Our
week started off nice enough, with lovely spring weather.
It was predicted that this weather would carry through until
Sunday, when it would become cooler and possibly some rain.
Well, over here they get it as wrong as often as they do
in the US. Yes, it was nice, but come Friday it was grey
and overcast and a chill wind was blowing!
On Tuesday Rachael Longhorn and I met up with Nicky Laube
at The
Terrace, a sports pub which used to be
YO! for a short period of time,
and prior to that was the Northern Wall.
They'd done a nice job with the redecoration and with the
food. We had a good time catching up with Nicky, as it had
been some time since either of us had seen or talked to
her. She's enjoying her new job, and that's a good thing.
She was full of information about her job and about her
life, and we all talked and talked. All too soon our lunch
time was over, and Rachel and I had to hurry back to work.
I also received some very sad news on Tuesday. My mother
called to say that my cousin, Robin Ball, had passed away.
She's had a massive stroke and an operation, and after 14
days in a coma, she'd not recovered and her heart had not
started beating on its' own. Although we didn't see each
other that often, I will miss her greatly. She was always
a source of joy and positivity, and her smile and laugh
would always light up a room.
On Friday Lil Sutton and I headed to our usual, the Rose
and Crown. There have been some changes
to the menu there, and we each had a Caesar salad, which
was delicious, with the addition of grilled chicken. They've
done a good job on the menu. As I mentioned, Friday was
a dull day weatherwise, and we were worried, as a number
of us were planning to go to a bar-b-que at Karen and Jason
Sinnott's home on Saturday.
Saturday dawned dull and grey. I had made a Tres
Leches Cake on Friday after work for the bar-b-que,
and I headed to Tesco
to buy corn on the cob to prepare and take to the event.
On my way back home, I went to York
Theatre Royal to purchase tickets for Kate Addy, Sally
Corrie and me for “The
Boy Friend ”, which will be playing there
later this month. From there I journeyed to Newgate
Market and visited with Bess Rhodes. Teri
was off doing some shopping; so I missed seeing her.
About 5pm, Nick Northrope and Vicky McQuade helped me to
transport all my stuff (some folding chairs, cooler of beer,
cake and the corn) to Nick's car, and he took us over to
the Sinnot's home. There was Jason, getting the coals prepared
for the cooking. The others arrived, and we all had a good
time and plenty of good food. Jason prepared sausages, burgers,
chicken, chicken kabobs, and steaks on the grill, as well
as vegetarian sausages and burgers; there was potato salad,
cole slaw, garden salad, baked potatoes and a Black
Forest Cake and my cake. Needless to say, no one went
away hungry! We all had a good time, and about 10:30 or
so, the party began to break up. I shared a taxi with Tracey
Riby, and I got home about 11.
Today has just been one of rest and relaxation. I'm meeting
up with friends at 7:30 for dinner at the Royal
Dragon. We have Monday off as a holiday;
so that's a good thing! We always look forward to a long
weekend.
That's it for this week. Take care, all of you.
Love,
