Sand in my Shoes

Today… today has been unexpected. And not in a good way.

It all started with a plan. To go to the tip and dispose of many, many boxes from the darkroom build and an old gaming chair that Angus has slowly dismantled… a mini job and then finally Tesco for some groceries to feed the boys over the first weekend of the October holidays… some editing and relax. It went wrong from the start with a 45 minute(ish) delay at the tip, then on the small job I had to do I had some rather unexpected news that blindsided me about my Dad. This resulted in my carefully shooting entirely the wrong house (it was just some external work so I wasn’t suprised nobody was in!) . Tesco was interupted next by Jen getting a puncture and needing some assistance getting the wheel changed on her car.

I thought I had managed to get everything in line when I got home and painstakingly edited the photographs and created a video… it was only when I was checking the spelling of the street that I noticed it was 26 I was supposed to be at, not 23. Fortunately it was only a small job, but it’s been a slow week so it has knocked my bottom line further out of whack than it already was. Next week is also looking pretty poor, but it will give me the chance to write this wrong at least!

On the upside, Katie has spoken to our Dad and he is in good spirits, and claims to be fine (not a medical diagnosis) anticipating to be home tonight or tomorrow, so I shall probably give him a call over the weekend at some stage to check in! It is a fairly busy weekend ahead, and then next week I should have a few bits and bobs arriving to do a wee photo project with Angus over the holidays to keep him occupied!

9th October 2026