A decent weekend

Friday:
Charlotte and Miles came over after work. We had a few drinks, a nice dinner, and made use of the hot-tub. It was a relaxed evening and great to catch up with them.

Didn’t have a late night as I wanted to be fresh for golf in the morning.

Saturday:
Up bright and early with a 5.45am alarm, had breakfast, got sorted, and was at the golf club by 7.00am to warm up. There were 6 of us split into two groups of three, but Jon Hawkins had to drop out after three shots, leaving me and Julio to go around. We did well and it was enjoyable.

Caught up with Wayne and Carl later as Robbie also retired hurt, so we made up a fourball. I was the best player on the back nine, which was pleasing, and I finished with a score of 88 – bringing my handicap down to 21.4. Definitely moving in the right direction.

Got a load of jobs done on the way back home and then cracked on with more tasks like painting the skirting and door frame again. Managed to watch the England Ladies Rugby semi-final against France – they won, which was pleasing.

The day went quickly. We went for a quick walk around Shotover, then back for the hot-tub, and later watched Conclave, which Tash has been going on about for ages. It was okay, but after an hour I looked over and she was snoring away, so I stopped it and watched MOTD instead. Went to bed around midnight, having eaten a whole bar of Fruit and Nut chocolate… greedy pig!

Sunday:
Got up later than planned, got sorted, and went to Sue’s as we were taking her to Lewis and Emily’s to meet Frankie. The journey wasn’t too bad.

Charlotte and Miles arrived around 2.30pm, about an hour after us. It was nice catching up and seeing Frankie – he slept most of the first couple of hours, but we still had cuddles with him. Charlotte’s birthday is next week but she’ll be in Ibiza with Miles, so there were some presents given, and we had a nice lasagne dinner and Cuthbert cake – felt a bit sick afterwards!

Frankie woke up and was passed around again – he’s lovely.

By 6.00pm it was time to make a move. We said our goodbyes and hit the road. The traffic was kind to us again, and we made good time, getting back to Sue’s at about 8.15pm to drop her off and pick up Bess, who’d been looked after with Bella by Brendan – very good of him.

Came home, sorted things for the week, walked Bess, and then it was too late to watch TV or anything, so just went to bed.

Reflection:
A really enjoyable but tiring weekend. Good balance of family time, jobs done, and some progress on the golf front. Very pleased that practice is paying off and showing in my scores.