Sunday – thank the Lord

Being a Sunday, I thought I’d go to church and, as I awoke early, I decided to nip to the 8 o’clock service to say my prayers and thank the Lord for keeping an eye on us over the last couple of weeks.

I should’ve checked the weekly newsletter though, shouldn’t I? No eight o’clock service today – Peter is on ‘is ‘olidays – which I had forgotten, d’oh……. never mind, I watched the 9.30 service online instead.

But what was particularly delightful this morning was that John got up early. He was downstairs by 8.30 and we were breakfasting on bacon butties together by ten to nine. Oh, bliss – to have John’s company early in the morning. I thought I was in heaven.

My plan for the day had been to do some scraping of polystyrene in the dining room, but honestly, I felt weary today and couldn’t quite bring myself to do it. I did a bit more sorting out of the kitchen, where I’d deposited items from the dining room, then sat and had a cuppa and a sandwich before it was time to go over to Mum’s.

John, meanwhile, was still tinkering in the garage. That is, until his glasses fell apart….. we think he must have sat on them because they were a bit bent and the glass had parted company with the frame. We spent a good half an hour fiddling about with them to try and mend them, carefully putting the teeny, tiny screw to one side so we didn’t lose it…….. hahahahaha…… John picked it up and it immediately escaped onto the floor. Nope. We couldn’t find it. Fortunately, we had a spare pair of glasses which we cannibalised to repair them. They are not great but, luckily, we found another pair that would do just as well, so all’s well that end’s well.

I visited Mum this afternoon and she was quite well. She couldn’t hear me at all, though. Then we found her hearing aids on her bedside table. No wonder she couldn’t hear me!! I gave them a bit of a clean-up and she popped them in and, all of a sudden, we were having a conversation. Mind you, it was fairly one-sided in that she couldn’t remember anything much, which isn’t such a bad thing when you’ve been poorly and can’t remember having been so. But she was happy.

I told her that Graham and Gail were on one of their trips to celebrate Gail’s 70th birthday – which is today. Mum was delighted they were enjoying themselves but shocked that Gail was 70. She kept shaking her head as if she couldn’t quite believe it.

G&G have gone to Christmas Island which I think is very exciting and I think they are having a good time despite the rain!!! Of course, it’s the wet season now, so monsoons are in order. Despite it being very close to Java in Indonesia, it’s an Australian territory, so they import much of their food from Australia. Gail says meals out are hideously expensive as a result….. and the crabs that run around everywhere are inedible, so no local speciality, after all.

Take care everyone. Look after yourselves. God bless.