Getting towards the end of another week. It’s a bit damper today but still reasonably mild. I’ve just posted the cards for Aspland Road through letterboxes, having driven up to get my pills from the chemist around lunchtime. Queue outside as usual. We’re still in Tier 2, unlike most of the country, which has been shifted into Tier 3. We’re very fortunate to still be able to shop normally. Happily, we’re both still ok. David has just FaceTimed to say Dot’s present is ready for collection.
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day, but with a snap in the air. We drove to North Walsham, got some stuff from Sainsbury’s, including a frozen turkey crown, and took some flowers to the cemetery, which was looking beautiful in the sun. After driving home for lunch, Dot and I posted some cards at the sorting office (I think all the cards are gone now, including the electronic ones) and then walked up to the Rosary to put some flowers on my parents’ grave. Again, very beautiful. Had a brief chat with one of the workers there who we’ve spoken to before. Dot spent a lot of time wrapping presents (she’s still at it) and after a meal we watched the final of Professional Masterchef and had no trouble picking the winner, although they were all good.
Wednesday was pretty cold. I drove Dot up to the Forum, where she met David Archer and Vicky, and there was an exchange of presents. She had a coffee, but they had to stay outside and she got pretty cold. She walked home, calling at Dipples to drop a present off for Vicki. In the afternoon I walked up to the Rosary again, and in the evening we watched Norwich beat Reading 1-2, playing really well. Sadly Spurs lost to Liverpool, which rather took the gloss off it. Norwich now three points clear at the top of the Championship.
I have finished the Order of Service for the Alternative Carol Service and sent out everyone’s parts. How can it go wrong? We’ll see. Amy meanwhile got a brilliant exam report, exceeding her teachers’ expectations in absolutely every subject. She is a star. Had a bit of an alarm earlier in the week when we heard she wasn’t well, but apparently it was just a headache.
On Tuesday it was the Rosary again, and we had Zoom Cake and Compline in the evening. We used one I found on the net, which everyone seemed to like. Before that we did a version of Would I Lie to You?, which went well. This followed a version organised for our CNS Group the previous evening by Peter Bussey, using the word “organise” rather loosely. Still, it went well. Of the 11 people on camera, Fred Riches and Roger Prince (alias Humphrey Bogart) featured strongly. One of Roger’s false statements was that he had Jamaican nationality and a Jamaican wife. This was only false because he had two Jamaican wives (not simultaneously), but if you have two wives, you must have one; so I think this should have ben disqualified, or declared true – partly because it was the one I guessed as true. Still, he’s a barrister; so no point in arguing.
Also that day we watched High Society, which I surprised myself by really liking. The day before we had watched Scott of the Antarctic, which was strangely compelling. Not sure their planning was very careful: amazing what explorers in those days thought was essential.
On Monday we had both been into the city separately, buying last-minute cards and presents. Sunday was church as usual, with Carrie leading and Liz Cannon preaching. During the week people (including Dot) were making angels for the windows. In the afternoon I posted cards and went for a walk, though the weather was not pleasant. During the walk down Rosary Road, Andrew rang, and we had quite a coherent conversation.
The day before Norwich beat Blackburn 1-2, and we watched Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a rather unambitious comedy that was nevertheless quite entertaining. We also saw a very good French documentary on the fire at Notre Dame last year.