It has been a busy, long but very productive day. James got up very early to head to London and I woke feeling rested in good time for work. I had so much to do that after I took Davie home in time for his Maths tutorial I headed back to work to get some vital paperwork done. Now I don't mind this because it gives me peace and quiet, and it's great to get ahead with things, and above all I choose to do it. However as I drove up the road on this sunny pre-Spring evening I saw lots of people out walking or running, and I reflected that I am as far away as ever from balancing my work with fitness.
Back at work I made myself a bite to eat and switched on the BBC news on my computer just in time to see the new pope being announced in Latin by one of the cardinals "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum... habemus papam!" The new pope is cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio henceforth to be known as Pope Francis I. I got the impression that the BBC commentators were quite surprised at this, I'm not sure why because I know nothing of Vatican politics. Francis I then appeared on the balcony all dressed in white. I found it quite exciting for some reason. He seemed a pleasant elderly gent and cracked a wee joke about the cardinals having to go to the "ends of the Earth" to find him (Argentina). Anyway once his short speech was over I got on with my work and was soon producing numerous risk assessments and other D of E forms. When I got home I found that Davie had made a fair attempt at the English past paper I had asked him to do. We spent a good hour going over it and he gave some good responses. I think it will be touch and go for his final attempt at his NAB tomorrow.
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