Prawn and green bean korma, rice, mini samosas

I’ll be keeping this short and sweet, as it’s NYE and I’m off out to ring in the new year with 🥂 and 🎇, staying up until 🌅.

Nah, of course I’m not – it’s tv and an early night for me, as always – but I won’t keep you if you’re off out to have some fun.

I have been even more tired than usual today, but the floor needed washing and laundry needed doing, so that was what mum and I did. Then I collapsed on the bed with my laptop and built this ⬇️ in The Sims.

It’s a pub I have drunk in many times with various friends and family, on the very edge of Portsmouth Harbour, and it’s a great place for drink outside the main tourist season. (During the season it’s practically impossible to get to the bar or to find a seat if you do manage to acquire a drink.)

Then I made a curry using a Patak’s kit, which got a surprised “this is really nice” from mum. I agree, although something a bit spicier than a korma would have been nicer still. It has always been a family tradition to get an Indian takeaway on New Year’s Eve, and I probably could have done that tonight but I have literally only just thought of it, so curry in kit form it was. One of these days I will finally get the meal I dreamed of while I was in hospital – channa (chickpea) masala, saag paneer (spinach and cheese curry), onion bhaji, raita, and paratha – but that day sadly wasn’t today.

And on that note, I’m off to eat something sweet. Happy New Year, all, and may the coming year be sweet for us all.