Thursday, 2 September 2021

Gosh where have the weeks gone

 




Well its been 3 weeks since I wrote a blog and posted my cocktails, this has mainly been due to;

1. being very busy at work

2. struggling with work/life balance

3. Being quite unwell 


First lets get the cocktails out of the way.

First picture 

Big Red

Vodka

Cherry Brandy

Cranberry juice.

Served with cake sale ( which I have become very good at making)


Second picture

The Robinson 


Yes they named a cocktail after me!!!!


Brandy

Extra Dry Vermouth 

Pineapple juice.

Very nice cocktail and one that I will definitely come back to.


Last pic

The Star


Brandy 

Gin

Extra dry vermouth

Rosso Vermouth.


I had this on my camping trip, drinking a star whilst star gazing.




As for the being unwell, it sort of crept up on me, starting with overwhelming fatigue, which I could not shift, and then followed a couple of weeks feeling 'under the weather' until last week I just felt so ill that I was very worried.

Turns out that I have had a virus ( yes the virus thing comes out again, this time when they know you don't have Covid but aren't sure what's wrong).


I had planned to go camping for Bank Holiday weekend and decided to still do it. It did turn out to be the best idea, I slept a lot and felt very much better when I got home.


So hopefully this will continue.


By the time you read this there will be another cocktail hour due.



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