Mostly at home on a fine day, as the nation was in mourning over the death of John Smith and the atmosphere is one of unity in respect for his integrity and sense of public service.
More dummy training and obedience work with Sam and I even managed to do some quartering as well. I took Diana out to the cinema in Peterborough this evening and we saw a thriller film called "Blink".
The nation is in mourning over the death of John Smith and the atmosphere is one of unity in respect for his integrity and sense of public service. All of the television programmes were changed last night to take the form of tributes to him. Campaigning in the EuroElections is going to be muted until after his funeral and then speculation will ensue on the leadership succession.
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We will carry on with our by-election plans anyway. The handyman works on in the conservatory sanding off and re-decorating the woodwork and the cleaner tackled my office today and then sponged off and cleaned the downstairs windows which was quite a transition. I attended to some urgent correspondence and then updated my journal. I wrote to all Ropes Hill Dyke Residents convening another residents meeting for the end of the month.
More dummy training and obedience work with Sam and I even managed to do some quartering as well. I called Jim today to see if he was available to come over and do some training, but he has a family wedding this weekend and is also baby-sitting whilst his wife works in the evening. Several telephone calls about the council by-election as a couple of deliverers get cold feet about delivering the first leaflet on Sunday out of respect to John Smith and we will consider it further.
I took Diana out to the cinema in Peterborough this evening and we saw a thriller film called "Blink". It was a fascinating production and held our interest despite their being disgraceful interference on the cinema sound that made it virtually inaudible at times. To bed quite early to catch up on the sleep I have been missing lately.