Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Tirsdag 09/02/2016 kl 1630 til onsdag 10/02/2016 kl 1629

17:30 Lois og jeg spiser aftensmad lidt tidligere end normalt, i tilfælde af, at Ruth og Brian i aften kommer tilbage fra hospitalet og vi skal give dem mad – uha! Vi har ikke hørt noget endnu fra hospitalet, hvor Brian, Lois’s fætter, og hans kone, Ruth, sidder ved Priscillas sengen. Priscilla er Ruths lillesøster, og hun er alvorlig syg i det lokale hospital. Det er muligt, at Ruth og/eller Brian vil overnatte hos os, så vi forbereder Sarahs gamle værelse, der for tiden er proppet med ting, Sarah og Francis efterlod hos os – du godeste!

19:00 Alf, vores ven, ringer til os. Han vil køre forbi kl 22 og hente resten af det babytøj, som vores yngste datter, Sarah, og hendes mand, Francis, efterlod hos os, da de for et par måneder siden flyttede til Australien, sammen med deres 2,5 årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica. Vi går i gang med at samle vores 5 kasser babytøj i entréen. Du godeste! Alf og Mari-Anne, hans kone, skal i morgen til Birmingham for at deltage i begravelsen af Alfs tidligere forlover, og de har tilbudt at aflevere babytøjet hos en velgørende organisation, som Lois støtter.

21:00 Brian kommer tilbage fra hospitalet. Han siger, at han og Ruth allerede har spist aftensmad derøvre. Han er godt træt, og vil gå straks i seng. Vi viser ham Sarahs gamle værelse. Han siger, at Ruth vil overnatte på hospitalet ved Priscillas seng. Han beder os om, at vække ham i morgen kl 7 (men en kop te!), fordi Ruth vil hente ham kl 8 – du godeste! Ruth kommer til at blive udmattet – ingen tvivl om det!

21:30 Lois og jeg slapper af i sofaen. Vi blader igennem Lois’s gamle familiefotos. Vi finder et foto af Ruths og Brians bryllup i 1960 i Bournemouth. Lois og Priscilla deltog som brudepiger.

 
Tilbageblik til Ruths og Brians bryllup i 1960 i Bournemouth – Lois står til venstre, sammen med sine forældre, og Priscilla, Ruths lillesøster, står på Brians højre hånd

Lois, på 14 år, deltog i Ruths og Brians bryllup som brudepige

Vi finder tilfældigvis også et julekort, som Lois’s forældre sendte til mine forældre i 1946. Lois var 7 måneder, og jeg var 9 måneder gammel. Du godeste! Sikke et skør verden vi lever i !!!!!



Tilbageblik til jul 1946: Et julekort, som Lois’s forældre sendte til mine forældre – du godeste, sikke en tilfældighed!!!!

22:00 Alf kører forbi og henter resten af babytøjet – hurra! Sikke en dag!!! Vi går i seng – zzzzzz !!!!!

03:00 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Bagefter fortsætter med at kopiere mine gamle vhs-bånd til dvd. Desværre var vi nu i begyndelsen af 1994, da der var bunkevis af lort i hitlisterne og jeg begynder at blive dødtræt af at optage popsange på vhs. Jeg var i gang med at vokse endelig op – ingen tvivl om det!!! Celine Dion havde dengang lige meddelt, at hun var ved at blive forlovet med sin manager, der tilfældigvis forleden (for én måned siden) døde. Du godeste!

07:00 Jeg laver en kop te og bringer den op til Brian, der sover i Sarahs gamle værelse. Han kommer ned ad trappen og vi spiser alle tre morgenmad i spisestuen.

08:00 Ruth, Brians kone, der har overnattet på hospitalet ved Priscillas seng, sender ham en sms. Priscillas mand, Brian 2, og hendes søn, Matthew, er dukket op, så hun ikke længere er nødt til at forblive på hospitalet. Priscilla er Ruths lillesøster, og hun er meget alvorlig syg.

09:00 Brian skal af sted. Han skal på det lokale hospital for at hente Ruth, sin kone, og de vil køre tilbage hjem til Bournemouth i dag. Lois og jeg slapper af i sofaen med en kop kaffe.

10:00 Sarah, vores yngste datter, der for et par måneder siden flyttede til Australien, sender mig en email. Hun har ikke modtaget de specielle indlægssåler, hun bestilte, mens hun stadig boede i England. Du godeste! Sikke dårlig service hun får hos dem !!! Jeg diskuterer problemet på telefon med Jackie, én af klinikkens sekretærer, og hun siger, hun straks skal sende en email om det til Lawrence, klinikkens ortopæd, der desværre som regel har 2 fridage, inklusive onsdag.  Pokkers!

