It’s the Winter Solstice today - the shortest day and longest night of the year there will be pagan celebrations somewhere! . From now on the days will slowly get longer. Not that we’ll notice much difference for a while.
I’m snatching a quiet moment to write this, before the Christmas chaos starts again.
Yesterday my daughter volunteered to run me to the supermarket in the late morning, after helping me make sure the bedrooms were sorted for the southern branch of the family who were arriving later. So we set off for Sainsbury’s via various stop-off errands along ghe way. We also took in Marks and Spencer and a brief stop at IKEA “click and collect” and a farm shop and finally arrived home at around 4.30.
There were still a million things on my “to do”list, including sending a pre-order to the Italian restaurant where about a million family members will eat on Sunday - well, 20 of us at least!
And suddenly the southern branch southern branch of the family was almost here. We hurriedly coordinated fish and chips for everyone. Granddaughter Number One turned up with her best friend and their new kitten, which had just been to the vet’s for vaccination. A little bit of Christmas chaos.
Between dinnertime and bedtime the elves (aka Granddaughter Number Three, Granddaughter Number Four and Grandson Number Two) decorated my small Christmas tree. Christmas traditions are being maintained!
We’ll see what kind of Christmas chaos today brings.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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