Dalyan – 16th January

When I woke up on Thursday 16th January it was apparent that I had been quite drunk last night – as I had cut down so much on the alcohol to lose weight and save money, I was a real lightweight! I hadn’t put my phone on silent and I saw what I had sent to Nanny Kay last night! OMG. Of course, the writing down 3 things on my gratitude list had not been done before bed, either. I felt terrible and my headache continued until well past dog walks and breakfast. While I made a cup of tea I tried to work out what had happened to the remaining birthday cake that I had come home with. When I put the tea bag in the bin I notice that the cake box was neatly folded and disposed of! Surely, I had not eaten half a birthday cake when I got home!?
I looked around the room and at Lady C for any clues, there were none. I was in the fridge, getting the milk, and noticed quite a few containers that weren’t there before. When I opened them, they were full of badly sliced birthday cake. Then it dawned on me that I had decided it would be safer to keep it out of harm’s way from Lady C by slicing and storing it. Oh dear, even drunk me was now making sensible decisions! I checked that I had remembered to also bring home my presents, which I had. In the afternoon I took Lady C on a very sunny walk, she even waited for Chico to join us and then I had a slice of cake for lunch! I had some strange message requests from some random men saying Hi on Whatsapp so I blocked them. When I spoke to Captain Caveman later on, I was able to congratulate him on his new job as he had officially got it, assuming all the HR and Medical outcomes were satisfactory. He was pleased, I was delighted and really proud of Captain Caveman for doing what he was doing. He would be working for an engineering company as a senior project manager, based in the UK. We looked at flights for me to perhaps pop to England to visit him around mid-February, and between the 2 stints of dog sitting for Norman & Edna. It was only £57 return but we didn’t book the flight yet as it would depend on where Captain Caveman would be working. That evening, I had the rest of the lentil and chickpea curry for dinner, did the bare minimum of work and went to bed early, swearing that drinking on a school night was no longer for me.

Gratitude List
1. Not offending 79yr old Nanny Kay
2. Finding the cake
3. Captain Caveman getting the job.