So we went to school; there's a lot of P1 kids looking tired on the penultimate Monday of their first term. I know how the feel.

School drop done, I high tailed it home to work; and boy did I work. Shifted a pile of long standing complex stuff. Then for light relief had a lunch / coffee at Milk/ESW with visiting royalty. A cultural exchange trip from greater Leith.

A good gossip later, and I was home to work my socks off some more. Which I did.

Come 6, I went foraging for Xmas trees; my previous  experience in this field (!) helps...

And home for wrapping. Cards. With a festive tot of malt, too.