Ireland day 0939. Wednesday 24 April 2024- Paperwork
Commentary
(Summary blog only. Last full blog was Day 0368).
You know – there are always one or two days like this, every year.
Val and I were both at home and had no plans at all for the day. A rare moment to be cherished and not squandered, you might think. Anyway, there were a couple of admin tasks, related to insurance, travel, and of course tax, which I thought I would just polish off before we settled down to more enjoyable activities.
But as you can probably guess, things didn’t go entirely to plan. Every single thing that I hoped to do quickly took infinitely longer than I had thought it should. Multiple phone calls, websites to logon to with passwords I had forgotten, and complicated questionnaires to be filled in with information that I didn’t have.
So it was after 4pm by the time we had finished, and practically the whole of our precious day had been wasted. To cheer ourselves up a bit, we decided to treat ourselves to a late lunch at the Grand Hotel, which turned out to be very nice. Especially when complemented by a couple of beers!
Now we’re fed and watered and back at the flat, seeing as the day has been more or less completely derailed, I have decided that I might as well spend the evening doing my Spanish homework. Would be good to knock that on the head so I don’t have it hanging over me for the rest of the week.
Onwards and, hopefully, upwards!
Today’s photos (click to enlarge)
Val purposefully striding out to lunch! | |
The liquid portion of our lunch today. It’s all badly-needed electrolytes actually |
Interactive map
(No map today)