Still raining. Pretty miserable month weatherwise so far. Couldn’t sleep last night; so I’m feeling a bit under the weather today. On the plus side, spoke to both David and Amy on FaceTime yesterday, and got an e-mail from Oliver to say he’d been driving between Aylesbury and Caddington; so he’s getting some good practice in. David’s apartment is beginning to look good.
In the past week Dot has been to the dentist to get some chips on her teeth dealt with at some exorbitant price (about £250). However we’ve paid for her new computer without breaking into her ISA; so that’s good. I think I could probably drive now, but we’re managing Ok with just the MX5 at the moment; so I’m in no great hurry to buy a new car. Checked with Swinton’s to see if I had to declare my three points, but apparently I don’t until I renew. So that’s good too.
On Wednesday last week we went up to Jarrolds for the launch of Keith Skipper’s new book and new publishing company – The Norfolk Almanac and Harnser Press. Two very funny speeches – one by Keith and the other by Richard Batson. Sat with Robin and Shelagh and said hello to Adrian Bell of Mousehold Press and to Terry Reeve, the sage of Bungay. Apparently Angela Kennedy was there, but I didn’t see her. Don’t know how I managed that, because I know her very well. Dot skipped off after Keith’e speech to go to orchestra (we had parked in Colegate).
The next day the weather wasn’t too bad; so we drove to North Walsham to put flowers in the cemetery – hadn’t been for some time. Afterwards decided to call in on the Knees. Just Penny at first, but Rob turned up later – he’d been to Norwich! Again, hadn’t seen them for some time; so it was nice to have a chat and catch up with the latest on the Footprints project. (Matt has resigned but doesn’t go till the end of the year.) Picked up my regular pills on the way home. Still taking the occasional paracetamol for my arm, but codeine only very rarely.
Paul came round on Friday afternoon for tea and cake. Nice to see him on his own and with no shouting. On Saturday Dot and I walked to the shops. Loads of traffic around. Yesterday drove to church for Holy Communion. Really good sermon from Sarah, but she seemed a bit down.