Awake feeling a bit chilly, as the days are warm but the nights cool, to comfort poor Di as she was struggling with a period and finding the return home and organising the children quite a strain. Then a morning of paperwork, updating my journal and working on correspondence and financial matters. Later, once Debbie was home from her Saturday morning school session and Daniel from his eye test, I took them all quite late to a disappointing lunch with cold food and poor service at Tooks in St Neots Market Square. This evening, Diana and I went to the village hall for a barn dance featuring the Paragon Quadrille band of ancient and traditional instruments to celebrate our friend Eric Young’s 40th birthday.
News tonight of the eve of summit preparations for the Bush/Gorbachev meeting on the Gulf which seems to be going well. More women and children allowed out of Iraqi/Iran, but they tell of being interrogated to reveal the whereabouts of their husbands and fathers.
I was awake at 7am, feeling a bit chilly. We are now into a spell where days are warm but the nights cool and it is difficult to have the right amount of bedding as a result. Poor Di was struggling this morning. She is having a menstrual period and finding the return to home quite a strain, having to remember things and organise the children who kept forgetting their belongings that they need for school. I relieved her tensions by rubbing her tummy, back and breasts first thing and we had time to chat a little. I was therefore late down to breakfast and had to do my morning tasks after the meal. I then started a morning of paperwork, updating my journal first and then working on correspondence and financial matters. I wrote to our new gardener confirming his appointment and to the unsuccessful candidate as well. Lastly, I updated the job centre on what I was doing.
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Then I reconciled my cheque account after a hectic summer of expenditure which took some time. Later, once Debbie was home from her Saturday morning school session and Daniel from his eye test, I took them all quite late to lunch at Took’s in St Neots Market Square. It was a disappointing meal with cold food and poor service. This afternoon, Daniel and I rested for a while. She had a tummy ache which I helped to soothe again, and I was just tired. Later, I drove off to the garden centre and bought a new water timer for my conservatory and then, after a snack tee, Diana and I went to the village hall for a barn dance where we were due to celebrate our friend Eric Young’s 40th birthday.
It was a well-attended affair with some 150 to 200 people present. Eric and Helen arrange several adjacent tables as part of an overall village hall fundraising event. We gave him presents, shared our table with the Rev and Mrs Peter Lewis and Councillor Linda Richardson and husband Ian, and danced away until quite late. We were country dancing to the Paragon Quadrille band of ancient and traditional instruments and performed into squares, lines, and circles for the various dances. The standard of dancing was pretty poor and so there was much mirth and humour in the proceedings, all enjoyed the experience and company.
It was my first experience of the new Village Hall floor that we had put down this summer and it was standing up to things very well, although there had to be two announcements about sharp stiletto heels not being worn. Home after midnight to find all the children safely in bed and sleeping demurely. The news is of the eve of summit preparations for the Bush/Gorbachev meeting on the Gulf which seems to be going well. More women and children allowed out of Iraqi/Iran, but they tell of being interrogated to reveal the whereabouts of their husbands and fathers.