Last Friday it dry most of the day: rain in the evening. Went out for “street meet” at 5.30pm – on our own again. Fell foul of man with dog , who accused me of kicking it when I used my knee to push it away. I told him to get his dog out of here, and he swore at me, but then put it on a lead. Watched Norwich lose 5–1 to Middlesbrough on NOW TV. Not the most exhilarating experience. Discovered how to put a pic on my blog using iPad, which was more exciting.
Saturday was also dry and quite warm, really. Got up quite late – not sleeping too well. After lunch walked into the city with Dot to see the Dragon Hall stall at Forum. Next stall was the Polish one, and Adrian was going from one to the other. So we had a chat with him. Also ran into David Archer and Ros from Sillars. On the way to the Apple store paused to chat to David and Bridget in St Stephen’s Church having a coffee. Then actually bought a new iMac. Very heavy: Dot waited with it outside the store while I walked home to get the car. Lay down when I got home, and Dot did a bit of browsing in different shops. When she got home David FTd – Spurs had lost again – and he ended up assisting us in setting up the iMac, which was extremely helpful, especially the bit involving Microsoft and Dropbox. Later both felt very tired, but watched a bit of TV.
Sunday was dry and quite mild: fair bit of sun. Went to church in the morning: I was leading, and thankfully no-one brought any Stop Oil banners. Service went quite well: Dot did the prayers. Afterwards walked up to Phyllis’s house with Anna and Carrie to look for cash that C thought she had left there. It was in fact still there. Later did a little bit of gardening with Dot, extracting a recalcitrant plant from a pot, and put the old computer in the garage (unfortunately didn’t fit the new box). Des and Chris arrived home from Costa Rica (via Lichfield). Watched some football, plus a couple of IT Crowd episodes and Great Expectations, as well as an excellent 1993 film, Down Among the BIg Boys, starring Billy Connolly.
Monday was bright and fairly mild. My father’s 110th birthday – noted on Facebook with a photo of his wedding: several responses, mainly from relatives, of course. Used new computer quite a lot – very fast. Lots to find out about it, though – for example, having a bit of trouble working with photos. After lunch went to Morrisons. Felt very tired afterwards: not sure why. Watched four episodes of scandinoir. Bit noir. bit scan. Finished IT Crowd.
Yesterday was mainly bright, but still a chilly wind, though warm in the west of Scotland, apparently. Not too bad here: I walked up to the Rosary while Dot was at a diocesan training session, and it was really quite pleasant. Passed Mary and Bob on the way, and had a chat in the cemetery with a woman I think I’d spoken to before – if I remember rightly her name was Pamela: she’s a widow in her 70s or 80s. In the afternoon my stomach was a bit upset, and I felt really tired: had to go and lie on the bed. Dot joined me, and we both went to sleep. Watched a very good old film called The Mouse that Roared, featuring Peter Sellers in several roles. Continuing to watch Blue Lights, about police in Belfast, which is excellent.