Today, we met up with my brothers (and partner) in London. My daughter had not got much sleep the night before though. We were hoping that my mother would join us, but she declined. I am not sure what we did to annoy her over Christmas, but she may relent and allow us to see her again. I had offered to pop round and see her before the meal, but she said she would be out, but was present when one of my brothers visited her before our meal.
It was a great meal though and it was amazing seeing both brothers again as well as Lauren, the partner of one. The only good point of my mother dropping out was that we changed the venue to a dog friendly place, which turned out to be at the site of a meal that we had with my mother several years ago.
Being in Islington always brings back fond memories from when I was younger. Back then we used to take the bus to Chapel Market as my brother and I found the walk too hard. When older, my mother would give me a shopping list and on the weekend and I would get the shopping from Sainsburys’s (which is still there). I used to know the prices of most the everyday items we got such as milk and bread as every hard earned penny my mother had was invaluable. My father did pay child maintenance at times, but he was never that reliable.
Anyway, time for bed after a very enjoyable start to the New Year.