Reunions

It was great to see Margaret on Thursday, who has been home to sort out her Dad’s house now that it has been sold. We went to the David Lloyd Centre for a swim and then had coffee and went to the spa. We had such a good chat, it was really nice to have the time together. Back home, James had set the table and we had dinner with Ally and Cat, and a pleasant evening sitting talking in the back room. 

I needed to take Tom to the vet for his annual jag on Friday; he was absolutely horrified when I carried him downstairs and put him into the travel carrier. When we set off in the car he started crying in his seldom-used croaky little voice. The vet gave him a good check over and pronounced him to be in good health, I can hardly believe that he’s almost seven years old. He was very happy to get home and went outside to lie on the slabs and relax. 

We had lunch with Alison and Bill at Vin18, the first time we have met up with them for almost two years. I have been in touch with Alison during this time but we still had lots of family news to catch up on, and it was lovely to see them in person. It was also good to go to my Burnside book club at Lesley’s house in the evening, where we discussed “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell.

I don’t know what Covid still may have in store for us but it’s very nice that life is currently returning more and more towards normal. It even looks like our holiday to Sorrento will be going ahead next Friday (fingers crossed); we will have to get PCR tests just before we go, and then just before we come back, but a few weeks ago I was pretty sure that it would be cancelled. I won’t be completely convinced that we’re really going until the plane takes off!