Pancake Day

The weather forecast was right and it is now very much warmer. Today I even went out for a walk with a jacket rather than a winter coat. There are noticeable signs of spring now, and the birds are definitely getting noisier. My back is still being a pain (literally!) although it is definitely feeling better than it did. Yesterday and today I managed slightly longer walks. Yesterday I grumbled a lot as walking hurt, but today it was easier. I am trying to be patient and to make sure that my back is well supported when I sit. Another improvement was that last night it was easier to find a comfortable position lying down, so I sleep much better than I had the previous couple of nights. 

It is TG's half term week, and usually we would go on at least one trip out somewhere. Mid-lockdown that is not an option, so today we used Uber Eats to order lunch from Subway - a favourite of hers - as a half-term treat. Last time we ordered through Uber Eats the delivery driver came by motorbike, today it was a large taxi van - slightly over the top for four sandwiches! Taxis must be struggling for custom with all the Covid restrictions, so I suppose delivering at least gives them some business. 

We have always given the girls small rewards when they have good school reports (usually either £5 or their choice of edible treats), but this time TG's report was so exceptionally good we decided it would be good to let her choose something a bit bigger. We were thinking clothes, but she had just done some online clothes shopping and said she would really like a galaxy light for her room. We ordered one for her which arrived this afternoon and she is thrilled with it. She has been doing quite a bit of primping of her room lately at her own expense but a light would have been beyond her limited budget.  

Today is Shrove Tuesday which is better known as Pancake Day in the UK, so dinner was pancakes (crepes) with various combinations of strawberries, chocolate hazelnut spread, Biscoff, golden syrup, ice cream, sugar and lemon, according to taste. The girls have a Biscoff obsession, I went for strawberries and chocolate spread, and M only ever has sugar and lemon with pancakes. The origin of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be it allowed people to use up eggs and milk before Lent, but it is a tradition which has stuck.