Mike's musings

Thursday, December 22, 2005

Off work, off to Somerset

(Backpost, due to connectivity problems) My first day off work on holiday, and how nice is that? We decided to try to head off to Somerset early, but that all depended on the presents that I'd ordered from iwantoneofthose arriving in time. The plan was either to leave before 1530ish, or after 1800, just in order to avoid the M25 around the rush hour. Well, we love iwantoneofthose, we do. The parcel arrived around 1100, which meant that we could get away nice and early. Before then, we invited Simon, one of Jo's godparents, over for lunch, so he got to spend some time with Jo. We ended up leaving just after 1530, and drove down to my parent's house in Somerset.

Due to previous experiences, I decided to put Moo in the back with Jo, and pack the front seat. This meant that if Jo did wake up and get upset, Moo could look after her without our having to stop and repack. In the end, we drove straight through from home, Jo was asleep within 30 minutes, and didn't wake up until a couple of miles from my parent's house, so all in all, it went very well.

My parents are away over Christmas, so Polly (my sister) and Lee (her husband) are house-sitting. We arrived in time for supper, and Lee's sausage-eating abilities astounded one and all!

# posted by MikeCamel @ 6:12 pm