Continuation of Monday June 9, which was not bad, weather wise. In the afternoon Dot went for a two-hour pedicure at Jarrolds. I lay down for quite a while, then did quite a lot of steps, amounting to a total of not far short of 5000. Dot got back around 5.45. Watched the news then had some smoked salmon, followed by the final part of Jane Austen documentary. Amazing woman. Also saw final part of documentary on The Flying Scotsman.
Tuesday – Warm and dry, but a bit windy. Drove to Bawdeswell garden centre, where we met Angela and Rodney for lunch. We then went on to their house in Dereham (Angela with me; Dot with Rodney) via Swanton Morley and had a cup of tea in the garden. Very pleasant. Afterwards drove home by the main route, which was quite busy, with progress round Riverside pretty slow. Quiet evening, watching a bit of football (England playing badly against Senegal and losing 3-1), then a new version of Shardlake (good) and another episode of The Last Anniversary, which was pretty incomprehensible. Earlier a short documentary about a village near Southampton called Bucklers Hard. Worth a visit by anyone who happened to be living in Southampton… Oh, earlier got appointment for ultrasound on Saturday.
Wednesday – Sunny and warm. Bridget arrived to clean at 10.30am, and Dot and I left some time later for Bible Study at church. Judy, Steve and new member Morgan there, and we looked at the first few verses of James. Went quite well. Morgan introduced me to a new app, Parallel Plus, which compares different versions of the Bible. Installed it afterwards. Drove to chemist to get Dot’s pills, but it was shut; so came home for lunch and watched cricket highlights – T20. Not keen on T20 – it’s just hitting, and you can get 6 from a complete mishit. Really need to revert to lighter bats to make it interesting.
Anyway, after that we went back for the pills and drove to Morrisons, where we filled up with petrol and bought some food. Earlier Bridget had suggested writing some fast fiction (300 words) for a competition, and I suggested she act as my agent and try to get The Lost Princess published. I still think it’s a good little story. Wrote it for Amy when she was about 11. Later Dot went to orchestra rehearsal with Janet and Nova as usual. I cleared up after dish washer had cooled down a bit. Watched a few things on YouTube. Eventually remembered what Dervish were called. When Dot got back we watched another programme on Jane Austen. Getting to know Jane pretty well.
Thursday – Warm and dry. Got up late and had a bath. At last entered poems for Crabbe competition: usual difficulty with Suffolk Poetry Society website, but I now have Apple Pay on my computer. Caught up with various other things, including latest EP chess. Had soup, then Dot and I got bus to Castle Meadow and walked to Maddermarket for Agatha Christie play, A Murder is Announced. Very well done. Walked home and just managed to exceed 4000 steps. Plane crash in India killed hundreds.
Friday – Very warm. Israel launched attack on nuclear facilities in Iran. In similar news, I caught up with my computer backlog and put a couple of items on Diderot. Then Dot and I drove to Christ Church for talk on C S Lewis by visiting speaker from Birmingham. Pretty good. About 30 there. Sat with Liz Cannon. Jude and Eleanor also there. Spoke to Julie and helped with washing up. Back home very warm street meet without Des or Mark but with Sarah, Joe, Sam, Mary and Jon. Ciara away down south. Afterwards cooked pies and we watched some comedy and first episode of Mansfield Park.
Saturday – Heavy and prolonged thunderstorm overnight; otherwise warm and dry. Got up a bit late; Linda came to cut hair just after 11am. Couldn’t eat anything after midday because of my ultrasound at 4pm. Dot dropped me off at new building – Diagnostic Centre – pretty early: impressive new hall practically empty. Ultrasound on liver took about ten minutes (went in early) and guy said I had a fatty liver. I looked it up – it doesn’t seem serious – but of course my doctor will get the full results. Walked from Diagnostic Centre across to UEA by usual cross-country route and caught 25 bus, which made fairly slow progress before dropping me on Thorpe Road outside station. Managed over 4500 steps for day.
Cooked sausages and watched quite a bit more of Mansfield Park. Doing prayers for Steven tomorrow. Anna has had bad reaction to “jabs” and Carrie has narrowly avoided sepsis and can’t lead service next week. Had problem changing ink and printing out prayers – had to use Dot’s printer.