A quiet New Year's Eve.

I was awake this morning at about 8.30am and putting the first of many washes into the washing machine. I sorted all the laundry into piles, emptied the case and tidied up. It doesn't take long to get back to normal!

I spent the day doing masses of laundry and writing the blog, which was great as it was a way of reliving the last four days. Outside it was grey and dismal for the last day of 2022. Sophie went to Rushden Lakes with her new man and they went shopping and had lunch. Sophie wasn't really keen on going and she texted me to say it was hectically busy and they just about managed to get a parking space! Not my idea of fun, either!

I had a lovely, long hot bath in the afternoon, and then Sophie arrived home so we had a good chat about her day. She hadn't enjoyed it at all, and would far rather have stayed at home after all the busyness of the last week!

We played Scrabble in the evening and decided to have a Chinese takeaway. The original plan had been for me and Keith to have a prawn cocktail and trifle, but Sophie hadn't had a lot of lunch and was hungry! We ordered, and had two great games with a glass of wine, followed by a few more of Prosecco!

We all managed to stay up until midnight and watched Travel Man: 96 Hours in Rio with Joe Lycett and Stephen Mangan. As soon as we'd seen the fireworks and wished each other a happy 2023, it was time for bed!