11:00 Jeg kigger lidt på twitter, og jeg ser at Caroline Wozniacki, den danske tennis-darling, har nu 1.000.000 følgere på twitter – hurra! Men det er ikke ret heldigt, når dronning Margrethe inviterer hende til bal i det kongelige palads, og hun kan desvære ikke acceptere – du godeste, stakkels tennis-darling!


12:00 Vi spiser frokost og bagefter går vi i seng i tre timer – du godeste, hvor er vi dog dekadente!

16:00 Vi står op og slapper af med en kop te i sofaen.


English translation
Tuesday, 02/09/2016 at 1630 till Wednesday, 02.10.2016 at 1629

17:30 Lois and I eat dinner a little earlier than usual, in the event that Ruth and Brian come back tonight from the hospital and we have to give them food - oh dear! We have not heard anything yet from the hospital where Brian, Lois's cousin, and his wife, Ruth, are sitting at Priscilla's bedside. Priscilla is Ruth's younger sister, and she is seriously ill in a local hospital. It is possible that Ruth and / or Brian will want to stay with us, so we are preparing Sarah's old room, which is currently stuffed with things Sarah and Francis left with us - my goodness!

19:00 Alf, our friend, calls us. He will drive by at 10pm and get the rest of the baby clothes, that our youngest daughter, Sarah, and her husband, Francis, left with us, when they moved a few months ago to Australia with their 2 and a half year old twins, Lily and Jessica. We begin to gather our 5 boxes of baby clothes in the hallway. My Goodness! Alf and Mari-Anne, his wife, have to go tomorrow to Birmingham to attend the funeral of Alf's former best man, and they have offered to hand in the baby clothes at a charity which Lois supports .

21:00 Brian comes back from the hospital. He says he and Ruth have already eaten dinner there. He is very tired and wants to go straight to bed. We show him Sarah's old room. He says that Ruth will stay overnight in the hospital by Priscilla's bedside. He asks us to wake him in the morning at 7 (with a cup of tea!), Because he wants to pick up Ruth at 8 am - my goodness! Ruth's going to be exhausted - no doubt about it!

21:30 Lois and I relax on the couch. We flip through Lois's old family photos. We find a photo of Ruth and Brian's wedding in 1960 in Bournemouth. Lois and Priscilla attended as bridesmaids.

Flashback to Ruth and Brian's wedding in 1960 in Bournemouth - Lois to the left, with her parents, and Priscilla, Ruth's sister, is standing on Brian's right

Lois, at 14 years, took part in Ruth and Brian's wedding as a bridesmaid

Coincidentally we come across also a Christmas card that Lois's parents sent to my parents in 1946. Lois was 7 months and I was 9 months old. My Goodness! What a crazy world we live in !!!!!

Flashback to Christmas 1946: A Christmas card that Lois's parents sent to my parents - my goodness, what a coincidence !!!!

22:00 Alf drives by and picks up the rest of the baby clothes - hurray! What a day!!! We go to bed - zzzzzz !!!!!

3:00 I get up early and take a look on the internet. Afterwards I continue to copy my old VHS tapes to DVD. Unfortunately, we are now at the beginning of 1994, when there were piles of crap in the charts and I was starting to get sick of recording pop songs on vhs. I was about to grow up finally - no doubt about it !!! Celine Dion at the time had just announced that she was getting engaged to her manager, who happens just the other day (in January 2016) to have died. My goodness, what a coincidence!

7:00 I make a cup of tea and bring it up to Brian, sleeping in Sarah's old room. He comes down the stairs and we all three eat breakfast in the dining room.

08:00 Ruth, Brian's wife, who's been in the hospital at Priscilla's bedside, sends him a text message. Priscilla's husband, Brian 2, and her son, Matthew, have shown up, so she no longer has to remain in the hospital. Priscilla is Ruth's younger sister, and she is very seriously ill.

09:00 Brian has to be off. He has to be at the local hospital to pick up Ruth, his wife, and they will drive back home to Bournemouth today. Lois and I relax on the couch with a cup of coffee.

10:00 Sarah, our youngest daughter, who a few months ago moved to Australia, sends me an email. She has not received the special insoles, she ordered while she still lived in England. My Goodness! What poor service she gets from them !!! I discuss the problem on the phone with Jackie, one of the clinic's secretaries, and she says she will immediately send an email about it to Lawrence, the clinic's podiatrist, who unfortunately as usual has two days off, including Wednesday. Damn!

11:00 I look a little on twitter, and I see that Caroline Wozniacki, the Danish tennis darling, now has 1,000,000 followers on twitter - hurray! But it is not quite fortunate when Queen Margrethe invites her to a ball at the royal palace, and she can unfortunately not accept - my goodness, poor tennis darling!


12:00 We eat lunch and afterwards we go to bed for three hours - my goodness, how decadent we are!

16:00 We get up and relax with a cup of tea on the sofa.

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