Wednesday - Thursday

So, B and I did indeed walk up Blackpool pier yesterday, well, we were blown up it to be more accurate, but this is not unusual, even for summer, as you know.  We had a drink in the bar, a very quiet bar and pretty much as soon as we arrived, the heavens opened.  We gave up waiting for the heavens to close again and so braved the horizontal rain.  I pretty much acted as the wind break for B, but I didn't mind.  My hair is wild enough to be able to take getting wind swept and frizzy and really not look that much different to when it was styled and dry. 

We dodged into the highstreet and out of the rain and headed into M&S to see if they had my favourite, utilitarian, everyday, work-a-day pack of two, bras.  Did you know that the whole country is apparently my size as they never have my size in stock?  Which is why we ducked in, out of the rain, just on the off chance, that some miricle had occurred and they did have them in stock.  Never one to miss an opportunity, (they didn't have them in Wales... we checked,) we set about hunting them out.  You could have knocked me out with a teensy push because there, in all it's glory, on their own little hanger, was my set of two, one white, one black, everyday bras. 

Anyway, bras in hand... well, in a bottle green bag, we headed for Frankie & Benny's for lunch.  I had warm chicken salad and B had calamarie followed by toffee crunch waffle with vanilla ice cream.  After lunch, we headed for our cousins. 

We had an afternoon and evening filled with talk, laughter, and a hurried IT master class.  One of my cousins gave me his old mobile phone.  I loved my old phone.  I admit I'm sentimentally attached to it but it's 10 years old and I can no longer make or recieve calls on it without killing the battery stone dead, I can only text.  Which of course is fine for texting your friends but if you're in an emergency situation, you really need to be able to phone.  Anyway, my young cousin and his girlfriend very patiently gave this total technophobe a lesson on the basics and by the time I got home, I could read and send texts on my inherited phone.

It's Thursday today and I have a more leisurely morning to look forward to.   No workout for me this morning, my hip has been niggly for days but whatever I did yesterday has totally aggravated it so today is now my rest day.

While I've packed a lot in so far, and it's been thoroughly enjoyable, I'd love to have a day off!  Still, today, Thursday, is special.  Today I get to meet my new baby cousin for the first time.  Is there anything more magical than meeting a new tiny human?  Imagine the possibilities for this little one who can't even hold their head up yet.  Truly amazing.