Lots of good things happening. My passport, driving licence and birth certificate have arrived back safely from the DBS people, and Amy has done a project on vaccination, which she has texted to us. The window cleaner is now in action outside, and after several attempts I’ve managed to order a collage of family pictures on canvas for Andrew. The doctor told me yesterday I could stop taking beta blockers, though my (not particularly high) level of cholesterol means I have a one in three chance of having a heart attack in the next ten years, which by my calculations means I have a 2 in 3 chance of not having one. So I’m not taking statins.
On the down side we are in the midst of high winds. Yesterday was pretty fierce, with some rain (though it was quite mild), and tomorrow promises to be much worse; so we will be keeping our heads down. Before the winds got up too much yesterday we went to Morrisons and stocked up (just a normal shop – not panicking!). Later I booked a room at Baginton and e-mailed Oliver to check we’re ok for next week. Later while Dot went to see Anne and then orchestra rehearsal, I cleared the kitchen and music room fairly thoroughly, organising the songs for Sunday as I went. Watched a bit of music – Nick Cave and Emmylou Harris mainly.
To get back in some sort of order… Last Saturday was very cold, and windy, but dry. A case of wine arrived at 9am! Had our hair cut at lunchtime, and I had a bath. Went to Carrow Road for a teatime match against Manchester City , which we lost 4-0. Didn’t play too badly, though. Went with Des, who left at half time to go to the theatre, and Matt, who came round afterwards for supper: Dot did carrot soup, her own bread and pavlova. Delicious! Afterwards watched Wales beat Scotland at rugby and the City game on Match of the Day.
It was still fairly cold on Sunday, with rain in the evening. Church in the morning: I preached again – turned out much better than I had feared! Anna and Howard back from Mexico. Quiet rest of the day. Watched some football and Winter Olympics, plus another episode of Trigger Point, which is quite tense. Took part in a Zoom meeting with Howard, Anna, the Cannons and Matt, listening to a prospective speaker for the Meditation Centre. Wasn’t very impressed, and in fact we have decided against. Had quite a long chat with David (and a bit of Chrissy) on FaceTime just before it. Caught up with e-mails at the end of the evening.l
Monday was a pretty miserable day, grey and raining from about midday. Very few steps for the second day running. Or in this case not running, or even walking. Spent a lot of time on Paston editing, and wrote a piece for my website on road closures. Had smoked prawns for evening meal and discovered that neither of us really liked them. Watched two episodes of Chloe, which is intriguing because you don’t really know what the lead character’s motives are. Earlier watched the first part of what looks as if it might be the end of Call the Midwife, which featured a horrific train crash. Caught up on Winter Olympics. Still no medals.
Tuesday was another pretty miserable day, weather-wise. Hardly set foot outdoors, but managed over 5000 steps indoors. Lots of rain. Carrie came round at 11.15 and we had a near-two-hour discussion about worship songs. We ended up with two or three books and a CD of sheet music. Quite tired – tried to sort some of our music out but lost momentum and we watched some stuff on TV, notably two episodes of a new French thriller, The Promise, which is excellent. Winter Olympics is still going, and we still haven’t won a medal. Mary Thrower rang and invited us to a meal.