Thursday – Message from Janet, who had tried to pick up Dot for orchestra last night! Ho hum. Cooler today, with early rain. Had some toast then after a lie down went out with David and Chrissy (and Jackson in his father’s car) to the Farmers’ Market, where we had brunch – Dot and I had a pretzel: very nice. Bought some fruit afterwards. Read quite a bit in the afternoon, then late on, after Jackson went to a wedding rehearsal, Dot and I went for a walk. I took a paracetamol: felt a bit dodgy for a while but was ok for evening meal – chicken curry and fruit cobbler, both very nice. Nova went out for a meal. Had a chat afterwards and in bed by 10pm after David had picked her up. 

Friday – Very windy, but sun warm. Got a message reminding me about a phone appointment with hospital on Tuesday. This arrived before the message arranging the appointment and so mystified me. By the time the appointment message arrived I had rung and cancelled. After shower and breakfast drove to Mall and bought groceries from Zehrs. Felt temporarily grotty after nibbles instead of lunch and lay down for a while. Then came up and watched excellent Emmylou Harris and Mark Knopfler concert on AppleTV which included Speedway at Nazareth. Plus several encores. Went for walk with Dot up through end of Grant and met David and Chrissy on our way back. Over 4000 again. Later watched Blue Jays beat Yankees 7-1 at baseball and ate a hot dog  with sides followed by fruit cobbler. Bed well after 10pm. 

Saturday – Bit chilly; clouds. Up just in time to greet Roger and Barbara. Had a kind of brunch with pancakes, fruit and maple syrup, which was very nice. Talked with them for quite a while, then drove to Brown’s for sharing meal (bit like tapas). I had two martinis. Chrissy brought me home. David walked. After more talk Dot and I went out for a walk: David caught us up and showed us another way home. Chatted about houses, scale and so on. Achieved 4000 again and got back in time to say goodbye to R and B (Rhythm and Blues), who had been waiting to see Jackson before leaving. He had been to meal with wedding colleagues (post-rehearsal and pre-wedding). Later watched part of Crazy, Stupid Love. In bed by 10pm. 

Sunday – Cool and windy, which was not so good for David, who cycled to Elora – about 20 miles – and back. Jackson went off for his friend’s wedding, and the three of us drove to Elora and met David there. We had a crêpe, which was nice, though in my case probably a bit too much. Dot bought a rather attractive scarf next door – she hadn’t brought one with her (to Canada). Then we walked up to the Elora Gorge path and looked down on the river, way below. Quite spectacular, but very hard to photograph. David then cycled home, and the rest of us drove.

I had a rest on the bed, and a bit later Dot went out for a walk. Earlier I’d received a message from Pam Goddard to say her husband Stuart had died: she left him for an hour to go to another room, came back and he had died of a heart attack. Went out for another short walk to reach 4000 and saw a snake, which I managed to photograph. Nova joined us for supper, and then we watched the end of Crazy, Stupid Love. Not bad at all. Bed 9.30 to read. 

Monday – Still a bit chilly, though sun was warm. Finished A New Science of Heaven, which was fascinating though hard to follow at times because of the scientific technicalities. After breakfast David and Chrissy drove to give Jackson a lift from his father’s to the airport, where he was flying home to Calgary. We walked the longish way to Conestoga Mall and made the mistake (for me) of getting food. Dot had Street Food, which she liked, and I got Kentucky Fried chicken, which was poor. Also had Pepsi, which was probably a bad idea because it messed up my stomach/energy problem and I had to miss the evening meal. Afterwards we bought coffee for Chrissy and were continuing to Zehrs when we ran into David and Chrissy, who had got back from the airport unexpectedly soon. Walked home with them, and I flaked out shortly afterwards. Later we all watched Licorice Pizza, one of David’s favourite films, which was quite unusual – and enjoyable.