The hot weather continued at the beginning of last week. Gary the electrician came on Tuesday and rapidly found lots of things wrong, including the main fuse box. He is putting everything right, but I anticipate some considerable expense. He has already put in two new porch lights, a boiler room light, and various earths. He has also mended the fan in the bathroom.
On Tuesday evening, the entire Cake and Compline group came round, carefully spaced, and sat in the garden from 7pm till 9pm. I hadn’t had a very good day, but I was better in the evening, and I managed to lead Compline all right. Very pleasant time, and definitely the second best event of its kind this week.
The best of course was on Thursday, when Vicky, Oliver and Amy drove up from Aylesbury to spend a couple of hours with us. They brought their own food, drink and tablecloth, and Dot arranged the garden carefully. We had a really nice talk, and David and Chrissy dropped in by FaceTime. The weather was still warm, but slightly cooler. Lovely to see them.
The previous day our new cooker hob had arrived. Not quite so exciting, and Gary found several things wrong with the way the cooker was wired and pronounced it too long a job to start till his next visit, which will be some time next week.
Yesterday it was a bit cooler, and Dot and I drove to Hughes, where we bought a dishwasher. It’s out of stock at the moment, but will no doubt arrive eventually. We also called in at Aldiss and then drove to John Lewis, where we bought three expensive lights and ordered two more for the lounge. At some point during this excursion Dot lost her Fitbit, with its its exciting new strap. We retraced our steps to no avail, and Dot tried again this morning, with a similar result. I showed her how to use a Steps app, but she is not happy.
Incidentally, as well as the electrician, my hospital discharge letter arrived on Tuesday, revealing that my problems had been rather more complex than I thought, which may explain why I am taking a long time to recover. Yesterday I felt pretty rubbishy all day, until the evening. Last night I slept well and have been feeling quite good today. This may or may not be because I have decided to go back to the ubiquon that Debbie brought me. Not what I would normally do, but then I remembered the flood, the boat and the rescue helicopter.
Quite a busy week, but Dot has managed to fit in her retreat and has just done some exercises. Today is very grey with quite a bit of rain, but still reasonably warm.