Not only is H a good cook but she has worked in a cafe for six years both as a waitress and a barista. I highly recommend barista skills in someone to stay home with, as I am enjoying lots of good coffee.
I got a fair amount of work done this morning but the girls didn't really get into gear today. A new freelance job came in this afternoon, so that will keep both M and myself busy next week. M and I went for our daily walk across nearby fields. It was intended to be a circular walk, but I took the wrong path so it ended up as shorter "there and back again". The Disney movie for the day was Mary Poppins Returns, which we enjoyed for the second time (we saw it at the cinema when it was first released).
We ran out of bread this morning so Teen Girl walked to our local Tesco Express to buy some. She had to queue for a little while to get in as they were only allowing four people inside the shop at a time, but she said they had plenty of bread and seemed generally well stocked. Restaurants are closed but takeaways and food deliveries are still allowed, so we ordered Chinese tonight for dinner. The delivery was "drop and go" with no personal contact, so hopefully that means we were safely supporting a local business. We finished eating just in time to join the "cheer for the NHS". The idea that people should open their doors or windows at 8pm tonight to clap and cheer to show our appreciation for all the dedicated health care workers of the National Health Service had taken off on social media, and there was plenty of clapping, a bit of whooping and some distant car horns.
Our small car, the only one H is insured to drive, was booked into the garage today for its MoT (annual Ministry of Transport test of roadworthiness, without which a car can't be legally driven in the UK). Although it has now been announced that MoTs are to be extended for six months, as the garage was still open and we had a flat tyre last week which had been damaged by a loose spring we thought we had better get the car serviced as planned. It was just as well we did, as there is a serious crack in a bracket holding the engine. The garage say it is far too dangerous to drive, but due to the lockdown they can't get a replacement part, so the car is now stuck at the garage until everything starts to function again. As H will only really need a car for occasional trips to the supermarket it doesn't seem worth paying to add her to the insurance on our other car. One of us will act as chauffeur and wait in the car while she shops. It's an inconvenience, but only a minor one. I'm just grateful the bracket didn't break while one of us was driving.
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Good catch with the car! Where we live, we don't have car inspections, and I've always thought it sounded like such a bother (some states in the US do require them, I just happen to live in a state that doesn't) — but here is an excellent example of why they can be a good thing :-)
Am very much enjoying the daily diary notes you are writing up — they feed my historian-sociologist's soul :-)
Ironically I'm not sure the crack would have been picked up on the MoT test - we always get the car serviced at the same time and I think it was picked up on the service. The main MoT checks are things like brakes and tyres.
My inner historian compelled me to keep a diary!
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