Saturday, November 29 – Plenty of rain, though perhaps not enough to qualify for the forecast warning. Stayed in bed during the morning, but later had a bath and got up. Felt better but still fairly fragile. Dot went to football of course and was rewarded with a 3-1 win against QPR. Played pretty well, she said. Watched a couple of episodes of The Black Swan (Danish) and a couple of Return to Paradise. FaceTimed David: Chrissy improving though still with little energy. She was lying on the couch. Spurs lost 2-1 to Fulham. Dot did me avocado and egg on toast, followed by fruit. Have lost quite a bit of weight but now eating well. Still rather shaky, which probably isn’t surprising.
Sunday – Advent, hope. Weather bright and dry but cool. Still quite reluctant to return to reality, though after a bath I went down to kitchen to chat with Dot and Des. Cooked myself some avocado, toast and egg with truffle oil. Gradually refuelling, though aspects of gut still a bit worrying. No pain, though. In the evening Dot went for a meal with Anna and Howard, plus Matt and Amanda, Phil and Clare and had a good time …. I stayed at home, watched the end of the Danish documentary, The Black Swan, and some other bits about villages by the sea, plus some football. Also cooked myself some soup with sourdough, and had jelly and biscuit.
Began reading Long Island by Colm Toibin. Dot home around 10.45, and we watched a couple of matches before bed.
Monday – Very damp again, but some dry periods. Grey. Both slept late. Felt a bit shaky but improved as day went on, especially after Dot cooked me lovely fish meal (I did potatoes). Drove Dot to violin lesson at 4pm and picked her up at around 5.20pm. Apparently she did well. I caught up a bit on e-mails. We put rubbish out in evening after watching a couple of episodes of Edge of Darkness, set in 1980s.
Tuesday – Quite pleasant, with some sun. Happy to be able to get to Town House at lunchtime for the Archant pensioners’ Christmas meal. Practically everyone was there when we arrived early, but fortunately Tricia had saved us seats. Meal very tasty, though it could have been hotter. Had no trouble in eating a fair bit.
Afterwards drove Dot to Boots, then went home to rest while she shopped there and at Morrisons. Picked her up around 3pm. Felt very tired but improved during rest of day – kept nibbling. Watched final four episodes of Edge of Darkness, which was very well done, though I would have liked more people, especially in suits, to get their comeuppance. Also a bit green at the end. Interesting piece by Ian McNeice commenting on it. Des has reported another drug dealer. Think I’m feeling better.
Wednesday – Dry; still chilly. Bit more energetic but felt cold in the afternoon. David FaceTimed; glad to say Chrissy is improved and looking much better. Did quite a lot of practical things; caught up on e-mails, wrote some things for Diderot, checked bank account etc. Sent some quotes to Amy. While Dot was out at orchestra rehearsal (she drove herself and Nova) I went into the loft to look for last year’s Christmas list but couldn’t find it. Still, got rid of suitcases. Earlier went out and checked the tyres because of repeated dashboard warnings. As expected, they were fine. (Same thing happened last time it was serviced.) Dot worked out sugar list for schools. Watched penultimate episode of Shetland.