Still trying to back to normality

I'm rather looking forward to next week. So far this week seems to be very disrupted.

Oh I'm still glad to be home. It's just that, so far, normality hasn't returned in the process.

We did get to the garden centre on Tuesday, so we now can get on with all the gardening chores we want to. The forecast seems to be rain so we may get held up in doing them.

Wednesday was the mammoth iron day. One thing about being on holiday for the best part of 3 weeks is that you do come home with a lot of washing & ironing. But now I'm now more or less on top of that.

Yesterday took us over to Grange-over-Sands. We were invited out to lunch, not a meal we often have. We went to the Netherwood Hotel, a hotel we've frequently passed but never entered. It turned out to be a remarkably comfortable Victorian establishment, with some updates such as the spa facilities. The food was good. We both enjoyed our chicken breasts in a white wine sauce. They managed to keep the breast beautifully moist & the veg was cooked just right. The dessert ended up being a selection of 4 tiny portions of desserts - strawberry cheesecake, vanilla ice cream, raspberry pavlova & steamed syrup sponge and custard.

Today we're off for the big shop, our first since our return. With fresh food supplies I should be able to get down to more normal cooking. So far I've just been using up, usually making very un-French foods. Today's meal is a fine example - beef curry.

The weekend is, of course, a bank holiday, always disruptive.

Monday will see us dining out again. This time because it's the last-Monday-of-the-month. We're going Chinese once again, mainly because Ricky's is the one place we can guarantee good service even on a bank holiday.

After that things stand a chance of getting back to normal. We'll have a full fridge & no invites out for a while. We should have got on top of the washing, ironing, post etc from the holiday.

AND I CAN GET BACK TO THAT DISABILITY LIVING ALLOWANCE FORM!