James at home after all

I have James' company this weekend; welcome but unexpected because he was intending to spend the weekend in Newtonmore with the hill-walking club. However what with his late homecoming last night and the snowy conditions in the north, he decided to stay at home. So we had a lovely long lie with breakfast in bed. Grandma phoned; her sciatica is very sore so I took her to Morrison's to get some groceries and then she came back to ours for lunch. While we were at the shops James was busy assembling his telescope which he hasn't used for a while, inspired by watching Sir Patrick Moore's last ever episode of The Sky at Night on 7th January this year, which ended with a touching sequence showing him saying goodnight over the years. In the afternoon James and I collected his car from Glasgow Airport (because it was left there when he arrived home last night by plane instead of train!) then went to Braehead which was very busy and did some useful but boring errands. Ally and Davie were also occupied; Ally had a job interview for a part-time security job which he thinks went well - the questions were very straightforward and one question was "Do you own black trousers and a pair of black shoes?" - since he was able to respond in the affirmative he is feeling quite hopeful! David took his girlfriend out for lunch and then to the cinema. Having ignored my advice to book tickets for "Life of Pi" they turned up and found it fully booked so the went to see "Les Miserables" which David had seen with us last weekend but his girlfriend hadn't. After the film I gave her a lift home and then David and I brought a curry in and we had a relaxing family evening. Not as exciting as our trip to London last weekend but there's a lot to be said for being at home!