What
a bad week of weather we have had. It started nice enough,
with sunny days, but by Wednesday, that had turned to
rainy, humid, warm days, then rain and windy and colder
climes. That continued until today, when finally the sun
came out again. We had flooding in some parts of Yorkshire,
the Ouse
River was out of it's banks, as usual, but we did
soldier on!
On Monday I took Nathaniel Porter, the Aggie who was here,
to the train station so he could continue his trip to
Stansted
and then on the Germany. He is doing a wood carving course
there, then off to Turkey where he will go on a kayaking
trip before eventually returning to Texas
A & M.
On Tuesday Bill Watson, a former student from my days
at EBV
in Maracaibo,
arrived on a tour group with his wife, Ruth, and their
son, Christopher, and a friend of Christopher's from the
school, Thomas. They came to my place after work, and
then I took them to the Royal
Oak. They all seemed to enjoy the pub
dinner. Afterwards, I took them to The
Shambles for a walk around, and then a drive around
the city to point out certain points and places of interest.
We finally made it back to their guest house, the Friars
Rest on Fulford. As it was across the
street from the Light
Horseman for a pint and to continue
our reminiscences of the good times we had in Maracaibo.
Wednesday I was off work, as I had 2 appointments with
specialists at York
Hospital. First was at the colo/rectal
center for my sigmoidoscopy! Well, you reach a certain
age, and these things happen. I'm glad to report that
all was reported fine by the doctor. Afterwards was a
meeting with an eye specialist over a continuing problem
I have with my left eye, of it watering, etc. He said
there's no sign of infection and again, one of those things
that can come with age, and to just put up with it. Oh
the joys of getting older!
Bill called on Wednesday evening to see how all had gone,
and how I was. They were having an early night, as they
were leaving the next morning to continue their travels
around England.
On Friday we had some leaks at work due to the water on
the walkway by the building. Now, that's the first time
THAT has happened! Fortunately, nothing was damaged, and
we were all happy about that. That evening my friends,
John Coulson and Kate Addy, called to tell me they are
pregnant! Hooray! Kate had passed the first trimester
and had had a scan, and all looks good. I was so very
happy for them!!!
Saturday was a gray day, and I was in town to go to the
post office, run errands, etc. The usual. At 1:30pm Kate
arrived, and we had a good chat, waiting for Sally and
Bruce Corrie to pick us up. We were all off to the matinee
of Wuthering
Heights at the York
Theatre Royal. It was a very good production,
which we enjoyed! Afterwards, there was a cream
tea....so veddy British, don't you know, and delicious!
We noticed that while we had been inside, it had rained,
once again. We left the theatre, and Bruce and Sally took
Kate and I back to my place, where Kate had parked. We
all bid our adieus, and then I headed inside and got things
sorted here at the flat.
Today started off grey, and eventually the sun came out.
A chill wind was blowing in the morning, and I got the
ironing done (hadn't done it for 2 weeks), and I'm glad
that is out of the way!!!
Nothing more to report from this side of the world. I
hope for all you who are fathers, that you have had a
good Father's Day, and that everyone has had a good week.
Love,
