On Friday evening Ma and I dragged ourselves all the way to North London, to see Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre. The play was really good, very funny.
The wine before the play was much appreciated and we ended up as we sometimes do talking to a man and his daughter who were staying in London for 5 days and were packing in all the culture they could. I felt quite exhausted thinking about their schedule!
Normally, my weekends only really work if I get a day to attend to the housework and shopping, however this weekend a whole day at home was not going to happen! So I got up at 9am and just got things done! By 2pm, I’d tidied the bedroom, the living room, sorted the rubbish , backed up the laptop, phoned the bank, done the food shopping and picked up a parcel. All that and I left the house in good time to meet Ma on the 2.53pm from Shepherds Bush to Watford.
At Watford Spiderman came to pick us up at the station.
We played some games with Ol and had some indoor sparklers.
We had dinner at Ban and Lu’s (sausages and mash, apple crumble for pudding, brilliantly cooked by the whole family!) and went to watch the fireworks.
Train home and I still wasn’t done, I started the oven cleaning process, the sourdough, took another load of washing out, painted my nails and went to bed.
On Sunday, I started with housework, cleaned the oven, the kitchen and the bathroom. House done, I went to the cinema. I was going to go to see Thor: The Dark World by myself but Ma (who really enjoyed The Avengers, much to her surprise) opted to come too. The film was good and Ma and I were both happy with the eye candy! We headed to Westfield for champagne and lunch!
I got home, made bread and chilled until bedtime.
It’s been a really good weekend, where I was productive at home AND social. So I’m rested and ready for the next week of work!
Nic Dempsey 