Monday 19th January 2026

Monday,

Blue Monday.

And we're not going to work as we don't any more.

Sadly, between my brain and my body, they decide that I should not sleep long and/or soundly, so was awake at half four waiting for the alarm to go off.

That being said, I had nothing I needed to concentrate on, so I would take the day perhaps easier than usual.

Jools, however, is going to the pool for a swim, so I was alone just with a cup of coffee to keep me company.

It was a day which was bright and not that cold, and the first day when it began to fade, that it was obvious that it got darker later.

Or not so early.

Jools takes Mulder and Scully to the vets for their jabs. And whilst there, Scully was weighed, and the good new is she has put on another half kilo and now is 4.2Kg, so is no longer skin and bone.

This is a massive result.

Our main task for the day was to go to Walmer to pick out some stuff for our new shower, as we are having the bathroom redone when we're in Cyprus at the beginning of March, which is all so suddenly very close indeed.

So, tiles or backboards have to be chosen, new flooring and the show tray and glass side as well.

So after lunch we go into Walmer and down the maze of roads of the post war estates where on a junction is the bathroom warehouse and supply place.

We're not choosy, and pick a backboard that matches the kitchen worktops, the rest can sort themselves out.

So we leave.

Happy.

Back home there is a two hour Bangers and Cash marathon, with me sitting with Scully, as she wants that as much as food to be honest. And it keeps me off the computer and internet.

Dinner is katsu curry, rice and breaded chicken. A huge plate of stir fry, but my body needed fibre, so I overdid it during the day.

Anyway.

So, we ate well and then there was football with the two hours of talking about football before the actual football, by which time I was bored, so come quarter past nine, and half an hour from time, I gave up and went to bed.