A day of paperwork, arrangements and household chores as Diana opened up with a litany of relationship complaints which I avoided responding to. In truth, we are not exactly an ideal match; but we have lasted this long and with a little more mutual consideration can make the best of it.
Some time playing with Della today, giving her a piggy-back into the conservatory to feed the fish before getting on and tending the plants, fish and swimming pool. Some repairs to my boats organised for the following weekend
To bed at quite a reasonable time and then slept soundly until woken by Diana with morning tea at 7.00am. She was still grumpy with me this morning; thinking that I had been bad-tempered and intolerant on our holiday and still holding a grudge about me not joining her for the funeral of her Aunt Ally and Uncle Tom. She does not like me getting so many visitors and telephone calls, nor always being busy so as to have no time for anything. In fact, she concluded, if I was to up and leave, it would be a very great relief! I just sat there and listened to this all; thinking that it was better to do this than respond with equal and opposite complaints about her being independent, un-social and un-friendly, lacking in support and interest in my public and community work, and slow and poor in everything that she does so as to be a frustration to any companion.
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In truth, we are not exactly an ideal match; but we have lasted this long and with a little more mutual consideration can make the best of it. I was showered and down to join the others for breakfast and then gave Della her piggy-back into the conservatory to feed the fish before getting on and tending the plants, fish and swimming pool. The pool was quite full of May blossom and other small debris after our few days away but was soon clear again. My journal and then to catch up with my journal, sitting in the playroom with Della until she went off shopping for essentials with Diana in mid-morning. I made a number of organising telephone calls, to get my telephone charger and inflatable boat repaired and also to arrange for some work to be done on Heronshaw and the Paxton Princess next weekend.