17:00 Jeg går ud i baghaven og rydde op grenene, jeg i de sidste to dage
har klippet af buske. Kommunens haveaffaldsbil kom meget meget sent på dagen – lidt
i kl 16, da Lois og jeg stadig lå i sengen, hørte vi dem nede under
soveværelsesvinduet. De har for vane at variere deres rute (for at overraske
eller forarge boligejerne måske?), så ingen aldrig er helt sikker på, hvornår
bilen vil komme.
Det vigtigste er, at vores haveaffaldsspand er tom igen, så derfor kan jeg
fylde den op igen – hurra! Vi har sådan en stor baghave, at jeg nogle tider
spekulerer om, om det ville en god idé at bestille en anden haveaffaldspand,
men dette vil selvfølgelig fordoble kommunens pris fra ca 40£ til 80£ om året,
og jeg kan være lidt nærig – det må jeg indrømme.
jeg fylder haveaffaldsspanden op med klippede buskgrene
18:00 Vi spiser aftensmad. Lois har besluttet ikke at deltage sin kirkes
bibelklasse/forretningsmøde i aften. Hun er ganske træt, og hun har indvilliget
i at arbejde i kirkens pop-up shop i morgen formiddag.
Kirkemedlemmer har i dag brugt eftermiddagen på at snakke på whatsapp om
den midaldrende ”original”, der har for
vane at tilbringe størstedelen af hver dag i shoppen. Han bor i et telt i den
metodistiske kirkes baghave, men prædikanten har bedt ham (høfligt) om at pisse
af.
Lois’s kirke ønsker at hjælpe ham på forskellige vis nu, hvor han har ikke noget
sted, han kan oprette sit telt. Han modtager ingen dagpenge for tiden, og Lois’s
venner har arrangeret en aftale på hans vegne hos de sociale myndigheder.
Aftalen er bestemt til fredag kl 11 og en kirkemedlem har indvilliget i at ledsage ham.
Problemet er, at han er helt upålidelig, når det kommer til aftaler og samtaler
osv. Han lider af ”halllucinationer”, er en (eks?) alkoholiker, og bliver
nervøs i selskab med de sociale myndigheder. Du godeste, sikke et vanvid, det
hele!!!!
19:00 Vi sætter os foran computeren og booker en uge i et ferielejlighed i
grevskabet Devon i nærheden af byen
Lynton, så vi næste måned begge to kan genoplade vores batterier .
Vi booker en ferielejlighed
i
grevskabet Devon for at genoplade vores batterier
20:00 Lois går ind i spisestuen for at høre sin kirkes forretningsmøde på
nettet. Dette bekymrer mig lidt, fordi jeg ved godt, Lois har svært ved at sove
efter at have deltaget (hvad enten personligt eller på nettet) i en af sin
kirkes møder, seminarer osv, i stedet for at slappe af med mig, men jeg kan ikke
gøre for det.
21:00 Jeg smækker benene op foran fjernsynet og ser det 2. afsnit af en ny
sitcom (en lægekomedie), ”Kvaksalvere”, som jeg i går aftes optog på vores
spritnye YouView tv-enhed,.
Sitcommen handler om en trio af viktorianske ”medicineksperter”, en kirurg,
en narkoselæger, og en psykiater, i en æra, hvor viden om sådanne ekspertfelter
var ganske knap, for at sige mildt. Og Caroline Lessing, kirurgens
uforudsigelige kone med sin morsomt mørke side, viser sig at på ingen måde
ligne den typiske viktorianske dame – meget sjovt det hele.
Derudover er det meget morsomt for tv-seerne, der lever i en periode
domineret af politisk korrekthed og ”sundhed og sikkerhed”, at kunne svælge i
en æra, hvor der var ingen tale om potentielle risikoer, når det kom til
alkohol, stoffer, usikker sex, mangel på hygiejne osv.
Kirurgens
uforudsigelige kone, Caroline (Lessing)
finder
sig låst i et mørkt skabe med en liderlig Charles Dickens
og
den 12-årige assistent af sin ægtemands narkoselæger:
drengen
har ved en fejltagelse overdoseret sin chefs narkotika,
der
blev efterladt på et skrivebord – du godeste,
sikke
en skør verden vi lever i !!!!
21:30 Lois træder tilbage i stuen og
fortæller mig lidt om sin kirkes forretningsmøde. Mit hjerte synker, da det gik op for mig, at
Andy, den mest aktive og entusiastiske medlem af kirkens ledelse, har overtalt kirkemedlemmerne til at holde
kirkens pop-up shop åbent efter slutningen af måneden. Pokkers! Den oprindelige
plan var at holde den åbent kun i juli og august.
Beslutningen betyder, at jeg skal fortsætte med at køre Lois over til byen
og hente hende senere på dagen, hver gang hun indvilliger i at hjælpe til. Det er heldigt at hendes kommende
øjenoperation i det mindste vil give os en kort pause fra det hele – du godeste,
sikke et vanvid!!!!! Men jeg må prøve at blive mere menneskekærlig ha ha ha!
