it looked like she had a GP appointment instead and this was confirmed when we saw the doctor.
Sophie's GP was reluctant to do the blood test as she was out of practice so she booked her in for one on Thursday morning with the nurse. I was a bit annoyed as it was a complete waste of time and diesel going over there! The only bonus was that it was a gorgeous morning!
All of us went to pick Mike up from Brixworth at 9am and then we drove to Sixfields in town as we had planned on having a substantial breakfast before going down to Gatwick today to meet Mum and Dad's return flight from Greece. I'd been keeping an eye on the arrivals since we got home from the surgery and everything looked OK.
We picked Buddies for breakfast as we could usually be guaranteed a hearty meal that would keep us going all day. However, our visit today was very disappointing as the waiting staff were unfriendly and couldn't even bring themselves to smile at us at all! The food was OK (the usual fried eggs, bacon, sausages and potatoes) and certainly kept me going for the rest of the day but we were a bit disappointed with the experience and doubt we'll go back to this particular restaurant!
When we arrived home we discovered that Mum and Dad's flight was delayed and wouldn't be arriving at Gatwick until 7pm. This meant that we would have to leave Northampton at the height of the rush hour to get to Gatwick, something I really didn't want to do!
As we now had more hours free than we'd imagined we looked at booking a trip to Berlin in December around Christmas time. However, the internet was playing up badly and although I managed to book our flights, half way through the hotel booking the internet went down again. It was so frustrating!
Amidst all of this we also discovered that Mum and Dad's flight was even more delayed and now wouldn't arrive until past 9pm! This meant that we wouldn't get home until about midnight...arrgghh!
Eventually we booked our Berlin trip and Sophie and I walked Monty around the estate in the sunshine to calm down a bit as I was very annoyed. I was worried that the flight would be cancelled until the next day and I wouldn't be able to go to Gatwick as I was at the CAB on Wednesday.
We decided to go and fill the car up with diesel and visit Mum and Dad's house to turn lights on and make sure everything was OK, so we did that and then it was back home to wait around until it was time to go. The children still wanted their meatball and pasta supper so I made them that and as soon as they were finished we set off down the M1.
We had a fantastic journey down and made Gatwick in just under two hours. Mum and Dad's flight arrived at 9.20pm so we had time for a hot drink from Costa while we waited. Unfortunately the journey home wasn't as good as several lanes had been closed on the M25 and one section held us up for about half an hour which was very frustrating, especially as we were all very tired by now. We eventually dropped Mum and Dad off at 12.45am and by 1am we were all tucked up in bed and looking forward to some well-earned sleep!
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