I had an abysmal night's sleep, and I had no idea what caused it! Maybe it was the coffee I'd consumed yesterday (although I did ask for a decaffeinated flat white in Gail's), but I awoke feeling dreadful this morning. I texted Sara to ask if I could swap my shift today and work tomorrow instead. I also said I would cover a shift from 8:00am until 4:00pm on Thursday. I told Sophie about work, and she let me snooze until she left for work, and then I stayed in bed reading.
The weather outside was horrible, and once I got up, I felt guilty about not going into work today. I showered and then decided to have a look at televisions as ours is not working properly, and we have a lovely bright pink line down the middle. I found one that had good reviews and hadn't got a bad energy rating, and ordered it from Curry's. We were able to pick it up within a couple of hours.
Keith wanted to get his hair cut, so we drove to Mawsley to find the new barber shop closed for the day. I suggested Guy's in Kettering, so we drove there, and I fell asleep while he was having his hair cut! I did say I was shattered!
From the barber's, we drove to Curry's and picked up our new television easily. We'll have to leave it until the weekend to replace it, as I certainly didn't feel like faffing around with it this afternoon, being so sleep-deprived!
On the way home, we called to see Mum, who was in bed. She wasn't expecting me, and she looked very frail and thin. I stayed for a while and then left feeling guilty, as I wouldn't be about to see her again until the weekend.
Back home, I succumbed to my tiredness and had a nap. I woke up feeling better and made a start on preparing tonight's supper of mulligatawny soup. Keith had cut up an onion, a chunk of swede and a carrot for me, as well as dicing slices of bacon, so that was a bonus! I diced an apple and let all the ingredients soften before adding curry paste, mango chutney, tomato pureé and beef stock.
Sophie arrived home as the soup was simmering gently and said it smelled delicious. And it was! I served it with naan bread as usual, and it was perfect for such a cold, rainy night!
After dinner, Keith and I decided to watch Shetland from the beginning as we suspected that there might be a storyline running through all the series. Tosh was in the first episode, looking extremely young!
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