Wednesday – Had a bath; then Dot drove me up to the hospital for my ultrasound. Got called as soon as I got there – well over ten minutes early. Pretty thorough scan, but nothing new. Apparently my liver is higher up in the body than normal and therefore hard to see behind my ribs. Anticyclonic gloom persisting; so I walked up to the UEA and caught the second bus, which took quarter of an hour to leave the bus stop. Quick journey after that. Dot practising hard on violin. Caught up with e-mails eventually. Cooked meal, and then Dot drove herself (and Nova) to orchestra rehearsal because Janet couldn’t come. On her return we watched latest episode of Slow Horses. Wednesday treat. Earlier Fred rang and we arranged to meet next Tuesday.
Thursday – Mainly cloudy again. Drove Dot up to get her pills from chemist. For some reason wasn’t feeling great most of day: delicate stomach. Don’t know why. Had bath later and read quite a bit. After lunch helped Dot in garden by trimming ivy, and managed to detach dead ivy from wall to left of front door. David rang about arrangements for his visit, and we “clarified” position about Amy’s presents. Chrissy went by train to Kingston to see Sophie. Bridget came round to clean, and later her husband popped down to get a lift home from her. Cooked salmon and watched some TV. Attempted to purchase present for Amy but inserted wrong shipping address and wrong billing address too. Trying to cancel.
Friday – Still overcast. Quite chilly – wore third layer. Anne came round late morning as I was looking through old pictures with Diderot in mind. We all had drink and chat. Then (after she left) a rather hurried lunch before driving to Christ Church for the last Talk at Two – this one by D J Taylor about Mary Mann, a forgotten Norfolk writer. Excellent talk. Spoke to him and his wife, Rachel Hore, afterwards – I’d done some stuff with her at UEA many years ago, and she remembered me. So did he, which is worrying. Afterwards drove to Morrisons to stock up. Not many people about. Des and Chris away, as was Mark, and no sign of Jon or Ciara; so thought street meet might be non-event, but it was very good: Matt and Angela, Mary, Joe and Sam all came out despite gloomy weather. Cooked pies and discovered at end of evening that my lansoprazole was still performing a useful function. I got acid reflux and remembered I hadn’t taken it this morning.
Saturday – Cloudy. Had a bath and we caught the bus up to Red Lion Street, then walked to St Giles, where we went to a concert for Ukraine in the Salvation Army Citadel. Very good – all Mozart. Met quite a few friends but missed Mary next door and Nikki, largely because we were upstairs and they were down. Did meet Adrian O’dell and his wife, who was not too well, various members of Sillars and Carrie, Judy, Bridget and David among others – plus Eleanor who was passing by on the other side on her way to football. Dot and I walked home via The Close, where we bought croissant and pain au chocolat, then at them and a bit more before Dot walked to Carrow Road. I had a rest. Norwich lost 1-0 to Bristol City, continuing their bad run. In the evening watched all four episodes of The Intruder, a French noir that was excellent.
Sunday – Clear morning with sun, but rain began in mid-afternoon which has continued. I have managed to get what seems to be a cold, which is very annoying. Went out for walk, though. David FaceTimed and we had a chat about Andy Burnham, among other things. Have been in touch with Amy about her present: no news from company; so I sent her a book and some chocolates and put some cash in her account. Dot and I also sent her an e-card. Had a lie-down late afternoon then cooked supper with help from Dot. Watched some football and other TV but I came to bed early because TV was hurting my eye (affected by cold). Sadly Spurs lost, but on the plus side, so did Liverpool.