Happy Monday!

• Heatwave Again. This is getting silly but it’s been really warm again we’ve been somewhere between 33C and 26C for the last week. According to the BBC we go back to a more workable temperatures this week. Thank goodness.

• Bread. I’m not making bread every week at the moment, and the last couple of attempts have not been my best work. So I was relived on Friday to discover that I could still make a decent loaf of bread. This is the bread I make.

• It’s August and sunset is currently 8.20pm. It’s time to remind myself and anyone else that suffers from SAD that it’s time to start Autumn/Winter prep. I have also written about this on and off (and will again in the next couple of weeks) I’m starting a bit earlier this year because life is…interesting at the moment.

• There was drama this week with the downstairs neighbours who I thought were on holiday but only one of them was and the other seemed to be missing and there was a leak. It was a very intense 2 hours where I spoke to the police I have officially entered the age where policemen and women look really young!), the downstairs neighbours estate agent, the downstairs neighbours landlord who used to live downstairs and my landlord. That day, I also spoke to my brother about mum and mum about her next appointment with the doctor to discuss her MRI results. It was a very emotional day.

• Finally, this week I’ve also reached the age where drinking a bottle of wine over the course of 5 hours and dinner leaves me hungover. It’s worth pointing out that this year I’ve drunk a lot less. But my tolerance to alcohol is shot to pieces…

My plans for this week involve working for 3 and half days this week, seeing Jo for belated birthday (hers and mine!), taking Ma out for another appointment where we hopefully will get an idea of what’s happening with her brain, and trying to work on the plot and keep the house tidy!

I hope we all have the best week we can!