A Very Different Thanksgiving

The last few years, we've gone to see our friends in South Florida for Thanksgiving. Because of Dad's condition, that wouldn't be possible this year, so a few of them we going to fly out to see us, which would have been so lovely and thoughtful. Except the ol' coronavirus lockdown has put the kibosh on that too!

Dad was still involved with the cooking of the feast, though. As he and Mum were acting as head chefs in the kitchen, while Jen and I prepared all of the food. Afterwards, we all exchanged fun little presents, and it still felt like a Thanksgiving, despite being fewer people this year.

Then today, on the infamous "Black Friday", Jen is working all day, and I needed to jumpstart the Range  Rover, as its battery had gotten flat. Unfortunately, the GT-R with all it's power, couldn't get the job done, as it has a notoriously small battery. So I used that as an excuse to give my old friend Oliver a call. So he came to the rescue with his proper Land Rover Discovery Series II, and we got it started just fine.

Brexit Passport

My new black Brexit passport has arrived. Sadly, it's not the large, hard backed version we used to have, but it does look a bit nicer than the old one. When I was a little boy, I had a Dutch passport, so let's see if I can renew that one, to make sure I'm always in the shortest line at immigration.

Lockdown 2: Electric Boogaloo

 We're all back in lockdown again. I drove up last weekend to collect Jen, and for the first time, I drove my GT-R on the trip. I forgot how loud it is, so we had to yell over the exhaust on the way home!

The reason I took that car instead of Dad's Range Rover is because on the way back last time, the air suspension completely failed. So I was driving down the M3 on just the shocks, and had to pull into a lay-by, and restart the car to reset the system. It's all fixed now, but I won't be lowering the car to access height much any more, in case it goes again.

And for some reason, the government has waited until now to tell me I need to renew my passport if I plan on going to Europe next year. Right when everything's shut! Probably would have been better to tell me a month ago!