IN BRIEF

Sunday 22nd July

Sunny warm day spent doing post holiday washing and gardening. Cleared pea plants from allotment and weeded the beans, gratefully aided by my ipod, music helping with the task in hand.

Monday 23rd July

Whole day spent catching up with work on website. Graham at work, Lucy our till 4.00pm with Steven. Rang up Argos and asked to speak to supervisor, about Nanna's freezer we ordered at the beginning of June. None of the options were very good as we paid for most expensive freezer! Need to wait until Friday to choose from new catalogue.

Tuesday 24th July

Lucy at Ben's all day. Still lots to do on website. Had last bill from Nuffield which again I needed to query, but good result after phonecall. Cleaned out utility to remove all traces of our 'pet' mice!

Wednesday 25th July.

Lucy out with Steven most of the day. Tried to focus mind on teaching I have to do next Tuesday. Materials to buy and paperwork to complete. Graham and I had ride out to Belper after tea. Camera shop there all but empty.

Thursday 26th July.

Graham has ordered Lucy's Birthday present - a reconditioned Apple Book. (Still loads of money) Bit more structure to today. Mary came for piano lesson. Pianist magazine came. Rang up to cancel order at Argos as mother had been out and seen suitable freezer in Moreton. Melanie promised to send them £75.00 as gesture of good will- so good result! Went shopping in the afternoon, but got soaked in the process! Graham not back until 9.00pm as went out for a meal with group from work as someone changing jobs. Rang Kate in the evening, she is busy helping at the Scout Jamboree in Essex for the next fortnight.

Friday 27th July

Still trying to sort teaching related work. Things that should or shouldn't be on their website, but aren't. Rang two managers to see if they could sort things out. Waited in for Lucy's laptop delivery and eventually rang to see what had happened. UPS are useless and unable to read people's addresses on the front of parcels, especially on Fridays!! Arranged to collect from Alfreton with two forms of identification. Chap there also collecting parcel - when asked for identification replied: " I wouldn't have come if it wasn't me!!"
Lucy ecstatic about Apple laptop, but didn't stir her into doing anything extra for her poor parents...