We
sure had a busy week at work!
There were some changes
by the High Court, and now there will be "fast track" offers
to many of the miners; therefore, we had to let our clients know -
thousands of them! We were able to get it done, and then the calls
started coming from our clients. We were pooped on Friday afternoon!
I met up with Paula Downing at the Red
Lion on Friday after work, and it was a good time,
as she and I had not had the opportunity to really sit down and talk
since well before Christmas! We were really gabbing along, when in
came Bruce Corrie and joined us. Paula had not seen him, either, since
before Christmas, and we all three had a really good time visiting.
About 8:30pm we got taxis and headed home, having enjoyed our evening
of camraderie.
Saturday morning I met Liz Kirby at the train station, and we were
off to Doncaster on
Virgin
Trains. It's just a short 25 minute trip, and it
we arrived a bit after 10 am. We'd decided to go there after hearing
about the wonderful fish
market they had there. I was extremely interested in buying some
prawns, i.e. shrimp. They call bay shrimp "prawns" over
here, and that's mainly what you get. As a friend once said to me,
"They ought to put all those bay shrimp back in the bay,
and let them grow up!" Well, we wandered around and finally
found what we thought was the best deal, and I wound up getting 14
pounds of them! Granted, they have their heads on, and need to be
peeled, but that's okay. I will sure have a bunch for a good shrimp
fry, along with salad and baked potatoes, and I've already promised
friends they can join in. We bought some delicious fish cakes, and
an octopus for Bruce Corrie, who is planning to make Alaska
Octopus Gumbo. Hmmmm....... We walked around the rest of the market,
and I must say, when we got to the fruit and veg area, it reminded
me of Venezuela, how they were hawking their produce! Except in Maracaibo,
it would have been bras and underwear!!! We both were tickled when
we saw a sign saying "Exotic Tropical Fruit...Bananas!"
Whatever.
My back had been bothering me, and I'd been for a session of acupuncture
here in York, which seemed to do a great deal of good. Well, as we
were wandering around, there was an acupuncture
clinic! I went in and received another treatment, some herbs and oils,
and sure enough, my back is much better. We had a late lunch at an
Aussie pub there, and then strolled back to the train station for
our return trip. We got in a taxi for our trip back, and lo and behold,
our taxi broke down. He could only stay in one gear. We made it to
my place, deposited my things, and I called my friends, Local
Taxi. Sure enough, they came to get us, and off we went
to Huntington to deliver the octopus. We had a nice visit with Bruce,
Sally and Alexander Corrie, and then Bruce took us home. A fun and
productive day!
Today I wandered into town as it was a lovely bright day. People have
been remarking how it is starting
to get lighter when we leave work, and so soon, we won't be leaving
in the dark! Anyway, I went to Newgate
Market and bought some things, then headed back home to do my
weekly ironing.
All in all a good week. Hope you are all doing well.
Love,
