Last Saturday was mild; mainly overcast. Anne came round and brought me some lovely Provence rosé as a late birthday present. After she left we watched some of the Commonwealth games, plus an episode of Sanditon, which is pretty good. Wrote prayers forSunday and felt better until mid-evening, when I felt very tired; Dot also developed a mysterious rash and was not feeling too good; so we went to bed early. Earlier we listened to Norwich losing 1-0 to Cardiff (A) in the first game of the season; saw highlights on ITV4. Dot had a long phone call from Debbie about Taizé service.
Rain overnight and off and on during Sunday. Quite mild. Went to joint service at St Aug and led prayers : 36 people there. Very nice atmosphere. Felt a bit shaky most of the day – hadn’t slept well. However had a proper meal – Moussaka. Dot still under the weather with a rash. She got some antihistamine pills and went to the Team Ministry service in the old church in the evening. I gave it a miss and watched some Commonwealth Games and England women winning Euro final 2-1,against Germany. A lot of people seemed quite pleased to see me this morning.
Monday was mild but overcast. Felt quite a bit better, which was just as well, as Dot was under the weather with her rash and lacking in energy. Drove (first time since operation) to church and had pleasant chat for over an hour. Nikki and Leanne didn’t turn up so didn’t do Bible study. Howard and Matt were there doing repair work on end of hall. Had proper lunch and evening meal, which I cooked : haddock, potatoes and peas. Dot did fruit salad. Watched some Commonwealth Games swimming and the next two episodes of The Newsreader, which was good. Earlier Linda came and cut our hair, and I took over some papers to Des, who is back from Lichfield (and Commonwealth Games hockey). Oliver and Amy home from Corfu.
Bad night and a very warm day on Tuesday. Went to Archant Pensioners’ breakfast; Richard Batson came for first time. Too tired afterwards to go to shop, but went later in the afternoon to stock up on food. Watched an awful lot of Commonwealth Games, and had two long FaceTime chats with Amy and David. Amy showed us pictures of Corfu.
Wednesday was still very warm, but overcast and a bit windy. Des called to check on parking for his ruby weekend. Dot seemed to be improving –rash much less, and she perked up towards the end of the day. Watched some Commonwealth Games, including superb win by Eilish McColgan in 10,000 metres. I feel quite a bit better; wrote to Andrew and Thelma and walked up to post. Also ordered some stuff for both of them and for us. Naked Wines delivered before I was out of bed.
Today (Thursday) is still warm, with some sun. Was feeling better until I attempted to book tickets to Canada, which went ok till I tried to pay. After six attempts (two valid credit cards and one valid debit card) gave up. Got as far as “Confirm it’s you” but no way of doing so. Aargh!!!! After lunch tried again on Dot’s machine, and it went through. Weird. As I write Bridget is here doing some cleaning. I am more than halfway through a book on Shane McGowan: great songwriter but almost impossible to be around. My chess game with Oliver is ongoing.