tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-27:126618 Toby Atkin-Wright Toby Atkin-Wright 2009-06-05T19:59:27Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-27:126618:153485 2009-06-05T19:59:27Z 2009-06-05T19:59:27Z public 3 Wrote a shopping list for tomorrow’s lunchtime BBQ. Torrential rain in St Andrews a couple of hours ago; now it is quite bright and blue-skyed. Heaven knows what the heavens will give us tomorrow.<br /><br />Had a lousy day yesterday — woke up feeling as though my head had been kicked in, with some of the worst hay-fever-fuzzy-headedness that I can recall. So I took the day off and slept for half the morning. Felt well enough to cook some lunch, then watched a couple of Who DVDs with Beth in the afternoon — <em>Destiny of the Daleks</em> and <em>Battlefield</em> (in the new feature-length-with-extra-bits edit).<br /><br />Today has been much better. Thankfully was working from home; fuelled by my Graze box I got quite a bit done. Mary is due to arrive for the weekend later this evening.<br /><br />Watching <em>Rush Hour 3</em> at the moment; lightweight silliness.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tobyaw&ditemid=153485" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-27:126618:147445 2009-05-09T22:59:46Z 2009-05-09T22:59:46Z public 0 Had a very wet walk into town today. And then got wetter later.<br /><br />We had lunch at Bella Italia. Kate, Beth and I had spaghetti in tomato sauce; Mary (who is staying with us for the weekend) had something meatier. It was quite busy and the service was slow. Beth fidgeted a lot. She was supplied with an activity booklet, a game, and some crayons. I’m not convinced that is the best approach for her — she is capable of sitting at a table in a restaurant without needing something to distract her, but when she starts the meal with kiddie activity distractions I have a feeling that she becomes more bored and fidgety later.<br /><br />A damp wander along South Street later, purchasing Kate a tartan shawl and Beth some new pink wellies on the way, we had a drink and a biscuit at the Byre, before finding that blue skies and sunshine had emerged for the walk home. Andrew had arrived just a few minutes before we got home, and he took me out for a spin in his new old car, a dark blue ex-Police Volvo estate. I feel he ought to have “To Protect and Serve” written on the doors. Or maybe it should be referred to as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Timelord">Ford Timelord</a>.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tobyaw&ditemid=147445" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments