The windscreen company called me early on Saturday to say they’d rearranged my appointment for Sunday. Apparently there was a system problem, whatever that is. There’s probably a crack in it. I called back to say Sunday was no good and rearranged it for Monday. In the event a nice man came and did the job on Monday, so that was all right.
On Sunday there was a joint service at St Luke’s because the Archdeacon was paying us a visit. Dot stayed at home, but I played guitar. The Archdeacon, whose name is Karen, preached well, I thought, and there were refreshments afterwards, which is when it all fell apart. Apparently people on the DCC and doing things like preaching and leading were supposed to stay behind for a chat, but this was mis-announced by the vicar as a question-and-answer session, which I wasn’t really interested in. Everyone else from St Augustine’s felt similarly and we all left, apart from Carrie, who was of course embarrassed by the “lack of interest”, as was the Archdeacon. Ho, hum.
At the DCC the following night Carrie was absent for personal reasons, Phil was absent as usual, and Eleanor said she would be resigning in April because she didn’t have time – which is fair enough as she is the main chaplain at the hospital. If Howard stays off the DCC I doubt if we’ll be able to get a meaningful one together for next year.
After church on Sunday Dot and I went to see Jessie and ate some mince pies. We also took some presents for her birthday, which is on Saturday.
Yesterday Dot and I decided we’d go to the Castle Museum to see the Olive Edis photography exhibition before it was taken down. I had already seen it but was glad of the opportunity to see it again. Afterwards we went over to John Lewis, and I got downhearted by the chaotic road works and refused to buy anything from John Lewis, because their CEO was in favour of the Transport for Norwich changes. This disappointed Dot, who wanted some lamps. We did have a cup of tea and a cake between us, but that was because we had a voucher.
We got home in time to have our hair cut by Linda, who broke with tradition by keeping to the appointment we had originally made. It is very cold today, but my blood tests turned out OK, except that my cholesterol is up a bit.