Day 6041 & 6042 (18 & 19/07/2026)

The weekend, and I had a few things to do in the office first thing, then I went out to water the garden before brunch.  

Day 6040 (17/07/2026)

A quiet day, as I had work to do but we popped out for a quick lunch at Sheppy's, we shared a fish finger sandwich and slice of Bakewell tart, with a nice latte.

Then back to work. 

We then finished off some of the leftovers for dinner, which I had in-front of my computer as I was working until quite late. 

Day 6039 (16/07/2026)

It was Thomas's Birthday but he didn't ant to do much, so hadn't taken the day off of work, even though his mother had taken the day off. 

We went out to test drive an EV, a big Peugeot E5008, but were slightly annoyed at the state of the car we had booked to drive, so I wont be going back to Howard's.

We went home and had the leftover Mexican for lunch.      

Thomas was back a little bit late, and didn't fancy going out for dinner, so we had a takeaway, from a Chinese / noodle bar , which was very nice. 

And we had some nice Birthday cake. 

A quiet but hopefully nice Birthday. 

Day 6038 (15/07/2026)

It is still really lovely weather but thankfully a bit cooler now, with a nice breeze. I went to the gym in the afternoon, which was fairly exhausting. 

Then I went to the garage to make sure the cars tyres were all OK, which they were just about, just a bit of glue and getting the tracking sorted.  

In the evening I made a tasty Mexican, with some burrito's and quesadilla's.   

They were awful wraps to try and wrap, a bit too small and quite crumbly / brittle, which is my excuse for the state of my burrito's.  

But it was all tasty. 

Then we watched the football, and England lose to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals. 

Day 6037 (14/07/2026)

I was up early, taking the car to the garage, and then to the gym, where embarrassingly I am still shown as member of the month, and was wearing the same t-shirt. 

I charged the car up when I was at the gym, and am just so impressed with it. The mileage is looking a lot better now, after, presumably, we have driven it more carefully than the previous owners.   

Then we popped out for lunch, sharing a nice cheesy scone, and an afternoon tea. 

Then we went for teast drive, of an MG, then home to do some work. 

Had a nice burger, chips and salad in the evening. 

 

Day 6036 (13/07/2026)

I had my wife's car today, sop dropped her at work, took some stuff to the tip and to the storage unit, then went to the gym.

Then back to work, and after picking my wife up, we had the leftover salad for an early dinner. 

Day 6034 & 6035 (11 & 12/07/2026)

The weekend is here, and I did some work, setting up some new profile on some new mobiles. 

Then we had a nice sausage sandwich breakfast.  

I did some shopping and got some sushi & yum-yums for lunch. 

Then in the evening I made a quick veggi spaghetti carbonara. 

Not perfect but quite tasty.  

Sunday I saw my parents for breakfast, then home, and quite busy, as I was working, monitoring some things online. Also made a nice salad when my wife came home. 

Day 6033 (10/07/2026)

It was so nice to eventually have the power back on, and everything working, including our fans, as it is really hot again.  We had a few things to do in the house, and then a few chores in town, so we stopped off for a cooling drink and some lunch.   

Had some fish pie, chips & peas for dinner.  

have power back on, and everything working, including our fans, as it is really hot again. 

Day 6032 (09/07/2026)

I had a slightly busy day at home, as a man came round, as the new router needed a software update, so it could speak to the wifi extenders.  It seems crazy that they just don't do this when they are setting them up, but hopefully it should mean no problems going forward.  Then I had an online meeting, which went on a bit but was ended abruptly, as the power went off and didn't come back until 1am. 

Thomas had a slightly and probably quite expensive mishap in the car on the way home, when he kerbed it a bit, smashing the side skirt and splitting a tyre.   

I didn't shout, he is in one piece and its not that big a deal in the large scale of things.  

As we couldn't make dinner, we went out for a nice pizza to Ludacrust. 

Lovely pizza's, with a nice hazelnut cannoli for afters. 

Then home, and as the power was still off I went out to water the garden, whilst it was getting dark.  

Day 6031 (08/07/2026)

Another early day, busy day, with more modernisation, with quite a grumpy man from BT fitting the new fibre-optic broadband. 

Then I went off to the gym, which was sweltering. 

Then back home, and getting slightly obsessed with the power usage and how it goes to maximum when you put the kettle on, or the shower, which is obviously runs for a lot longer than a kettle take to boil.   

I had a day of monitoring something online, so just had a quick dinner of leftovers with my wife. 

Day 6030 (07/07/2026)

It was an early start, as we were having new smart fitters in the garage, replacing the old ones, and in the case of the gas meter, apparently, a very old one.   

Now to arrange the garage conversion, and getting an ev car charger fitted. 

I did some brunch. 

And then a bit later we went to do some chores, have a nice cool iced coffee and get some stuff for dinner, making a nice Greek salad in the evening.