Saturday 18 January

Today was the big day: my father's 80th birthday party. Although his actual birthday is still a few days away, a birthday bash was put up today and 55 relatives and friends came to enhance the fun. A number of people had been invited without my father's knowledge, so he was pleasantly surprised. After the majority of folks had left, we had a bowl of soup and cleared up. We locked up the hall at 8.40pm, just over an hour and a half after the party ended. A great day!