Long day

Geez.

I've had such a surreal day today. It goes something like this.

Woke up at 4.30am to pick up my sister from the airport with my dad. Told my dad that we didn't need to leave too early, but he insisted that we did, "in case the flight gets there early". End up waiting nearly a hour for my sister.

Get back to my parents house at 6.45. Sit around until 9.30, before parents decide that they want to take me and my sister and my niece to Tescos.

I waffle around Tesco's like a zombie, wishing my mum wouldn't examine an apple like the way that a weapons inspector examines a weapon of mass destruction. We leave Tesco's at 11am.

My dad then takes me to Lambeth town hall so that I can get a parking permit. Lambeth, in their eternal wisdom, decide that a staff of two is sufficient enough to handle parking inquiries in the second biggest council in London. End up queuing up for half a hour.

By then, I'm not in the best of moods.

Anyway, I go back home to have lunch. My sister, her husband and my two nephews turn up to visit my sister. Kids at this point turn psycho and decide to run around the living room like maniacs. At that point, its decided that we'd go to the park to let them run round and exhaust themselves.

At Battersea park, we try to find the adventure playground for the children. Somehow we end up walking around the park, and the adults suffer from exhaustion and delusions of life without children. Still, watching the kids play makes up for our suffering.

We get back home, and my brother in law suggests going out to Chinatown for dinner. So, we head off into town, all looking forward to a lovely meal.

Which we didn't get.

Food was disappointing, Elliot was crying non stop in frustration as it was way past his bed time, Tobey decided that running back and forth to play with the restaurant fridge was more fun than sitting in his seat and everyone else was just plain knackered.

Now sitting back in Woking, watching the telly. I think its the most relaxed I've been all day!