Funny how weekends don’t matter now everyday is like Sunday (maybe Morrisey had vision into the future) being a Saturday I should be up at 4am racing into work to get three of the biggest weddings of the year delivered but instead I took a leisurely drive in at 08:30 eating my toast on the way the weather is a bit meh and so was the journey in, first I got diverted by a fallen tree, ok an act of god no one to blame for that) then I got stuck behind a car and trailer that couldn’t make it up a steep hill with a huge load of logs from said tree so was trying to do a three million point turn in a tiny lane, unable to watch the mans pain any longer I reversed back down the hill and turned up another lane that had a random diversion sign on its side the arrow ironically pointing upwards and it turns out I’d have been better off trying to follow that because indeed a mile along and the lane was indeed closed so I made yet another diversion only to get stuck behind 6 mini tractors that looked like they had come off a legoland ride so I had no choice but to crawl up the hill behind them doing little over walking speed watching the drivers bouncing around on their Tonker toys, eventually they turned off and finally I was free to speed my way up the hill to work…….for about 4 mins before I started to encounter the dog walking, jogging and fat cyclist brigades………I definitely preferred it went lockdown meant lockdown!
40 mins after leaving home I made it to work not bad for a journey that usually takes 15 mins, frustrated and a bit grumpy I then had to listen to half an hour of continuous high speed Irish traveller speak when they came to collect their cake of flowers, I know they are subject to a lot of prejudice but I speak as I find and they are always good with me, sure I have to negotiate prices but I get that in all walks of life but no one does a send off like the Travelling community, they can be so demanding I’m always nervous they won’t like what I’ve made and I will end up buried under someone’s freshly tarmacked drive but it’s always unfounded and this piece was no different, they loved it and I knew the LED candles would be a big hit! Cake gone I made the rest of the orders had a quick tidy up just in time as I had an unexpected visit from my old boss Val and her husband, I love seeing them we didn’t speak for 20 years after I left her to go and work at the TV studios and although I was angry at how she reacted to me (and everyone else that ever left) it always weighed heavily that we were no longer friends, she could be a total cow and a terrible tyrant but that made her the best teacher I could have hoped for, she drained every last drop of work out of you but pushed you to be the best you could, she supported me in floristry competitions and helped qualify as high as I could go in those days in return I worked 18 hour days and would cry my feet hurt so much on occasions. We finally made a mends when she sold her shop, we chat about old times and my misspent youth, the times I used to come to work straight from a night out on the tiles and have to change in the loo from my famous purple dress into my not so sexy Interflora uniform and survive the day on max pax coffee. When she left today I gave her some cornflowers which are one of her favourites, her mother was a florist before her so it must be so strange for her not being around flowers everyday I know I can’t imagine it now.
Deliveries done I made it home exhausted and confess after watering the garden took to the sofa for the evening. As my darling daughter hadn’t finished making the steak and kidney pudding 3 hours after starting it even though I’d written her very clear instructions, I admitted defeat and opted for my 3rd takeaway of the week ( I might add it was everyone else’s 1st) not something I can remember doing before and certainly won’t allow to happen again but I couldn’t stand up another min and no one else was volunteering to cook so being a multicultural society supporter ordered a Chinese, hilariously trying to choose the least fattening options on the menu. We settled down and watched the new Maleficent movie on Sky before I dozed off.
Food diary should just say WTF, I had toast for breakfast, no lunch and dinner was king prawns in yellow bean sauce, crispy chilli beef with the token boiled rice!
I woke to find everyone had gone to bed leaving me to no doubt snore away for a few hours on the sofa, I wasn’t surprised to find they had left the kitchen looking like a bomb had gone off, all the lights, tv etc on, garden unwatered and the pets unfed. By the time I’d done all that I wasn’t tired so surfed the tv for a while until I settled for Brassic 2, I’ve already watched it but needed a laugh after the week I’ve had! I don’t remember past 2am so must have finally drifted off.
Life but not as we know it 