Good morning everyone. What a glorious day we had here yesterday, bright sunshine, and so warm! We really needed a day like that because today we're back to thick fog. Oh the joy.
Isn't it strange how much happens as a consequence of one little event. The event in question was Dancing GD's group's return flight from Estonia having been brought forward by four hours - and the airline omitted to let the group know! DD scrapped her plans to travel up from Nottingham, where she was staying with New Man, to collect her from Edinburgh airport and went instead to Luton. Somewhere near there another car took a side-swipe at DD's car, writing it off. Very fortunately no injuries, but a night in a hotel with DGD followed before New Man was able to collect them. Meanwhile, DGD3 couldn't get home from her after school hotel job because there was no-one to collect her and no public transport to her village, so they gave her a room there for the night (a rather nice one which would cost you or I an arm and a leg, so no great inconvenience to her 😉). After a day of getting nowhere with her insurance company regarding a hire car, DD is still down south, but the Dancer is getting a train north, where I shall meet her to reunite her with her own car, and then take hotel DGD, who is getting home by bus this morning, back to her work. I will have to stay at DD's overnight as I don't drive in the dark - meaning I need to get another instructor to take my tomorrow's tai chi class. So as I said, a lot of consequences resulted from someone not informing someone else of a change of flight time .........
I did take my friend out to lunch yesterday - the last time (such a sad thought) I shall be able to see her as on Monday she moves away to her sheltered housing south of Edinburgh.
So off I must toddle now and pack my case for tonight, and maybe a second night as well.
A spiritual friend reminded me yesterday that we are slap bang in the middle of a Mercury Retrograde which has an adverse effect on all things to do with transport and communication. Normally I might say that these things are 'all in the mind', but this lot of happenings to communication and transport in my family were certainly not in my mind. And remember, my car was off the road last week (replacement clutch) for longer than necessary due to problems getting spare parts .........
Sorry folks, this was a long one!
Love to all, and I hope you and your mum are both feeling a little better Grandmabatty - do please see that doctor.