Quiet Sunday

It’s a dull and cold morning, but it’s not frosty or raining for once, so it shouldn’t be too bad for my brother and sister-in-law’s plans for the day, or for their long journey back to London this afternoon. The younger girls are taking full advantage of still having each other to play with this morning and are playing more giggly games around the house, while also somehow managing to eat breakfast and get dressed! Our biggest girl is still feeling quite poorly today, so isn’t coming to church with us, which takes the pressure off our visitors to leave at the same time as us. We say our goodbyes as we head off to church, and leave them to pack up their belongings with our daughter’s help.

It looks like half the congregation has also stayed at home this morning, as it’s very quiet in church and quite a few of the regular worshippers are missing. I only hope they haven’t got this cold bug like our poor daughter as it does seem to be a very nasty one. Fortunately the teenage Youth Church is running today, so at least the children are happy, and there’s craft available in the side of the church which keeps our youngest amused.

We’re all still feeling quite full after yesterday’s big dinner, so we stop off at Morrison’s on the way home and Mike pops in to buy something simple for lunch. We arrive home to a very quiet and empty feeling house. Usually our house is bustling and busy with seven of us living in it, and it’s amazing how much difference having three extras for one day can do to the feel of the place! No one quite knows what to do with themselves, and everyone seems a bit lost- I don’t suppose last night’s late night at the pub has helped much either. I just hope they’re not all brewing this cold bug…

At least our eldest daughter is looking a bit brighter today, having got up and dressed to help my brother pack the car up. After lunch she and the other children all decide the only thing to do today is catch up with some rubbish telly. Not ideal, but then again it’s better than wasting the day by doing nothing at all, which is where they were heading before lunch.

With the children all occupied at last, and Mike playing games on his computer, I log onto mine which I have hardly looked at since Friday morning. I’ve had a new order come in over the weekend, a few new Likers on Facebook, and the blog has had quite a few page views. All good there then!

As I haven’t managed to publish a blog post since Thursday, I decide that maybe some blog drafting is a good idea so I start by noting down some of the things that we did over the last few days, and then start writing them up. I’ve also got a couple of previous posts still in draft form waiting to be published, so I check over the oldest of these and put it up on the blog. It’s getting on towards early evening by now, so I decide to stay at the computer and draft some more of the outstanding posts, as I’m feeling very tired after such a busy day yesterday, and it’s the monthly Quiz Night at our local pub tonight- which I’d prefer to be awake for!