I
didn’t sleep well; it was hot and my insides weren’t right last night. And I
did worry about Fudge who was panting intermittently. It was a very warm night;
probably too hot for Fudge.
I
got up early, and over brekkie had a look-see at what was on the telly. There
was an episode of “On The Buses”. I gave it ten minutes; it hadn’t stood
the test of time.
Leaving "er indoors TM" and the dogs
asleep I set off to Margate. "Daddy’s Little Angel TM"
had been let down by a supplier or needed ice or… To be honest I don’t really
know exactly what had gone awry. I was just told that I had to run her up to
the cash and carry, and I did as I was told.
There are
quite a few women in the family who I just obey without question (in fact I do
that with all of them…)
As I
drove I turned on the radio. There was some rather dull drivel being broadcast,
so I turned it off and howled along to my rather personal choice of music. I
had sussed out a geocache I might find as I drove through Birchington, but I
couldn’t see anywhere I might easily park, so I just kept going.
It
wasn’t long before I was at "Daddy’s Little Angel TM"’s
shop. As I walked in, she was screaming at a customer. This chap had his
earphones in and was playing some frankly dreadful music at a deafening level.
He was asking a question, but he couldn’t hear the answer over the noise of his
music. I would have thought that the obvious solution to his problem would have
been to have taken the earphones out, but what do I know?
There was something of a problem; the chap who was
supposed to be on duty in the shop hadn’t showed up for work. After a while the
police arrived to say he’d been stabbed (and
consequently wouldn’t be in!). So, having little
choice but to close the place, the shutters went up, and we drove to the cash
and carry.
Have you ever been to a cash and carry? I’ve been a
few times. It all sounds rather exciting, but it is just shopping; albeit on a
larger scale. But the nice people there give you free coffee (which is something of a result). We loaded up three huge trollies as we went round, and eventually we
struggled it all into the car park and filled the car. However when the car was
full we still had a trolley full of stuff to load up. Fortunately the nice lady
at the cash and carry took pity on us and said she would guard our excess. I
got the impression that this sort of thing happens rather a lot.
We drove back to the shop and unloaded. I say “we”; I did most of the unloading
as "Daddy’s
Little Angel TM" dealt with a seemingly endless stream of
customers. It was as well we’d been for supplies.
As I
struggled to unload the car she commented that I wasn’t as fast as I used to
be. A factually correct observation, but one I found surprisingly hurtful. I
have no idea why; I’m not usually so sensitive.
And with
the car finally empty I drove back to the cash and carry to collect what we’d
left behind. As I unloaded for the second time, Sid the pug wandered out of the
shop and got in the way as best he could.
Eventually
we had all the supplies in the shop. "Daddy’s Little Angel TM"
was clearly busy, so I left her to it, and came home. Just as I pulled up I had
a message that "er indoors TM" and the hounds were
round the park. I *could* have gone to meet them; instead I went to bed.
I was feeling rather rough (for no reason that I could fathom), and I
slept until I was woken by three wet dogs when they all came home an hour
later.
"er
indoors TM"
then announced that she was going to B&Q. With absolutely nothing better to
do I went with her. "er indoors TM" wanted a “water-based
wood preservative”. Have you any idea just how long you can take to choose
a tin of varnish? For thousands of people, going to B&Q on a Sunday is the
highlight of the week. I found it rather dull.
"er
indoors TM"
then went varnishing in the garden. I have no idea what she varnished; I stayed
inside (still feeling iffy) and put together a Lego set that I’ve been
meaning to put together for months. It is a pizza van – I already have a pizza
parlour in my Lego world. With a little tweaking the pizza van could become an
ice-cream van. That will be a project for another day.
"er
indoors TM"
boiled up a rather good dinner. As we scoffed it we watched a film. I’d
recorded “Fantastic
Beasts and Where to Find Them” was good, but like most films it went on
for far too long. It could have bee at least half an hour shorter.
If I still feel this grim tomorrow I shall take the
day off sick…
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