22:00 Vi går i seng, men Lois føler sig rastløs, og jeg mistænker, hun vil
skifte senge senere og tænder lyset og læse noget let or morsomt uden at
forstyrre mig. Det passer hende ikke at deltage i stimulerende møder om
aftenen.
02:00 Jeg vågner op og går på toilettet. Som forventet, opdager jeg, at jeg
nu er alene i sengen – Lois har krøbet ud og hoppet op i Sarahs gamle seng.
05:00 Jeg står op og laver en af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtest.
07:00 Jeg hopper op i Sarahs gamle seng til Lois og vi drikker vores
morgenté. Vi går i bad og står op. Vi
spiser morgenmad.
09:00 Jeg kører Lois over til byen Tewkesbury og sætter hende af bag sin
kirkes pop-up shop midt i byen. Hun har indvilliget i at hjælpe med at bemande
shoppen i formiddag. Jeg kører hjem.
10:00 Jeg laver 2 madpakker til frokost og putter dem i to plastikbøtter i
køleskabet.
10:30 Jeg går i gang med at rydde op i huset og støvsuger, fordi vores U3A
danske gruppes næste møde finder sted her hos os i eftermiddag kl 14:30.
12:45 Jeg kører over til Tewkesbury og henter Lois op. Vi kører hjem og
spiser frokost på terrassen. Lois siger, formiddagen i kirkens pop-up shop igen
i dag var meget vellykket, med en flok ”kunder” og mange interessante samtaler.
Også mange af kirkens bøger og pjecer blev solgt.
Hun siger, at der på lørdag formiddag vil finde sted en særlig kampagne i
et par timer, baseret i shoppen, hvor kirkemedlemmer med klipskort i hånden vil
stå på fortovet foran shoppen og prøve at overtale forbipasserende til at
indskrive sig på kirkens næste serie af bibelseminarer, der starter i september
måned. Lois føler, at hun må hjælpe til ved at sidde i shoppen og lave te og
snacks til kirkemedlemmerne med klipskortene.
Du godeste – nogle tider går jeg i panik, når jeg hører om denne pop-up shoppen, der truer med at overtage vores liv – hver
gang Lois indvilliger i at hjælpe til, betyder det, at jeg må køre hende over
til byen og afhente hende senere på dagen. Kirkens ledelse, især Andy, er så
overentusiastisk – det er lidt ægerligt – for at sige mildt!!! Nok er nok,
efter min mening!!!!
13:45 Lois og jeg
går i seng i en halv time, for at genoplade lidt vores batterier.
14:30 Vores U3A
danske gruppes medlemmer ankommer og vi lærer dansk i en time og en halv. Jeg
giver dem en dansk ordforrådtest og bagefter læser vi de næste 10 sider af
vores danske kriminovelle, ”Forbandet” af Gittemie Eriksen.
Per Jansson, en
gift landbetjent i en normalt rolig dansk landsby, er i gang med at undersøge
en stribe mord af klassekammerater i 30’erne, der gik i i samme klasse i deres
barndom, samt mord af deres lærerinder. Per har forelsket sig i en af de
overlevende klassekammerater, Pia, en lokal advokat.
Men Pers privatliv
med hans kone, Vivi, er også interessant og morsomt. Hans kone er lidt af en
tyrann, der ikke giver Per meget ro i huset. Hun skalder ham ud, fordi han kom
sent hjem efter dagens afhøringer på politigården, fordi hun havde håbet på, at
kunne gå til middag med en verdenskendt filmstjerne, Ria Raben, der bor i
området. Stakkels Per !!!! Op med humøret, Per - jeg har læst nogle sider i
forvejen, og hun lader dig have sex med hende på side 106 (Kindle version) ha
ha ha!
16:00 Gruppens
medlemmer skal af sted. Lois og jeg slapper af med kop te i sofaen.
English translation
17:00 I go out into the back
garden and clear up the branches I have cut off shrubs in the last two days.
The council's garden refuse truck arrived very late in the day – just before
4pm: when Lois and I were still in bed we heard them down below under the
bedroom window. They have a habit of varying their route (to surprise or annoy
the homeowners perhaps?), so nobody is ever quite sure when the truck will
come.
Most important is the fact that
our garden waste bin is empty again, so I can refill it again - hurrah! We have
such a big back garden that I sometimes wonder if it would be a good idea to
order another garden waste bin, but of course this will double the council's
price from about £ 40 to £ 80 a year, and I can be a little tight-fisted, I
have to admit that.
I fill up the garden waste bin with
cut shrub branches
18:00 We have dinner. Lois has
decided not to attend her church's bible class / business meeting tonight. She
is quite tired and she has volunteered to work in the church's pop-up shop
tomorrow morning.
Church members have spent the
afternoon chatting on whatsapp about the middle aged "weirdo" who has
a habit of spending most of the day in the shop. He lives in a tent in the
backyard of the Methodist Church, but the preacher has asked him (politely) to
piss off.
Lois's church wants to help him
in different ways now he has no place he can set up his tent. He does not
receive any unemployment benefits at the moment, and Lois's friends have
arranged an appointment on his behalf with the social services. The appointment
is scheduled for Friday at 11am and a church member has agreed to accompany
him.
