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Day 1476 a funeral, the spider, the car, the housework and the lunch

I woke before 6am.

It was calm and sunny outside.

I mentioned recently that a guy I used to work with had died, well, this morning I watched his funeral. I love that I was able to do that when I couldn’t get time off work to be there.

I laughed and I cried but most of all I remember Des coming into my office and smiling and calling me Jules as he always did. Des was larger than life, everyone knew he was around when he walked in the office. He adored his daughters and granddaughter and showed me photos of them all the time. It was a lovely service for a lovely man.

We got up after 7am and had coffee outside. It was already clouding over.

We had to take Bertie Beetle down to the garage before 9am.

I got a towel for my shower and a MASSIVE spider crawled out!!! It was ENORMOUS. The capital letters don’t do it justice.

I SCREAMED at the top of my lungs and ran through the house.

It was GIGANTIC!!!

My Apple Watch chose that moment to vibrate and deliver a message.

I started jumping around trying to shake it off my wrist.

Comical upon reflection but honestly I’m still shivering and trying to shake it off.

Funny how those tiny creatures do that to us…. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

We dropped the car off and walked the 3 dogs back up the road. It’s a good hour and 10 minute walk, too long a walk for Khaleesi on her sore legs.

How lovely is this wall that we passed? The tiny flowers are so pretty.

I did stop to think when we got here… I’m conscious I get bored with the same walks all the time but we really are so lucky to live here.

The smell of the wild garlic is everywhere.

When I got home I really angrily started on the housework. It really needs doing but I really don’t enjoy doing it.

I know….. who does, but sometimes I approach it from a place of enjoyment. Today it just felt like hard work.

There is dog hair EVERYWHERE…. I’m shouting a lot today with my capitals 🤦🏻‍♀️😂. I also get frustrated about things being out of the place and I feel like I’m moving stuff around the house. I’m aware it made me angry today and I stomped about the house like a spoiled child. I was in such a huff that I had to do it.

So….. I dragged Craig out to Mocha Jaks for lunch. He’s got the start of a cold so is currently passed out on the couch as I write this.

He had a chicken and bacon club toastie and I had veggie haggis with cheese and siracha.

I’d fasted for 18 hours and 45 minutes so I really enjoyed my meal.

I had an oat milk latte and a Biscoff Rocky Road.

We popped past our friend Euan and had a peppermint tea and a chat before Craig ran me to the garage…… my car was parked away in this wee corner!

Turns out it has a dry bush.

It now has a wet bush.

Good to know. 😂

More importantly, the wetting of the bush didn’t cost me anything 😂

On the way back, I went to the Co-op to get some food for the weekend…. We’re heading away tomorrow for an overnight in Tayvalich with Lindsay and Euan.

I had a bath to relax when I got home. It’s only 6.20pm now and I could quite easily sleep already!

Have the best weekend!

Stay safe everyone ♥️♥️♥️

Day 1385 day 2 of the Scottish Caravan Show 💜🚐💜

I had a great sleep… went to bed with straight hair and woke in a bit of a lather with very curly hair 👩🏻‍🦱

It’s really mild today… was 11°C this morning!

Not gonna lie… I am tired tonight. I hit a wall about 3pm.

Today was really good. We met lots of nice people again today, it was a good bit busier thankfully. I do what I do best and talk to everyone. Love chatting to people I don’t know and making them smile.

I spotted a guy I used to work this and it was SO lovely to catch up. We had a huge hug. 🤗 He was made redundant from my old work in 2015 so it’s been almost 9 years since I saw him. He just disappeared as people do there. He had no idea what had happened to me and was really surprised to hear I’d been off sick and then made redundant for anxiety and depression. Sorry my position had become redundant…. He said I was a really strong character and I laughed and told him times had changed 😂😂

It means a lot to me that he said that without even thinking. It reminds me of who I was back then. A different version of me.

Please don’t think I’m putting myself down here by reminiscing about what was. I know what I’ve gone through to get here and despite it all, I am truly grateful to have learned what I have about myself.

So yeah a lovely day. Buzzing to share who we are and what we do.

Only 2 more days of the show to go then an other 4 at work until a break. I’ve worked 5 so far and 6 to go so nearly there!

My parking sensors haven’t been working since Tuesday. They’ve been beeping really loudly all the time. Yesterday they started nee-nawing at me 😂 I videoed it to send to our auto electrician. He was so kind to turn up at the end of the show today, as he lives nearby, to try to fix it. He sprayed all the sensors with some alcohol to dry them out. He realised that one of them was missing altogether and it had fallen back in through the hole. It was constantly beeping as it was picking up the body of the car! It’s pretty obvious when you think about it. so gaffer taped back in for now and all good. He’ll glue the next time he’s passing.

The car was also in the garage on Wednesday for brakes which turned out to be no fault found. Happy with that.

Hope you all have a great weekend and here’s hoping for 2 busy and fast show days!

Stay safe everyone 💜♥️💜

Day 1345 Bertie Beetle breaks down on the way home!!

Yes you read that right…. My new Bertie Beetle has broken down but thankfully I was close enough to be able to limp it back to work.

I have to go over a good few speed bumps on my daily commute and it’s been making a springing sound for the last week while. A “boing” that I did think should be silent.

I left work and at the first speed bump it crunches. It wasn’t a good noise. I kept going for a few 100 yards and thought nope, I need to get back. A few moments of slight panic when I wasn’t sure whether to park it and leave it or drive it back but I did limp in back to Tartan Campers yard.

Thankfully my boss was still there and offered to run me home. One of the other guys suggested that my car should be under warranty.

I should say here that normally I would be panicking like a panicky thing but no…. Calmly looked up the garage I bought it from… got put through to Service and they checked to make sure I had a warranty and I do!!!

The car is being picked up tomorrow by my own garage and taken there for a warranty repair!! I’m also getting them to look at a part of the windscreen that’s not clearing properly.

I am so chuffed at my reaction. I am so grateful to the great advice AND the lift home.

When I got home I already had bolognese made from last night and just had to whip up the spaghetti and so we had dinner pretty quickly.

Claire popped in to give us the loveliest Christmas gift.

How lovely is this?! A reminder of the year we got Khaleesi. I love things like this. It means so much. A memory and a keepsake forever. so very kind!

So all in all…. I could have had a meltdown tonight…. Thought why me, but actually it just is… it will be sorted and fixed and the two issues I’ve had with the car will be addressed… at no cost to me. A minor inconvenience for a greater good.

Other than that it was another good day. I’m getting through lots of work I’ve been meaning to do for a while and it feels good.

Off in to the pub next door to meet the Hookers in 10 minutes. Looking forward to a quick catch up.

Oh and shout out to my poor Mum who has finally caught COVID for the first time. She’s loaded with the cold but sounds very bright despite it. Dad still hasn’t had it and long may that continue. I’m sure man COVID is way worse that woman COVID 😂

Poor Craigie is also fighting the cold. Get well very soon too. Please. Tomorrow would be good so I can get a lift to work 😂😂

Stay safe everyone 🎄🎄🎄