So much for leaving by 09:30

[ailbhe]

But I did get the girls' hair and teeth brushed before they left. I've run a cleaning cycle on the washing machine because it needed it, so when that's finished I can do a load of laundry. I've sorted four loads ready to go on, and hung two loads from yesterday/last night on the line outdoors. I've also run the dishwasher and spoken to my mother, who arrives on Monday morning after an all-night bus trip; her bus leaves Midleton, Co Cork on Sunday and arrives near us at 6:30 Monday morning.

I'm about to go out to Lidl, which is close, to buy detergents and water softeners and things. Today is going to be so exciting. For other people!

Congratulations to liadnan and pashazade who are getting married today in about four hours from now