17:00 Jeg kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg ser, at vores ældste datter,
Alison, hendes mand, Ed, og deres tre børn har tjekket ind på deres
vintersportscenter i Norge, Hafjell – hurra!
Hafjell vintersportscenter i Norge – brrrr!!!
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad. Derefter fortsætter jeg med at kigge på
internettet. Jeg gør lidt forskning om, hvordan man kan flyve fra England til
Australien, hvor vores yngste datter, Sarah, bor sammen med sin familie. Men
jeg bliver snart forvirret, fordi der er så mange valg, så mange flyselskaber
og mulige ruter – hjælp! Flyveturen til Australien er meget lang, og vi bliver
ældre: ingen tvivl om det. Vi vil mest af alt have komfort under flyveturen, og
komfort er ikke helt billig – du godeste! Vi har ikke oplevet lange flyveture
siden 1971, da vi fløj tilbage fra Japan via Moskva – uha, vi var dengang kun
24-25 år gamle! Det føles som i går!
Tilbageblik til april 1971. Lois (på 24 år),
i sin hvid regnfrakke, er ved at gå ombord et BOAC fly på Tokyo lufthavn
Lois går i gang med at pakke et tegneserieblad ind, som hun vil afsende til Rosalind, én af vores 3
børnebørn i København. Tegneseriebladet handler om rum og rumrejser, som
Rosalind interesserer sig meget for.
Bagefter indpakker
hun to eksemplarer af sin fars seneste bog, ”Speaking to the Heart”. Hendes
far, Dennis, døde i 1992, men Lois’s kirke har nogle upubliceret manuskripter,
han skrev før hans død, og de udgiver dem nu og da som bøger. Hun vil sende en
eksemplar til Diane og en anden til Iris. Diane og Iris er Lois’s kusiner.
Dennis's seneste bog
Tilbageblik til
vores bryllup i 1972: Lois’s far (den anden fra højre)
Lois’s forældre i deres
seneste år
21:00 Lois’s ven James ikke er dukket op i dag – grrrr!!! Vi brugte lang
tid til at samle de ting (for eksempel babytøj), han har aftalt at transportere
til en velgørende organisation, der har til huse i Birmingham. Disse babytøj
blokerer halvvejs gangen i vores entré – pokkers! James kan godt lide at holde
mulighederne åbne til det sidste øjeblikk, og kan ikke lide at lave aftaler
eller at forpligte sig til at komme på et bestemt tidspunkt. Sådanne mennesker
skaber bare problemer for andre – det er både sikkert og vist!! Et
telefonopkald koster ikke ret meget!
Det er meget sødt af James, at transportere babytøjet for os – det må
jeg indrømme! Men den velgørende organisation, vi sender dem til, er en del af
det plejehjem, hvor James’s far bor, og James besøger ham alligevel hver
weekend. Så er det ikke ret svært. Lad os håber, at James smutter ind i morgen hos os, og hente babytøjet!!!
det babytøj, vi vil afsende til Birmingham:
det blokerer halvvejs gangen – uha!
22:00 Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!
03:15 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.
09:00 Jeg går i gang med at gøre lidt forskning på nettet om hvordan man
flyver til Australien fra England, og hvad det koster osv. Du godeste! Det er
ikke helt billigt – det ved jeg med sikkerhed! Lois vil have først og fremmest
komfort og vil flyve business class. Jeg finder ud af, at Birmingham til
Melbourne via Dubai business class koster omkring £3200 for to personer, og
Perth tilbage til Birmingham koster et lignende beløb – du godeste! Jeg bliver
pludselig klar over, at vi måske kun engang vil kunne besøge dem, og derefter
vil vi have mistet dem for evigt: de tvillinger vi elsker så højt, vil vokse op
uden at vi vil kunne se det og får fornøjelse deraf – uha, du godeste!!
Men det vil samtidig være helt dejligt at flyve Emirates business class,
med en bar og et lounge-områd på flyet, og stole der kan foldes ud til en seng – hurra!
10:00 Lois skal af sted. Der er 2 gudstjenester, der i dag finder sted i Tewkesbury, som hun vil deltage i.
10:00 Lois skal af sted. Der er 2 gudstjenester, der i dag finder sted i Tewkesbury, som hun vil deltage i.
10:30 Min facebook side minder mig om, at jeg for 1 år siden lagde op dette
foto af Lily (og Jessicas hånd!) i vores stue – du godeste! De har siden da meget
vokset, ingen tvivl om det!
Jessicas hånd og Lily for 1 år siden i vores
stue – du godeste!
11:00 Jeg går i gang med at stryge mine skjorter, pyjamas og undertøj.
12:00 James er ikke dukket op igen. Måske han tager ikke til Birmingham
til næste weekend, eller han har glemt, hvad han lovede Lois – uha! I
mellemtiden er der en masse babytøj, der halvvejs blokerer vores entré – uha (igen)!
12:30 Jeg kigger på Facebook og jeg ser en foto, som Alison har lagt op:
udsynet fra deres sommerhus – hvor er det dog smukt!
a3 udsynet fra Alison og Eds lejehus i Norge –
hvor er det dog smukt!
