Spring must be getting closer: today is quite sunny and much milder. It is just after 3pm, so Dot has started listening to the football. Earlier I went up to see Phil in hospital, but not before calling in on Chris and then Mairead to see if they knew who had parked across our drive. They didn’t, but I had a chat with both – a longer one with Mairead and her brother Sean.
While I was visiting Phil, the offending driver and his girlfriend showed up and were confronted by Dot. Unsurprisingly they were very apologetic, apparently not realising what they’d done. My view is that if you can park across a driveway without noticing what you’ve done, you probably aren’t observant enough to be driving.
Phil seems to be improving a lot. When I visited him on Wednesday he was lying with his head lower than his feet, which left him quite disorientated. This time his head was higher, and he was much more relaxed. He is not in pain at the moment and quite cheerful. Today he ate his lunch while I was there (we were joined by David Harding, with whom we had an interesting reminisce about Surrey Chapel in the early days). On Wednesday the pastor, Tom, arrived as I was leaving. Neither David nor Tom remembered my name, or exactly who I was. I must have that kind of face.
After leaving Phil on Wednesday I totally forgot I was supposed to be going to the Ash Wednesday communion at St Luke’s, which was a bit embarrassing. I e-mailed David to apologise but have had no response.
No such problems with Shrove Tuesday, except that Vicky forgot, or just didn’t come. Those of us who did – Judy, Anna, Bridget and David Archer – enjoyed some excellent pancakes by Dot, though we had to comfort Bridget (and David) as they’d just had bad news: the sudden death of a friend who they had felt responsible for.
Early the next day I went to see the doctor after I had left a query on the website about continuing to take Perindopril if I had a kidney problem. I got a call asking me to come in, and he was very thorough; however I didn’t get an answer to the question because I forgot to ask it again. Happily I have no urine infection, and he doesn’t think I have kidney stones.
On Thursday it was again quite pleasant weather; so I went up to Swinton’s to renew my car insurance (both cars). Ii then continued to the bank, where I put in an order for a new chequebook. I hardly ever use cheques nowadays, but I don’t like to be out completely.
In other news I have finished putting the Paston newsletter together, and we have chatted on FaceTime with Chrissy, who is staying with David (until tomorrow). We haven’t managed to get to see her in the flesh, because we didn’t want to curtail the time she spent with David, and neither of us is 100% still. They went out to Loch Fyne in St Albans on her birthday.