This is not an April Fool post. It is the real thing. The week was given wings by the arrival of David, Oliver and Amy on Easter Sunday, following a joint service at St Luke’s at which I played guitar. Dot decided to stay at home and prepare lunch and a few other things.
On Monday Amy wanted to see Allegiant, which is the most recent film in the Divergent series. The second was Insurgent, which we saw the end of at home during the afternoon to give us a taste of what was to come. The film was surprisingly good, and we all enjoyed it. I suggested the next one might be called Detergent, but this did not go down well with Amy. Afterwards we went to Nando’s. This was my first visit, but again I found it a very pleasant experience.
On Tuesday we had a roast beef dinner before David returned to Caddington to prepare for his flight to Canada the next day. Needless to say, he is there now. Earlier in the day Dot had her finger checked by the nurse: it seems to be healing properly.
We took a day boat out on the river on Wednesday, and this was a big success. The weather was dry and not too cold, and we took a picnic. Bit of a wait at Wroxham, but eventually we had a boat for two hours and did the usual trip down to Wroxham and Salhouse broads, then back and a little way up towards Coltishall. Oliver And Amy proved very proficient pilots and really enjoyed it, I think. Dot hailed an ice cream boat on Salhouse Broad, which added to the excitement.
Afterwards we called in at Wroxham Barns and visited a few shops – unfortunately we were just too late for the mini-golf. Ran into Claire Carrington. Back home we had pasta and bacon with cheese and onion. And if you think that was healthy, on Thursday we went the whole hog and had a Kentucky Fried Chicken before driving the children back to Caddington, where we had another sort-of picnic before handing them over to their mother at around 6.30pm. Dot drove down and I drove back. No problems en route.
While Oliver and Amy were with us Amy made a volcano and we worked how to play Skip-Bo, which turned out to be quite a good game. The Murrays first taught us at Palmer Circle, when we taught them Bridge –a life-changing event), but we had forgotten it. Oliver also showed us some card tricks and reminded us how to play Rummy and Knockout Whist. I also had a few games of B ackgammon with him.
Today I caught up on some routine stuff, mainly to do with church, and Dot caught up on washing and housework. We went to the chemist’s to get our pills and then to the doctor’s to get our blood test results. Mine was a bit high on the cholesterol scale (6.1) and I have to see a nurse at the end of the month. I suspect this will be a bit of a waste of both our times. Dot’s swab from her finger has yielded no results yet, but the finger seems fine.
Tomorrow the children head for Lanzarote with their Mum, Matt, Julia and Dave, which means all our family are out of the country. What could possibly go wrong?