No Driving Today

I didn't have a lesson today, and, to be honest, I am quite glad.  I'm feeling sort of shattered.  Today was a different sort of exciting.  Bear and I watched 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I haven't seen the others, but we have agreed to watch the next two soon.  My understanding is that the films aren't very like the book, but they have a good atmosphere and some great special effects and we should just watch it with an open mind. 

I need to sort out the freezer.  I bought some extremely inexpensive veg and then failed to turn it into soup for the freezer as the freezer is full.  I've been letting it wilt, but I need to rescue what I can.  Dinner is looking frittata shaped for tomorrow. 

A lot is hinging on this driving test.  If I pass it then I have a much greater access to shops.  I also will be out of the house twice a day for five days a week and it will be easy to swing past a supermarket.  There is a Morrisons a third of a mile from bear's new school, a Lidl just across the road from there and a Tesco just a little way off the straight road back.  It will take five minutes to get to Aldi from my home and maybe fifteen minutes at most to get to a massive Sainsburys and not much more to go to a huge Asda and Marks and Spencer.  It will be relatively easy for me to control the shopping which means a lot less waste.  All I need to do is pass the test.  Apparently the centre I am going to is considered the toughest in the area.  Fortunately I have the most awesome driving instructor and a lot of determination. 

In other news, I have a paperback available, 'Tales from the White Hart'.  It makes me feel so grown up.  The link is here, but obviously you can just read free it on the blog here.  And I am doing a giveaway.  If you leave your email in the comments below before August 16 2018 I will add your name to the hat to win a signed copy and a winner will be drawn at random and revealed on 21 August 2018.  If you leave your email in the comments below and also give me permission I will add you to my mailing list for an author's newsletter starting in the middle of September.  There are a lot of rules about keeping information like email addresses and I will stick to them both in the spirit and to the letter.  I will never share them, and I will always remove names immediately on request.  I will take it seriously, and you don't need to opt in to the newsletter to be included in the draw.  For those who have not yet commented on this blog, comments are only visible after being approved and I will not allow any emails to show. 

And here is the book itself!  I had far too much fun writing it, and the stories will continue.