Family Time.
Well I haven’t done much over the last couple of week’s except the usual work, eat, and sleep, and it was starting to get me down. Katrina had also been having a rough time with the kids not being well, and the general stresses and strains that come with motherhood, so I thought it would be good for us both to do something different.
So after checking with Rob that he was available for baby sitting duties and swearing him to secrecy, I ordered two tickets to “The Moscow State Circus” which is currently showing at the Anvil Theatre in Basingstoke.
Saturday arrived and Katrina arrived at the agreed time, still none the wiser to what I had planned. Well, after torturing her all week, I gave in a laid out the plans for the evening, starting with dinner at the local harvester, an old family favourite.
We arrived and grabbed a drink, before being seated. It didn’t take either of us long to figure out what we wanted, as we always order the same thing, and reading the menu is more part of the routine than to actually select something different. We grabbed some salad from the salad cart, one of the best bits, and usually enough to keep us from snatching the food from other peoples plates. We didn’t have to wait to long for our food to arrive, and we were both so hungry we more or less inhaled it. It was a nice change for both of us to have someone else prepare dinner, and better still for Katrina as she was able to eat her’s without having to look after the children first.
After dinner we drove into town and parked at the train station. We walked down to the Anvil and collected the tickets from the box office and purchased a couple of show programmes. We had timed it just right and within 5 minutes were asked to take our seats.
It was a great show with some amazing acts. Most of them seemed so young, but at the same time so strong, and agile. It’s really hard to describe what we saw, so I would recommend that if you get a chance to go and see it for yourself. They are currently touring the UK and the show dates and locations can be found here.
After the show we returned home and chatted over the evening over a beer, yawning until neither of us could stay awake any longer. A fantastic evening!
