Thursday 5th December 2024

We are onto our second air fryer.

Nothing wrong with the first, really, other than it was too fiddly to use, and the rotating basket knocked the crispy bits of chips and roast potatoes.

I hated it.

And yet, i researched and it came top in a Which test.

So we have gone full Ninja. On Thursday I cooked chips and breaded chicken in it. Got the two buckets to sync, and all I had to do was warm through the Boston beans.

The chips require some work, but were acceptable, the chicken was crispy and excellent.

Before that, there was work.

Lots of work.

And coffee.

Lots of coffee.

Up at six, coffee and more coffee, begin work, and meaning I had to get the draft report out by the end of the day.

So, with Jools out of the house on her way to work, and rain hammering down and wind lashing at the house, there was little else to do.

But then the professional procrastinator can find diversions in almost everything. Its a skill.

The days slips by in a blur, helped by brews, YouTube videos and football blogs.

So it goes, so it goes.

I went next door to see Steve. He had his knee replaced back in September, and is walking OK, but still in pain, not sleeping so not back at work.

I take him some beers, which he accepts. And we have a pint of Shepherd Neame Christmas beer and swap football news and gossip.

By the time I come out, its getting dark, and back home time to feed the cays and begin to prepare dinner. But once the chips and chicken were cooking, nothing much to do, really.

I pour some wine and drink that. That's something.

And for the evening there's football, with Spurs being Spurs and being outplayed and losing to Bournemouth 1-0.