Hello!
Our weather has been rainy, sunny, cold, cool, rainy, and then sunny again. Right now, it's raining slightly and chilly! Will spring never be sprung here?

Work went well this week, and on Monday at lunchtime I went to the Guildhall to pick up my taxi tokens. For those of us of a certain age (over 60!) who are residents, we receive tokens we can use for taxis here every year. Granted, there are only 40 of them, but hey, it's better than nothing! It was just misting when I got there, but it was pouring rain when I left. I made it back to work without becoming drenched, as I had my brolly (unbrella) with me.

On Tuesday I was off to the Northern College of Acupuncture for my treatment with Hilary and the students, and they were thrilled that my shoulder had improved so much, and that my back is holding up so well. Afterwards, I came home and just relaxed, as usual after a treatment.

Wednesday after work I had a driving lesson with Kevin Tate from the Kevin Tate School of Motoring, Ltd., in the rain. I have to take lessons over here to be able to do things they want done their way; i.e. reverse around a corner (even my instructor says it is a daft thing!), reverse into a parking bay (I have never done this one and I won't after my test!), etc. Anyway, he said that my driving skills were great, and that my observation when merging into traffic was good, etc. My three-point turn was good, but he told me not to turn the wheel while at a stop, as they consider that wrong, as it will wear the tires! Right! We all know the tires wear out from turning the steering wheel when it is still, but not when the car is rolling. You are supposed to be turning the steering wheel when the car is moving a bit! Anyway, my reversing around a corner needed "polishing", and I reversed into a parking space okay, and my parallel parking was very good! Needless to say, after that, I came home and just watched some TV.

Thursday morning I had a doctor's appointment, and I'd lost 1 stone +1 (15 pounds for the uninitiated). She was happy about that, and so was I. That had been done in 28 days. So I go back in another month to see how I've done!

On Friday I came home after work as I had a driving lesson on Saturday at 9:45am; thus I thought that was the best thing to do. Did a couple of loads of washing and watched tv, and it rained quite a bit that evening.

Saturday I awoke to a brilliant sunny day! Hooray! However, by the time I was ready to go down for my lesson, the wind had come up, it was cold and the rain was coming down. I bundled up, and down I went. Well, we hadn't gone too far, and the rain and wind began to slack off. Kevin said I did VERY well, and by the time he brought me back, the sun was out again, and it had warmed up. I walked into town and did some errands, then back home to the car to go visit Sally Corrie. Bruce was in Glasgow, as the team he supports financially, Gretna Black and Whites, were playing Aberdeen in the semi-finals of the Tennents Scottich Cup. Now, Gretna is a village of about 4,000 people, and here they were playing for a final berth in the Scottish Cup finals, and then won, 3-0!!! It's like a fairytale for these people! Over 6,000 people came to support Gretna; so needless to say, there were more than the population of the village cheering them on. If they win the final, they could be playing in the UEFA Cup! It was not on SKY TV, but it was on SKY radio; so Sally and her sister, Jenny, and I listened to it, and we were so happy they had won! We know Bruce and the others probably were doing quite a bit of celebrating afterwards. I left there, and I came home and prepared Impossible Mexican Pie to take to Lil Sutton, who is still home with her shingles. I was taking it on Sunday. More rain came while I was at Sally's home, and then again when I got home.

Today it was a lovely day as I went to church. It was announced that one of the parishoners would be 100 on Tuesday, and a card was there for all to sign, and the preacher announced that after the service, those who would like were invited to walk across the street and down a bit to her flat to sing a hymm for her. I went along, and we sang "What a friend we have in Jesus". She looked so happy and very spry for someone who will be 100. Afterwards, I came home and did my ironing, straightened up things around here, and now I am writing to you all.

Hope you had a good week, and that next week is good to you.

Love,