A day of domesticity

Today has passed in a blur of washing and drying clothes and being at the beck and call of both machines, who took turns to beep at me! By the afternoon, I'd had enough! I'd never seen so many socks out for a wash in my life, and Sophie confessed she'd been doubling up on them to avoid getting blisters again! The last straw was when she put her scarf out for a wash and I'd flung it back at her! 

I was feeling a bit tetchy today and I think we all needed a break from one another! My Mum called mid-morning and said she was desperate for toiletries so Sophie and I braved the weekend crowds and popped to Tesco, the last place I wanted to go to today. We came across an argument raging between the supermarket security guard and a customer who had put his dog in a trolley. The customer maintained the dog was an "assistance dog" but had nothing to prove it! It turned nasty as we walked into the store but the security guard wouldn't budge!

I called my Mum from Tesco to ask if she needed anything else and she said she was going to lunch and asked if I could leave the bag in reception, so I didn't actually see them today. I had bought chocolates for her and Calvados for my Dad but said I'd see them properly on Thursday and take her out for an hour.

The weather hasn't helped with my bad mood today; it's been grey, overcast and bitterly cold. Sophie and I drove home and gave up finding an automatic carwash to clean Olive who was filthy. Everything feels dirty and scruffy at the moment... it's the time of year!

We spent the afternoon relaxing (and doing more washing) and I had a long soak in the bath. The cats have been in and out all day, with Gomez spending most of the day curled up on Sophie's bed. We think he has been out all the time since we left for France last Wednesday!

Keith cooked a delicious curry for dinner and we watched Death in Paradise after we'd eaten. It had been recorded on the 22nd of December, the day we drove to Gatwick before flying to Mallorca. It all seems a distant memory now!