Not the best of days!

Sophie had a headache this morning, so gave the gym a miss. She has been a lot better recently, though, and her headaches have been nowhere near as bad as they were before. We sat with a coffee and I watched the end of Millionaire Hoarders. One woman had a painting of a horse by the famous equine painter, Stubbs, that sold for £130,000! Why can't we have one like that languishing in our attic?

Keith and I left fifteen minutes early this morning, and we were delighted to find that the roadworks had finished. It meant I missed the "Easiest Quiz on the Radio" this morning, but at least I had a head start on the day!

Our good luck rapidly disappeared, though, when Keith called me to say he had a flat tyre and had broken down near Pytchley. Luckily, he was able to pull off the road and was going to attempt to change it. Sophie was on her way to work, and I texted her to let her know. She was adamant she was going to go home and help Keith, who had managed to change the tyre and had limped home with the spare.

I checked the customer service emails and saw one from a member asking if I could email her as she needed help and couldn't call because of a throat condition. I duly emailed her straight back, thinking she wanted me to book a class for her, and she responded with a very strange email... basically, she wanted the company to buy Amazon gift cards for her, so she could cheer up a friend's daughter! I immediately saw it for what it was: a scam, and I wondered if the scammer thought I was completely naive! I forwarded it to the National Cyber Security Centre but kept it to show Nicola when she came in. I then emailed our customer to warn her that her email address was being used by a scammer. The cheek of it!

Keith and Sophie had gone to Kettering to buy a new tyre, and I concentrated on work, answering all the emails and putting on some more films. I also realised that I have four weeks left at work and need to get the summer swim camps, playscheme places and holiday activities onto the system. By the time I return from the holiday, the children will be almost breaking up from school! Where is this year going? 

Mid-morning, Kathy threw a wobbler and angrily spoke to Sheila, who hadn't said hello when she'd come into the office. Kathy then stormed off for about ten minutes to cool down, and I felt so awkward! What with the tyre, the weird email, and Kathy, it had been a challenging morning!

During my lunch break, I messaged Lynda and asked if we could postpone our planned evening at Andrea's house. If I were honest, I didn't want to go, and the tyre failing gave me the perfect excuse. Lynda wasn't having it, though, and twice tried to call me before saying she would pick me up, take me back to her house where her brother would give us a lift to Northampton train station so we could get to Andrea's house in Cranfield that way... I was horrified! There was absolutely no way on earth I was going to get a train to Milton Keynes and then get one home late in the evening! When I finished my shift, I messaged her to say that wasn't an option for me, so Lynda and Fiona decided to go without me. I breathed a huge sigh of relief!

Sophie was happy as well, and we had a great wine night, drinking the Rosé sparkling wine from Austria and enjoying some healthy nibbles while watching a hugely enjoyable film called The Mirror Has Two Faces starring Jeff Bridges and Barbra Streisand. It was the perfect end to a somewhat stressful day!