16:30 Vi taler lidt på Skype med Alison, vores ældste datter, der for 4 år
siden flyttede til København, sammen med Ed, sin mand, og deres 3 børn, Josie
(nu 10 år), Rosalind (8) og Isaac (6).
Vi taler lidt med Alison og børnebørnene på Skype. Det er "den 7. november"
(australske tid - jeg må gå i gang med at stille kameraets ur 8 timer tilbage.
Men hvor bliver anvisningerne af????!!!)
Ed er ikke hjemme, han går en løbetur med én af familiens engelske venner.
Det er meget sjovt at snakke med dem om deres liv i Danmark, og de sjove ting,
børnene har gjort, herunder den måde, de fejrede Halloween på, ”i et fremmed
land”! De hygger sig meget med at klæde sig ud som uhyggelige væsner og deltage
i ”Trick or Treat” aktiviteter – det ved
jeg med sikkerhed!
Josie (i djævlehorn), Rosalind (stående bag Trump Jr) og Isaac (det grønne
skelet)
sammen
med deres unge venner
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad og bruger resten af aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn. De viser ”Books That Made Britain” (2. del af serien), en interessant
dokumentarfilm med en dum titel, der koncentrerer sig om bøger, der afspejler
forskellige regioner af landet. Sidste uge talte de om bøger, der udspiller sig
i East-Anglia. I aften taler de om bøger, der udspiller sig i London.
Programmets vært er ”Suggs”, den tidligere forsanger i ”Madness”, en popgruppe
der var meget populær i 1980’erne.
Det er heldigt at Suggs taler om Charles Dickens’s bøger, fordi Lois og jeg
aldrig har hørt om de andre forfattere i programmet – uha! Det er interessant
at se Suggs, nu i 50’erne, og finder ud af, at han elsker bøger og er en
intelligent mand. I 1980’erne, da han var en populær sanger, formodede vi, at
han var idiot, som alle de andre ha ha ha!
"Suggs" i dag, "bibliofilen?"
"Suggs" i 1980’erne: "idioten"????
21:00 Vi fortsætter med at se lidt fjernsyn. De viser det 4. og sidste
afsnit af ”Tutankhamun”, en dramaserie, der handler om Howard Carter, den
kendte arkæolog, der fandt den unge konges grav i 1922.
Et ganske trist afsnit, men meget bevægende. Lord Carnarvon, Carters
patron, skærer sig under barbering, og dør kort senere af blodforgiftning –
stakkels Carnarvon!!!! Lois påpeger, at der var ikke nogen antibiotika i gamle
dage, så derfor døde mange mennesker af temmelig mindre ting. Stakkels
Carnarvon (igen) !!!!!
Da Carnarvon dør, bliver hans familie forarmet på grund af arveafgift og
anden gæld, så hans kønne datter, Lady Evelyn, må holder op med at gå i seng
med Carter og gifte sig med en baronet i stedet. Du godeste, stakkels
Carter!!!! Han havde planlagt at forære hende en gammel egyptisk broche, men da
han hører om Lady Evelyns ægteskab planer, beslutter han at putte den tilbage i
den unge konges kiste i stedet. Hvor rørende (og ærligt !!!!!) !!! Men jeg
synes, den (uidentificerede) baronet har fået et meget favorabelt tilbud – det
har jeg ikke nogen tvivl om !!!!
Lady Evelyn må holde op med at gå i seng med Carter
og
gifte sig med en baronet i stedet – stakkels Carter!!!!!
22:00 Sarah , vores datter i Perth i Australien, er allerede på vej med
toget fra Butler til Stirling, for at starte sin anden uge på det nye job.
Stakkels Sarah! Stakkels alle !!!!!
Vi går i seng – zzzzz!!!!!
05:00 Jeg står op. I dag kommer til være en meget dårlig dag for mit
vedkommende, fordi jeg har en tid hos Josh, vores nye tandlæge til kl 12: 10.
Jeg glæder mig ikke ret meget til at se Josh – han tror, at jeg har ét hulrum,
der skal fyldes, men faktisk har jeg to – uha! Det vil ikke være en behagelig
oplevelse – det er jeg helt sikker på! Men det kan være, at han ikke har tid at
fylde det andet hulrum, og vil udskyde arbejdet til næste gang.
Jeg laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtester, og bagefter
skynder jeg mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg bringer dem op på
vores soveværelse og jeg kryber tilbage i vores seng. Vi drikker teen og går i
bad. Vi står op og spiser morgenmad.
11:00 Jeg spiser frokost, én time tidligere end normalt, fordi jeg skal til
tandlægens klinik om en halv time.
11:45 Jeg kører over til tandelægens klinik og indskriver på klinikkens
reception ti minutter før min tid. Sekretæren fortæller mig desværre, at Josh
allerede er (mindst 30 minutter) sent på den med sine patienter. Pokkers!
