- Sleeping in.
- Remembering everything all over again. For a few split seconds each morning it all feels like a bad dream.
- Padding downstairs for a cup of tea.
- Curling up on the sofa with a good book {The Salt Path* by Raynor Win}.
- Hugging the children when they appeared downstairs.
- Pulling on skinny jeans and my favourite Breton tee.
- Wrapping up warm and jumping in the car.
- Helping the kids into their wellies.
- Taking a socially distanced stroll along the river at Oldbury Court Estate.
- Listening to the sound of the water rushing and the birds singing.
- Foraging for wild garlic.
- Racing home to make pesto for lunch {loosely following this recipe}.
- Using the last of our pasta and wondering when we’ll be able to get our hands on some more.
- Enjoying an afternoon shower.
- Pulling on my PJs to spend the afternoon on the sofa.
- Watching Cast Away and drinking tea.
- Cooking and eating a big bowl of Linda McCartney’s Shredded Hoisin Duck and fried rice.
- Sipping a G&T.
- Trying to avoid Twitter and its constant stream of Corona related updates.
- Sorting the children’s art supplies into their new spinning desk organiser. Anything to make weeks and weeks of home schooling a little easier.
- Digging out my Dymo* and labelling each section.
- Tucking the kids in for the night.
- Watching the end of Ready or Not before flicking over to Netflix for another episode of Schitt’s Creek.
- Laughing a lot.
- Retreating upstairs to bed.
- Waking up earlier than I would have liked.
- Waiting for the others to surface.
- Opening my cards and gifts from Carl and the children.
- Feeling grateful for Uber Eats and McDonald’s breakfasts.
- Chatting to my mum in Dorset and my sister in Australia via Zoom.
- Missing them both.
- Pottering outside in the yarden.
- Watching Carl pressure wash the decking.
- Moving pots around and mentally planning this year’s planting.
- Enjoying the sunshine.
- Grabbing a quick lunch.
- Sanding the outside of the big airing cupboard in our laundry room. Before everything kicked off, I’d started giving the space a bit of a makeover. Doing a little DIY each day is proving to be a great distraction.
- Giving our bedroom a quick clean.
- Looking forward to sinking into clean sheets after my bath this evening.
- Drinking tea and eating crumpets.
- Listening to Carl and Jesse play FIFA on the Xbox beside me.
- Tapping away at my laptop.
- Wondering why it’s taken me so long to bring this series back.
Love Audrey xxx
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P.P.S. A retro Mother’s Day weekend from 2013.
P.P.P.S. I hope you’re all looking after yourselves during these strange times. Stay at home and stay safe.