Countdown

It feels like it's been a long day, but in a good way. After a lovely evening yesterday, with pre dinner beers,  way too much food and after dinner cocktails, it was a a bit of an effort to get up to try a(nother) new Parkrun this morning, especially as it was decidedly wet as well (although not as wet as some down South by the looks of it). This one was about a 25 min tram ride / 10 min walk way and was very very small. - I got my highest ever placing.

Back at the hotel and feeling slightly more alive after a shower, a coffee and a very unhealthy breakfast from Greggs (don't judge), it was time to meet No.2 NC for lunch and to give her a big hug before our train home. Her last exams are this week, finishing on Saturday and she's still very anxious.  She'll be brilliant and I'm so proud of where she's got to so far (which I told her).

The journey home was painless, three hours door to door, and the cats had only left me two 'gifts' in protest at being abandoned with a full automatic cat feeder and an enormous bowl of (cat) biscuits. Or only two that I've found so far as they had the run of the house last night which they don't usually have.

The countdown is on now to the big trip of the six months, in a week's time, so it's wardrobe and packing stress this week.