Faktisk sitter jeg og venter næsten én time i klinikkens venteværelse, før jeg
blev indkaldt – du godeste! Jeg er vildt nervøs, da jeg endelig sætter mig i behandlingsstolen
– ingen tvivl om det!!!
Desværre har Josh kun tid til at fylde det ene hulrum i dag. Jeg skal få
endnu en tid i januar, så han kan fylde det andet. Mareridtet fortsætter!!!!
14:00 Jeg kommer hjem igen og går i seng. Jeg tager mig en gigantisk
eftermiddagslur – zzzzzz!!!
16:00 Jeg står op og vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
English translation
16:30 We talk a bit on Skype with
Alison, our oldest daughter, who 4 years ago moved to Copenhagen, along with
Ed, her husband, and their three children, Josie (now 10 years), Rosalind (8)
and Isaac (6) .
We talk a bit with Alison and grandchildren on Skype.
It's "November 7"(Australian time - I must get on with setting
the camera's clock back eight hours. But where are the instructions??? !!!)
Ed is not at home, he has gone
for a jog with one of the family's English friends. It is a lot of fun to talk
to them about their lives in Denmark, and about the fun things the kids have done,
including the way they celebrated Halloween, "in a strange land"!
They have a lot of fun dressing up as scary creatures and taking part in
"Trick or Treat" activities - that, I know for sure!
Josie (in the devil's horns), Rosalind
(standing behind Trump Jr)
and Isaac (the green skeleton) along with their
young friends
18:00 We have dinner and spend
the rest of the evening watching TV. They show "Books That Made
Britain" (the second part of the series), an interesting documentary with
a stupid title that focuses on books that reflect different regions of the
country. Last week they talked about books set in East Anglia. Tonight they are
talking about books set in London. The program's host is "Suggs", the
former lead singer of "Madness," a pop group that was very popular in
the 1980s.
It is fortunate that Suggs talks
about Charles Dickens's books because Lois and I have never heard of the other
authors in the program - oh dear! It is interesting to see Suggs, now in his
50s, and find out that he loves books and is an intelligent man. In the 1980s,
when he was a popular singer, we assumed that he was an idiot, like all the
others ha ha ha!
"Suggs" today (the bibliophile?)
"Suggs" in 1980 - (the idiot????)
21:00 We continue to watch TV.
They show the fourth and final episode of "Tutankhamun," a drama about Howard Carter, the famous archaeologist who found the young king's
tomb in1922.
A quite sad episode but very
moving. Lord Carnarvon, Carter's patron cuts himself while shaving, and dies
shortly afterwards of blood poisoning - poor Carnarvon !!!! Lois points out
that there were no antibiotics in the old days, so many people died of pretty
minor things. Poor Carnarvon (again) !!!!!
When Carnarvon dies, his family
becomes impoverished because of inheritance taxes and other debts, so his
pretty daughter, Lady Evelyn, has to stop going to bed with Carter and marry a
baronet instead. My god, poor Carter !!!! He had planned to give her an ancient
Egyptian brooch, but when he hears of Lady Evelyn's marriage plans, he decides
to put it back in the young king's coffin instead. How touching (and honest !!!!!). But I think the (unidentified) baronet has got
a very favorable deal - I have no doubt of THAT !!!!
Lady Evelyn must stop going to bed with Carter
and marry a baronet instead - poor Carter !!!!!
22:00 Sarah, our daughter in
Perth, Australia, is already on the way by train from Butler to Stirling, to
start her second week at the new job. Poor Sarah!Poor everyone!!!!
We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!!
05:00 I get up. Today is going to
be a very bad day for me, because I have an appointment with Josh, our new
dentist at 12:10. I am not much looking forward to seeing Josh - he thinks I
have one cavity to be filled, but actually I have two - oh dear! It will not be a
pleasant experience - I'm quite sure! But it may be that he will not have time
to fill the second cavity, and will postpone the work until the next time.
I do one of my routine Danish vocabulary
tests, and afterwards I hurry into the kitchen and make two cups of tea. I
bring them up to our bedroom and I crawl back into our bed. We drink the tea
and take a shower. We get up and eat breakfast.
11:00 I eat lunch, one hour
earlier than usual, because I'm going to the dentist's clinic in about half an
hour.
11:45 I drive over to the
dentist's clinic and sign in at the clinic's reception ten minutes before my
appointment. The secretary tells me sadly that Josh is already (at least 30
minutes) late with his patients. Damn! In fact, I sit and wait nearly one hour
in the clinic ‘s waiting room, before I am called in - my god! I am madly
nervous when I finally sit down in the treatment-chair - no doubt about it !!!
Unfortunately, Josh only has the
time to fill one cavity today. I have to get another appointment in January so
he can fill the other one. The nightmare continues!!!!
14:00 I come back home and go to
bed. I take a gigantic afternoon nap - zzzzzz !!!
16:00 I get up and we relax with
a cup of tea on the sofa.
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