The problem is that he is
completely unreliable when it comes to appointments and interviews, etc. He
suffers from "hallucinations", is an (ex?) alcoholic and gets nervous
in the company of social services employees. Good grief, what madness, all of it !!!!
19:00 We sit down in front of the
computer and book a week in a holiday apartment in the county of Devon near the
town of Lynton, so we can both recharge our batteries next month.
We book a holiday apartment
in the county of Devon to recharge our
batteries
20:00 Lois goes into the dining
room to listen to her church's business meeting online. This worries me a
little because I know Lois has difficulty sleeping after having taken part (whether
in person or online) in one of her church's meetings or seminars, etc., instead
of relaxing with me, but I cannot do anything about it.
21:00 I stick my feet up in front
of the television and see the 2nd episode of a new sitcom (a medical comedy),
"Quacks", which I recorded last night on our brand new YouView tv
device.
The sitcom is about a trio of
Victorian "medical experts", a surgeon, an anaesthetist, and a
psychiatrist, in an era where knowledge about such fields of expertise was
quite sparse, to say the least. And Caroline, the surgeon's unpredictable wife
with her amusingly dark side, turns out to be nothing like the typical
Victorian lady - very funny the whole thing.
In addition it's very amusing for
television viewers who live in a period dominated by political correctness and
"health and safety" to wallow in an era where there was no talk about
potential risks when it came to alcohol, drugs, unsafe sex, lack of hygiene
etc.
The surgeon's unpredictable wife,
Caroline (Lessing)
finds herself locked in a dark closet with a
horny Charles Dickens
and the 12-year-old assistant of her
husband's anaesthetist.
The boy has accidentally overdosed on his
boss's drugs,
which were left out on his desk - good grief,
what a crazy world we live in !!!!
21:30 Lois returns to the living
room and tells me a little about her church's business meeting. My heart sinks
when I realise that Andy, the most active and enthusiastic member of the
Church's leadership, has persuaded the church members to keep the church's
pop-up shop open after the end of the month. Damn! The original plan was to
keep it open only in July and August.
The decision means that I will
have to continue to drive Lois over to the town and pick her up later in the
day, whenever she agrees to help. It is fortunate that her upcoming eye surgery
will at least give us a short break from it all - good grief, what madness
!!!!! But I must try to become more charitable ha ha ha!
22:00 We go to bed, but Lois
feels restless and I suspect she will move to another bed later on and turn on the
light to read something light or amusing without disturbing me. It does not
suit her to take part in stimulating meetings in the evening.
02:00 I wake up and go to the
bathroom. As expected, I find myself alone in the bed - Lois has crept out and
hopped into Sarah's old bed.
05:00 I get up and do one of my
routine Danish vocabulary tests.
07:00 I hop into Sarah's old bed
with Lois and we drink our morning tea. We go in the shower and get up. We eat
breakfast.
09:00 I drive Lois over to
Tewkesbury and drop her off behind her church's pop-up shop in the middle of
town. She has agreed to help with manning the shop this morning. I drive home.
10:00 I make 2 lunches and put
them in two plastic tubs in the fridge.
12:45 I drive over to Tewkesbury
and pick Lois up. We drive home and have lunch on the patio.
Lois says the morning in the
church's pop-up shop was very successful again today, with a bunch of
"customers" and lots of interesting conversations. Also many of the
church's books and booklets got sold.
She says that on Saturday morning
there will be a special campaign for a couple of hours based in the shop where
church members with clipboards in hand will stand on the sidewalk in front of
the shop and try to persuade passers-by to enroll in the church's next series
of Bible seminars starting in September. Lois feels that she must help by
sitting in the shop and making tea and snacks for the church members with the
clipboards.
Good grief - sometimes I go into
panic mode when I hear about this pop-up shop, which is threatening to take
over our lives - whenever Lois agrees to help out, it means I have to drive her
over to the town and pick up her later in the day. The Church's leadership,
especially Andy, are so overenthusiastic - it's a bit annoying - to put it
mildly !!! Enough is enough, in my opinion !!!!
14:30 The members of our U3A
Danish group arrive and we study Danish for an hour and a half. I give them a
Danish vocabulary test and afterwards we read the next 10 pages of our Danish
crime novella, "Accursed" by Gittemie Eriksen.
Per Jansson, a married police constable
in a normally quiet Danish village, is investigating a string of murders of
classmates in their 30s who were in the same class in their childhood, as well
as the murders of their teachers. Per has fallen in love with one of the
surviving classmates, Pia, a local lawyer.
But Per's private life with his
wife, Vivi, is also interesting and amusing. His wife is a bit of a tyrant who
does not give Per much peace in the house. She scolds him because he arrived
late after the day's interrogations the police hq, because she had hoped to go
to dinner with a world-renowned movie star, Ria Raben, who lives in the area.
Poor Per !!!! But lighten up, Per - I have read a few pages in advance and she
lets you have sex with her on page 106 (Kindle version) ha ha ha!
16:00 The members of the group
have to go. Lois and I relax with cup of tea on the couch.
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