Monday, 13 August 2018

Sunday, August 12, 2018


A manic day trying to prepare the house and pack our things - Lois and I are staying next week with our daughter Alison and her family in Haslemere - but I'm mostly prevented from doing that by one thing or another. Lois has back problems, so I have to drive her over to Tewkesbury so she can take part in her sect’s worship service and I have to stick around until it’s over.

And we must make special preparations for our 18-year-old Cat Minx's week alone in our Cheltenham house: we think she's ageing very quickly now and she sometimes gets confused when she feels the urge to pee, etc. How long before Lois and I have the same problem ha ha.

Fortunately, we have some time during the morning to talk on whatsapp with Sarah, our daughter in Perth, Australia, and with her 5-year-old twins, Lily and Jessie, so the day is not a complete disaster.



Fortunately, too, I can have a glass of beer or three in the evening.


What a day!

I'll take up this blog again in a week's time.

Danish translation

En manisk dag, hvor jeg prøver at forberede huset og pakke – Lois og jeg bor næste uge hos vores datter Alison og hendes familie i Haslemere – men jeg bliver for det meste forhindret af et eller andet. Lois har rygproblemer, så jeg skal kører hende over til Tewkesbury, så hun kan deltage i sin sekts gudstjenester, og jeg skal vente så på, at det hele er sluttet.

Og vi skal gøre særlige forberedelser på vores 18-årige kat Minx’ uge alene i vores hus i Cheltenham: vi synes, hun begynder at ældre meget hurtigt nu, og hun bliver sommetider forvirret, når hun føler trangen til at tisse osv. Hvor lang tid indtil Lois og jeg har lignende problemer ha ha.

Heldigvis har vi lidt tid i løbet af formiddagen til at tale på whatsapp med Sarah, vores datter i Perth, Australien, og med hendes 5-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessie, så dagen ikke er en hel katastrofe.



Heldigvis også kan jeg have et glas øl eller tre om aftenen.


Sikke en dag!

Jeg genoptager denne blogge om en uges tid.


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