It is Tuesday 2nd January. This date was brought to you by whoever invented the calendar. I could look it up but don’t want to know badly enough. I should know.
In reality different people were probably given different periods to look after, or different days. You can invent Tuesdays or you can have the third millennium etc. Bet they didn’t give much thought to Tuesday the second of January twenty twenty four.
2024! In the days when I used to write dates, on cheques maybe, remember them? it would take me a while to get used to writing down the new year. Not a very long while but a while. Doesn’t happen anymore. It’s not often we have to write down a date really. Enough of this date nonsense. Moving on.
Already been busy this morning. Called Enterprise Car & Van Hire in Lincoln to extend our rental by a day. Totes got the amount of time we needed the car wrong. It’s only thirty eight quid a day. It’s a small car and won’t wade through 97cm of water but that is a risk we had to take. It’s all they had. I suppose many people have to manage with cars that can’t ford rivers or climb mountains. I suppose.
Seems a calmish day out. Miserable but calm. The lawn outside the cottage is covered in the leaves that once lived on the now naked trees above. The trees don’t look right without leaves. No sign of any walkers. Maybs they don’t come past our gaff. Days are non days at this time of year. Nothing going for them.
Today is another day of seeing family and friends. One of them is a surprise visit to George and Barbara which came as a result of THG texting them asking where in the world they were, thinking they were on holiday somewhere exotic. Turns out they haven’t yet left the country. Obvs waiting for that slow boat. Find out later. Saved me another trip to the museums.
I like the idea of a slow boat. What’s the hurry?