Day 157 - What Time is It?

 WHAT TIME IS IT?

Prompt - What Time is It? : Write about the time of day it is right now.  What are people doing?  What do you usually do at this time each day?

The clock in the corner of my PC says it's 18.14.  The daft bit of my brain is going "one year before Waterloo", but that's irrelevant.  A quarter past six is, in this home, approaching dinner time.  Most nights I would be in the kitchen, making a meal.  I suspect a lot of other people would be too, although this is a Sunday, so habits vary at weekends.  Is it still a thing in some homes to have Sunday lunch?  The main meal mid afternoon?  It has never been a custom I've shared, except in the houses of others.  (My one time mother in law was the only person I really knew who was keen on the whole Sunday lunch thing - most people of my acquaintance tend to eat their main meal in the evening.)  

But on this occasion I have the day off.  (As I did yesterday, but that was because we had a takeaway.)   Dinner is being provided by my wife.  A goats cheese and caramelised onion tart she's made, and a bit of salad.  It's nice to have a meal made for me, something that used to happen a lot, but is less frequent nowadays, as standing in the kitchen for too long is hard on her knees and dodgy hip.  

I suppose, once upon a time, and not at weekends of course, 18.15 was often getting home time, from the office where I worked.  Which meant I'd only just be starting out on knocking up whatever we might be eating that night.  Now there is more flexibility in our schedule, but we do find that it's a good thing to keep to regular (ish) meal times.  Maybe it's an old person thing!

Tomorrow at 18.15 I will be in the kitchen preparing whatever is going to be on the menu.  For now I can sit at my desk and type away.  Enjoy the moment.