January
Friday 2 – Jay’s birthday, with a few
presents still left under the Christmas tree.
Her ‘cake’ was a few pink iced buns, shared with a favourite toy.
Her cards this year
reflected fashion not horses.
Monday 5 – the day of
her second driving test dawned to a big surprise. It had snowed, not a lot, but enough to make
the side roads unsuitable for driving tests so hers was cancelled.
It caught us out, witness the washing line,
but there was just enough for Jay to make a small snowman (which lasted for
over a week).
Fortunately, her
driving test was rescheduled for Saturday 10, after we all thought that she would have to wait for
Easter, meaning a re-take of the theory exam, and another round of
lessons. Luckily, her instructor was
free, and, after a further few frantic hours of practice, the test went
ahead. She passed with only a few minor
errors.
Here she
is returning from her first solo drive.
Look, no
plates! We were able to bin the L-plates
just as they were starting to disintegrate with overuse.
A few days later we
returned to the local Beefeater to celebrate the success.
Thursday 15 – back to
Otherwise a cold
month offering little opportunity to recoup the huge gas price increases by
cutting back on the heating, but Roger is trying, wearing so many extra layers
it seems to take an additional hour a day just putting them on and taking them
off.