Calamity!

Day 19

I cooked a big breakfast this morning - Spanish omelette, bacon, sausages, baked beans and toast. I can't remember the last time we did this! It is Mike's birthday weekend after all!

The weather today has been cold and sunny, but there has been the odd sleet shower. Sophie and I went over to Beckworth at lunchtime to get a few treats for her friend Laura, who is taking an exam next week and is a bit stressed about it! Beckworth was very quiet, which I was glad about but I dread to think how much money they are losing every day with the restaurant closed. We did check to see if they were doing a takeaway service, but it was completely shut up.

After buying some treats, we headed to Laura's house and I was surprised to see how busy the roads were. This lockdown is definitely not like the first! Sophie had a chat with her friend outside (socially distanced!) and then we popped to Riverside for a takeaway coffee and a slice of cake. Neither of us fancied anything bigger as by now it was almost 3pm and I wanted to keep my appetite for our beef stroganoff dinner this evening!

At home we relaxed for an hour and then it was cocktail time! Sophie made us a Martini and we sat in the conservatory and played Scrabble. Sophie beat me! We did find some very good words this evening! After the game, we indulged in another cocktail - Spiced Rum and ginger ale  - and played cards with Keith.

Dinner was delicious and after we'd eaten we decided to watch The Bourne Identity. We now have so much choice available to us! As we were watching a particularly tense car chase through the streets of Paris, Mike came running into the room brandishing his hand which was covered in blood! He had cut his finger quite badly trying to extract a razor blade out of its packaging, so we took him into the kitchen where Keith washed away the blood and sorted his finger out with bandages from our First Aid box. Sophie felt a bit queasy so she stayed away! Mike disappeared back upstairs and managed to shave using just the tiny blade. He's mad!