Blue sky today – warm sun but a chilly wind. Walked up to church and, despite the sparse attendance, had a good Bible study (1 Corinthians) with Steve and Stacey and, for the last few minutes Ray, who had been to the doctor’s. Dot picked me up and we had lunch before returning for a brilliant talk by Matt on flooding in Norwich: excellent words and even better pictures.
Wednesday last week was milder, but heavy rain in the evening. In the afternoon we went up to Sainsbury’s to have our blood tested as a cancer trial process. Second year. All very jolly, but left s substantial mark on my arm. Went in to Sainsburys afterwards and spent our £10 vouchers, plus quite a lot more. Bought some nice wine as a present! In the evening Dot went to orchestra. Accidentally got one of my credit cards blocked as an anti-fraud measure. Had been on a dodgy site to get a pdf file changed into Word. Seemed perfectly genuine… Ah well. Getting new card in the post, eventually.
Thursday was bright and mainly dry, but a few drops of rain as I walked up to Kim’s for lunch. Dot was at Anne’s, but she arrived at Kim’s around 11.45. Really nice lunch. Got home just in time for Bridget, but while she was here I felt really tired and had to lie down. Very odd sensation. After a sleep I felt more or less OK. Dot had been working in front garden – looks nice (so does the garden). We watched TV most of the evening – Coogan’s Bluff then Ted Lasso and a really good episode of The IT Crowd.
Friday – lots of rain. Didn’t go out, apart from a pleasant visit to Paul’s this morning, and so very few steps. Fewer this month than last (which had three fewer days), but March has been very unpleasant. Dot did find a dry gap to do some gardening, though. Watched an Oscar-winning documentary about Novotny, which as you might expect was excellent. Can’t really understand why he didn’t think he would be arrested when he went back to Russia.
Saturday – Quite a bit of rain, but not while I walked Dot to the football, which we lost 1-0 to Sheffield United. Printed out some Communion service sheets, and my keyboard ran out of battery power: had to walk down to convenience store to buy some batteries. Cooked some meatless sausages, which I bought by mistake. Not too bad, but both of us had slight stomach upsets.
Sunday – Cloudy start becoming brighter, but chilly wind. Church – Heather took over lending from Howard and did “sermon” – discussion really, not my favourite. I did the prayers, and several people thanked me; so must have been OK. Palm Sunday, of course. Had chat with Nikki, who is having a girl (18 weeks); Steve; and P, who is feeling very down. Ray seems OK. After lunch Dot and I walked to Rosary. I have a new goal of 4500 steps. Sun quite warm. Watched a fair bit of TV, including Grace and an Arena special on Frank Sinatra. Have finished reading The Lincoln Highway, which I enjoyed very much, including the joke.