November 3

B stayed home from work sick today in the hopes of fighting off a cold. I think it’s the old ‘change in the weather’ syndrome. It was mild up until the weekend (t-shirt and light jacket weather) and suddenly this week we need coats, gloves and scarves. Hopefully his day in bed and plenty of liquids will mean a speedy recovery.

I was back on the bike this morning, which I was very happy about until ten minutes into the journey when my chain jammed. I did the obvious thing (kept trying to pedal and made it worse) and soon realised that I know absolutely nothing about bikes except how to ride one. My bike apparently has twenty-one gears. I can sometimes manage to make it go up hills a bit easier but that’s about it. Very luckily there was a bike shop nearby and after I got over my embarrassment (everything in there was top notch and my bike is held together in parts with sticky tape, not to mention the fact that I was wearing a pair of B’s thermals and his rain jacket [which on me could easily also fit another person] – as you can see I too am ill-prepared for the cold weather) and £6 later I was back on my way.

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Work was work
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A quiet Friday night featuring an active yoga session then home to cook a broccoli and leek soup for the patient who, can you believe it, had leek soup (from a carton) for lunch. I had to ask which one was best, and (possibly fearing retribution) the home brew was chosen as the far superior soup. Quite right!