Yesterday started as planned because I woke up early to make my usual monthly trip to Tesco for supplies. Later on, I had planned to take the car round to the garage for a free car wash then fill up with petrol. When I got home, I could make some bread then plant a few pansies in my pots.
The first part of the day went well, I got back with the shopping and put it away before having a late breakfast. Then I decided to read the newspaper before getting the car washed because they don't start until 10am and there's always a queue, so I usually go between noon and 1pm. About half an hour after breakfast I thought I had a cold coming because my throat felt a bit sore and my nose was stuffy.
Anyway, just after midday, I went to the garage but there was no sign of the young man that usually does the car wash and it didn't look as though there had been any done so I thought he was probably on holiday. I decided to go to the petrol station and fill up, a journey of about a mile, then I got stuck in very slow moving traffic so the journey that normally takes ten minutes took half an hour. When I got back, I cleaned the car myself and went in to make the bread.
By this time, I still felt strange and got on with the bread but after kneading it for about ten minutes, it didn't feel 'quite right'. It was then that I realised that I hadn't put in the dried yeast so I sprinkled it over the dough and gave it a thorough kneading for another ten minutes then put it in the tin to rise and kept my fingers crossed!
The pansies got planted but the bread had still not risen much after an hour and by then I was aching all over so dozed for about an hour before going back to see what was happening. It had risen a bit more so I decided to bake it although I knew it would be dense and heavy which it is.
I haven't got a cold but today I still feel 'not quite right' so I have abandoned all plans that I had for today and I'm having 'a day off', that way, nothing can go wrong!
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