January 26th 2021

Every day for the past 26 days, I have been typing the date 2021. And every time I do, I mistype and put 2022 first and then have to correct it. Every day. I just wanted to share this little factoid.

I’m not trying to wish my life away, I just have chubby little fingers!

Considering we have been walking literal miles in the snow recently, we have had very few injuries. Sure, sore feet here and there, Wee Daftie cut her finger last week and we both have gone skid several times. The worst of these small incidents actually befell my poor trousers. I’ve lost two pairs to the dreaded Chub Rub Bandit. Two pairs ripped at the inner thigh in as many days. Our mission today was to collect some new leggings I clicked over the weekend.

We weren’t able to pick up til after 12pm so we used the morning for some reading, listening to some excellent 90s tunes and making a thank you card for our neighbour who gifted us the doll’s house.

For a child that loves colour so much, she routinely colours very monotone…and frequently brown or black. Today, however, she pretty much used every marker, drew several love hearts and a very fine treasure map.

Our walk to the shop was very uneventful. We sang a bit. We got rained on a bit. We chatted a lot. Wee Daftie entertained the shop assistant with her stories. We got rained on some more on the way home. We made it home in time for lunch but unfortunately without hitting our step goal.

The peaked cap makes her look like a duck!

So what do we do? After lunch, and a spot of Zog and the Flying Doctors, we head out again to finish our steps off. By now it was much colder and wetter than before but Wee Daftie decided we should walk down the pier. So we did.

I am super proud of my girl for so many reasons. Today, it was her full commitment to this endeavour. It was meant to be my journey that I would include her in when she wasn’t at nursery. Restrictions and lowdown being what they are, she has been with me for virtually all of it and she has thoroughly embraced getting these steps done and raising money. She doesn’t know what exactly the cause is, but she knows it will help people. And she thinks that is great. How cool is my little idiot? The very coolest.