12:30 Jeg spiser frokost og derefter går jeg i seng. Jeg tager mig en
lang lur – zzzzz!!!
14:30 Jeg står op og jeg begynder at gøre lidt forskning om det urgermanske sprog, der er efterkommer af det indo-europæiske sprog,
fordi Lyndas U3A gruppe, ”The Making of English”, har sit næste møde på fredag –
du godeste, tiden flyver virkelig af sted, det er både sikkert og vist!
15:30 Lois kommer hjem og vi slapper af med en kop te og et stykke kage.
English translation
Saturday, 01.30.2016 at 1630 till Sunday, 01.31.2016 at 1629
17:00 I look a bit on the Internet. I see that our oldest daughter, Alison,
her husband, Ed, and their three children have checked in at their winter
sports center in Norway, Hafjell - hurray!
Hafjell winter sports center in Norway - brrrr
!!!
18:00 We eat dinner. Then I continue to look on the internet. I do a little
research on how to fly from England to Australia, where our youngest daughter,
Sarah, lives with her family. But I soon become confused because there are so
many choices, so many airlines and possible routes - help! The flight to
Australia is very long, and we are getting older, no doubt about it. We want
most of all to have comfort during the flight, and comfort is not cheap - my
goodness! We have not experienced long flights since 1971, when we flew back
from Japan via Moscow - oh, we were then only 24-25 years old! It feels like
yesterday!
Flashback to April 1971. Lois (24 years), in
her white raincoat, is about to go aboard a BOAC flight at Tokyo airport
Lois begins to pack up a comic which she will send to Rosalind, one of our
three grandchildren in Copenhagen. The magazine is all about space and space
travel, which Rosalind is very interested in.
Afterwards, she wraps up two copies of her father's latest book,
"Speaking to the Heart". Her father, Dennis, died in 1992, but Lois's
church has some unpublished manuscripts he wrote before his death, and they
publish them now and then as books. She wants to send a copy to Diane and
another to Iris. Diane and Iris are Lois's cousins.
Flashback to our
wedding in 1972: Lois's father is (second from right)
Lois's parents in their
last years
21:00 Lois's friend James has not shown up today - grrrr !!! We spent a
long time collecting things (for example, baby clothes), which he has agreed to
transport to a charity, which is housed in Birmingham. These baby clothes block
halfway our entrance-hall - damn! James likes to keep options open until the
last moment, and does not like to make appointments or to commit to come at a
specific time. Such people just create problems for others - it is both certain
and sure !! A phone call does not cost much!
It's very sweet of James to transport baby clothes for us - I must admit! But
the charity, we send them to is part of the nursing home where James's father
lives, and James visits him anyway every weekend. So it is not very difficult.
Let us hope that James slips into tomorrow at our place and picks up the baby
clothes !!!
the baby clothes we want to send to
Birmingham: they block half the entrance hall - oh dear!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
03:15 I get up early and take a look on the internet.
09:00 I start to do a little research online about how to fly to Australia
from England, and what it costs etc. My goodness! It is not exactly cheap - I
know for sure! Lois wants to have above all comfort and wants to fly business
class. I find out that Birmingham to Melbourne via Dubai business class costs
about £ 3,200 for two people, and Perth back to Birmingham costs a similar amount -
my goodness! I am suddenly aware that we might just be able to visit them once,
and then we will have lost them forever: the twins we love so much, will grow
up without us being able to see it and get pleasure out of it - oh, my
goodness!!
But it will also be quite nice to fly Emirates business class, with a bar
and a lounge area on the plane, and chairs that can be folded out into a bed -
hurray!
10:00 Lois has to be off. There are 2 services taking place in Tewkesbury today that she wants to participate in.
10:00 Lois has to be off. There are 2 services taking place in Tewkesbury today that she wants to participate in.
10:30 My facebook page reminds me that I one year ago put up this photo of
Lily (and Jessica's hand!) in our living-room - my goodness! They have since
grown much, no doubt about it!
Jessica's hand and Lily 1 year ago in our
living-room - my goodness!
11:00 I begin to iron my shirts, pajamas and underwear.
12:00 James has not shown up again. Maybe he is not going to Birmingham
till next weekend, or he forgot what he promised Lois - oh dear! Meanwhile,
there are a lot of baby clothes that are halfway blocking our entrance-hall -
oh dear (again)!
12:30 I'm looking at Facebook and I see a photo that Alison has put up: the
view from their rental home - how beautiful!
view from Alison and Eds rental house in Norway
- how beautiful!
12:30 I eat lunch and then I go to bed. I take me a long nap - zzzzz !!!
14:30 I get up and I start to do a little research on the proto-Germanic
language, which is a descendant of the Indo-European language, because Lynda's
U3A group, "The Making of English", has its next meeting on Friday -
my goodness, time flies really away, it is both certain and sure!
15:30 Lois comes home and we relax with a cup of tea and a piece of cake.
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