It’s a damp and rather dismal Sunday. Dot and I went to church as usual this morning. We played in the band, and she did the prayers. Afterwards we took Ray home – he wasn’t feeling too happy – and then had lunch. There had been a packet of flowers on the doorstep waiting for us when we got home – it was from David for Mother’s Day. He later FaceTimed us, and we had quite a long chat about a book he’s writing. I rang Ian Fosten to check the poetry session was on at Lowestoft this evening, and spoke to his wife, Bridget. It was.
Last Sunday (March 3) was dry and still fairly cold. David FaceTimed us then too, and we had a long talk about pictures for Diderot and one or two other things. Watched a lot of TV, finishing off Alice and Jack and watching Death in Paradise. Slight TV problem, but it was ok after I restarted the BT box.
Monday was dry, and a bit chilly. Dot cleaned the house while I caught up with e-mails and a few other things. Still feeling tired and heady; ears under pressure. Amy started work at Whipsnade. In the afternoon Dot and I walked up to Castle Meadow for the “under streets” tour, starting from what used to be the old Ponds shoe shop. We were guided by Holly, who was brilliant, full of information. The “streets” themselves were not so impressive, but the history was. Afterwards we had tea and cake at Harriet’s tea shop until it closed (about 15 minutes), then walked home. In the evening we watched the final episode of Trigger Point, which was very clever, and rewatched the final episode of Alice and Jack on stream, because I realised the version on our BT box had somehow lost about 20 minutes. The whole thing was quite impressive, really: unusual. I wrote a poem inspired by it. Had a message from “David Kett” which was a scam trying to extract money.
Tuesday ‘s weather was variable – sunny in the morning but overcast later. We drove to the Archant pensioners’ breakfast. In the absence of Robin, Shelagh, Brian and Tricia, we sat at the “main table” and had our usual breakfast – quite crowded restaurant , other than in the Archant area. Spoke mainly to Bill, Richard and David Wakefield. Afterwards went to Morrisons for a fairly big shop: Dot got some unusual stuff for a meal on Thursday with Kim and Kai. In the evening she went to PCC and I spent a couple of hours catching up and writing another poem.
Wednesday was quite warm in the sun as I walked up to the dentist – my appointment had been brought forward because my new crown had arrived. All went quite well despite my trepidation, but the £1300 bill seemed a lot for a half-hour appointment, which included repair of another tooth. Said goodbye to receptionist Alison, who is leaving at the end of the month, and walked up to Bonds, where Dot picked me up and took me to Bible study. I had expected to be late, but in fact we were on time. We looked at a booklet on the reliability of the New Testament and discussed some Aramaic comments on the first five verses of John. Quite helpful. Decided to switch to looking at John’s Gospel again, having got as far as the first five chapters of Revelation. Several thought it was hard going… which I could understand.
Dot stayed for Taizé, and I drove home. She got back (walking) just after 3pm and a bit later had a conversation with Anne on the phone. Later I drove Dot up to orchestra rehearsal. Bit chillier then. Cleared up and watched an episode of The Chosen that Judy and Dot had watched earlier. About the woman at the well, among other things. Extremely moving.
Thursday – Chilly but dry. Had skipped a day with blood thinner and felt better yesterday, but about lunchtime today it returned (I had taken blood thinner this morning). Dot went to chemist for pills and called at M&S on ring road, plus garden centre. Spent rest of day preparing for visit of Kai and Kim in the evening. I cleared up my room as well as helping Dot. Ben Price (Green. Party) called – must be an election soon. Bridget arrived at about 4.10 and did cleaning. At 6pm Kim and Kai arrived for supper. Dot did really nice meal. Lovely evening; cleared up and rather late in bed.
Friday was quite a pleasant, dry day, but still pretty cold. Nevertheless Des, Chris, both Johns and for a while even Sarah joined us for our street meet, following which we ate up the remains of yesterday’s meal and much later FaceTimed both David and Oliver. Oliver’s presentation seems to have gone very well. Earlier Anne came round, and she and Dot went to the Cathedral refectory for a coffee while I tidied up. I have my room pretty well organised now. After lunch I did our regular charity giving and walked up to the post office to send some cheques. Sadly I seemed to be getting mild cold symptoms, almost entirely nasal. Dot has trouble with her head, foot and back. Nothing too serious, but annoying for her.
Saturday – Sunny; quite pleasant, but with a chilly wind. Dot drove to Morrisons to pick up a bit of grocery while I cleared up. After lunch we walked to Carrow Road, picking up my ticket from Jonathan when we arrived. Great match – Norwich beat Rotherham 5-0 and moved into the play-off places. Watched rugby: England beat Ireland by a single point. In cricket England lost badly to India, 4-1. Feeling a bit better.