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[turps]

Thank you rikes for the DW points ♥

More hail today. Of course, once I brought in the washing from the line, and then shoved the lot in the tumbler, it stopped and got sunny again. Stupid weather.

However, I've been happily reading A Fair Return which is a Patrick centric Schitt's Creek fic and so good and engaging. I suspect it may be one of those stories already well known if you read in the fandom, but I've had it tabbed for a while waiting until I had time to sink into it, and yeah. So great. It's over 237k long and I'm only on chapter 2 so I know I have a lot of excellent reading in front of me.

Voting went well yesterday. Apart from the officials, I was the only one in the ballot station at first, then a man followed me in and announced he was one of the candidates. So I quickly made for the booth before he saw me in case he was thinking of some last-minute campaigning. The whole place was set out well for social distancing, complete with arrows going around the hall. But, to actually post your ballot you had to leave the arrow trail and go back to where you'd first checked in. I don't know if someone didn't turn up, but if not, it was a bit of a fail route wise.

Corey phoned in the evening. He was telling me that people are still booking outside tables at his bar until 2 am, which heaters or not, has to be cold. He's been working loads, but as a bonus, got nearly £100 in tips. Tipping isn't really a thing where he works but I guess right now people are so happy to be out that they're tipping the people on table service. He was saying how all tips are pooled and then, once a week, are divided out between the staff who have been working, which seems fair enough.

I trimmed my hair today using the unicorn method, where you pull your hair into a ponytail secured to your forehead and then cut the ends. I was half expecting someone to knock when I did so, but they didn't, and it doesn't look as straggly now.

ETA: Re.F.Use, the place which does the food which would otherwise be thrown away is about to restart their restaurant nights. They get a visiting chef who does a themed meal using only food that was due to be binned and it all sounds great. At £17:50 a head it's a touch more than I'd usually spend to eat out, but still good value for a three-course meal plus soft drinks, plus, the themed nights start in the middle of May through June.

James has his main annual leave the beginning of June as usually, we'd go away for our wedding anniversary, but I'm thinking as that won't happen again this year, a meal out would be nice. As of now, the themes are West African/Southern American soul food, French, Middle Eastern, Indian, Italian, Scandinavian. I think the only one I'm ruling out so far is Italian as we have some good Italian restaurants in the area anyway. But other than that, I'm torn and I'm sure they'll add more.

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[spikedluv]

Those themed nights sound interesting.

[turps]

It does.

I'm leaning towards food that isn't really available around the area so that would rule out Indian as well.

I'll have fun making the decision I'm sure.

[frausorge]

That does sound like poor execution with the arrows. Why wouldn't whoever set them up have them take you all the way to where you need to wind up!

I'm glad Corey is getting compensated well for the work he's doing now in these circumstances.

Go you with the haircut! and I'm glad that you got to do so in discreet privacy. :p

Also also, I hope you get a delicious anniversary dinner, whatever you choose.

[turps]

The arrow situation was so weird, simply because they'd been so good at distancing, plus, you had to take your own pen etc. So, to be directed away from the route back to the beginning made no sense.

Corey's counting down the days to when the bars can move away from table service only. But, the tips are a bonus, though I'm still sitting thinking, why would anyone want to sit outside in the weather we're having now?

Well thank you. The haircut worked remarkably well :D

I still haven't decided what theme night to attend. They all sound delicious.

[sperrywink]

Glad Corey is earning some cash and getting some well-deserved tips.

I hope you and James do manage to celebrate with at least a meal out. And picking a cuisine type sounds like half the fun.

[turps]

I'm glad Corey's getting some financial reward for working so much. I think he's a bit shell shocked still from being on furlough for so long then working all the hours of the day and night,

I'm sure we will get a meal out, though I'm still not sure which one. I'd love to try the vegan night but James has said a firm no to that one.

[turlough]

That's what we in Sweden call "typical April weather" :-) You really shouldn't have to endure it in the middle of May though!

I've never heard of the unicorn method before. Sounds very handy when you want to trim long hair.

That sounds like a great thing to do during James' leave! So many fun themes to chose from!

[turps]

Typical April weather needs to stay in April. Though hopefully, with it getting warmer that mad weather may be over with now.

I found out about the unicorn method of haircutting when all the hairdressers had to shut in lockdown. It was only recently I got up the nerve to give it a try, though.

It does sound like a good way to spend an evening. Still haven't decided which one to go to, though!