After hearing a sermon on waiting last Sunday, we spent most of Monday doing just that. Colin M was supposed to come and do various jobs for us, and after prevaricating on the phone he admitted by e-mail that he wouldn’t be able to make it. Then we got a roast dinner ready for Naomi, who completely forgot about it. Nice meal.

On Sunday evening we’d been to Soul Circus, which unusually was held in our church hall instead of the Cathedral. Lovely to see Suzanne and Simon Ward, who it turns out went to school with David. Also Robin and Julia Vincent, plus Diana (George) and Elspeth, who played piano for us many moons ago. Nice session, featuring a couple of films about things that changed people’s lives – not at all what you’d expect. The thing about Soul Circus is that you expect things you wouldn’t expect…

Colin actually did turn up on Tuesday and was his usual disarming self. He fixed a new stopcock and adjusted the shelves upstairs, plus a couple of other minor things. He is coming in April to do some more major things – that’s April this year, I believe. In the evening on Tuesday we were driven by Judy to the Julian meeting at Howard’s, and the meeting itself was as lovely as usual.

Howard had his meeting with the Bishop and Archdeacon this week, and it turned out not to be as confrontational as some had feared. On the other hand, on reporting back, Howard sounded very much like a Bishop. Has he been converted?

We have bought a new cabinet for Dot’s office, so that she can put her files in it and free up shelf space in my study. It’s coming from Oak Furniture and should be arriving next Friday. Dot has been busy making changes to the room, including new curtains and new paint.

Yesterday we went to the Dining Room at Cinema City for a meal with the Hendersons. Very nice too – steak frites and banana split for me. Maryta got extra chips because of a delay and she was about to send them back when the rest of us intervened. I worry about her sometimes. Well, most of the time actually. They came back to ours for coffee and were able to view the changes.

Today we’ve spent most of the day with the Eagles at Hempnall. Lovely lunch and relaxing conversation. Was amazed to discover it was 5.15pm. Made our excuses and left.