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Awoken by a minor earthquake tremor centred in Peterborough in the early hours and then got back to some routine catching up with all of the mail, calls and faxes that had been unattended to during my absence.
Some progress with builders for Horning and then an HDC group meeting in the evening preparing for a full HDC Council on Wednesday. Late to bed after finding Debbie, and her visiting guest Jo, bouncing around in her bedroom with no intention of going to bed and so I had to settle them down
I was awoken at around 2.00am this morning without apparent explanation until I then heard on the radio that there had been a minor earthquake (of 3.1 on the Richter scale) based on Peterborough in the early hours. This is the second one we have had in the last few years and, though minor, when added to the drought effects on the clay, must be leading to house settlement and subsidence for many. I was slow to breakfast and then found a lot of mail to deal with and later a card to indicate that the postman also had a parcel that he could not deliver (though I do not feel that he made a very good attempt at raising anyone).
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My last day of recuperation, planning my Paxton Princess electrics reorganisation and listening to Nigel and Steven about how to redevelop my Horning property. Della and Diana had their Brownies "Thinking Day" service this afternoon as I watched the televised football and then the girls played quite nicely together for most of the rest of the day. The weather turned quite windy and cold today but at times the sun at least was bright and warm.
This was my last day of recuperation and just doing what I wanted to do. I slept in until 9.00am and then had my shower and shaved before breakfast. I just had cereal for this meal, which came as a disappointment after the tradition that we had in the past. I sent this morning and evening working away on my circuit diagram which proved to be quite a problem but I finished it in the end. I had an afternoon break watching some football on the TV trying to will the underdogs to win but the major teams gained their place in the next round of the cup.
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Getting back to normal and enjoying some rough play with Della as she still limps on another day at home. Then watching England trounce the French at Rugby Union in the Park des Princes in a quite a hard-fought match before the French lost their discipline and had two players sent off.
I enjoyed an afternoon snack of tea and some fine biscuits cooked by Debbie which was very nice before I settled into my office to continue laying out my boat electrical circuit diagram as Diana crept off to bed at 7.30pm this evening as she is prone to do
I slept well last night and took advantage of my first day back in bed with Diana. Up in a leisurely fashion, the children being home with no school and me being set on relaxing recovery. Spent this morning getting ready and then reading; the post being very full of nautical information these last couple of days, but I did have time to give Della some rough play which she has missed since her accident and mine. It is good to see her nearly completely recovered, even if she still limps quite a bit.
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Back to the Evelyn Hospital on Valentine’s Day to have my nose splints removed, which was easily done on a cooler day which turned wet later. A poor experience for lunch in an understaffed Happy Eater.
After yesterday's black day of economic news for the government, at least the inflation figures showed a fall from 4.6% to 4.1%, but this was accompanied by yet more news of job losses and economic contraction. Della had her friend Esther from Alconbury House to play with her later on and evening, but Debbie played alone.
Today was the day that I had been waiting for and I could not do a great deal after I was woken this morning for anticipating it. Exchanged cards with Diana as a nice start to the day. The girls got some things together to keep themselves occupied and then we set off after breakfast, Diana driving me as we progressed towards Cambridge. We got to the Evelyn just before my appointment time and were shown upstairs and I did not have to wait long with the family before I was called in to see Mr Ellis. He quickly removed the nose splints after, I think, snipping out a stitch in each lower nostril. The splints were of a transparent plastic material about 1cm wide and some 8cm long; presumably rolled up and inserted to keep the nostril open during healing. Given their size, they came out very well and I could notice an immediate improvement.
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