I’ve just survived
the busiest week ever … except perhaps for the weeks preceding my move in March
2011. Let me give you a quick overview.
It started on
Sunday – a week ago - with lunch at my cousin’s. Next came three hectic days at
work, which totally stressed me out due to the very tight deadlines I was
given. Moreover, I needed to take Wednesday afternoon off to make the mandatory
tour of our cemetery to flower the graves of my father and grandparents on both
the maternal and paternal side of the family. We – my mother and I – had initially
planned to this on Wednesday evening, after work. But after switching to winter
time a week ago, we thought it would be quite dark by the time we had picked up
the flowers at the florist.
I had
planned to leave the office at 11 a.m., but there was a last minute emergency
and moreover, I had to pack up my professional belongings because our
department was moving to another floor and wing over the weekend. It was almost
12.30 p.m. when I came home. Having an hour to spare before the planned meeting
with my mother, I decided to pick up the flowers at the florist and take them
to the cemetery on my own. Since her recent back problems, my mother finds
walking still very difficult – especially on a bumpy soil, like the gravel
paths at the cemetery. By half past one I arrived at my mother’s, mission
accomplished. I found her relieved that the job had been done and … curious to
see the result. So off we went, for another – my fifth - tour taking us to the
different tombs. The weather was sunny, with a crisp, yet not unpleasant wind
blowing and there were a lot of people taking a similar tour, some of which we
knew and chatted with for a while.
The 'new kid in town'.
On Thursday
my longtime friend Mati came over. We all had a very nice lunch at our local
Italian restaurant. It was pleasant and cheery and Mati brought us a beautiful
orchid … a new member to my ever increasing family. I call it ‘the new kid in
town’. So far it has settled in beautifully and I hope it’ll thrive in its new
home.
We had to
end our lunch in a bit of a rush, because my mother’s nieces and nephews were
coming over for a ‘coffee and cake’ party. I had bought some delicious lemon
and chocolate mini-muffins, lemon curd cakes and shortcakes with white
chocolate chips from Stonemanor. The house looked really full with ten adult
people squeezed into my mother sitting room, but the atmosphere was very jolly
and gay, especially after everybody had had a glass of Sandeman’s ruby port to
warm-up after a chilly and wet tour of the cemetery.
On Friday I
had another lunch date, after which my friend and I did some clothes shopping.
Another busy, yet successful and pleasant day …
On Saturday
we took time to relax, waiting for the ‘Channel Rat’!!! Which arrived on Sunday
… Any idea what a ‘Channel Rat’ is?
