I spent the morning at St. Francis's attending first the 9.30 a.m. Holy Communion service and then the 11.00 a.m. informal praise service. Sara had planned to go to St. Paul's this morning but turned up at the chapter room at St. Francis's for coffee before the beginning of the 11.00 a.m. Afterwards she left before coffee in order to stop off at Tesco's for some essential foodstuffs for lunch - roast chicken with all the trimmings. I returned home at around 1 p.m. before Sara and put the oven on. We planned to eat around 4.00 p.m. but there is clearly something wrong with the main oven as the chicken was still not completely cooked by the time 4 p.m. arrived. I had agreed to take Mary greyhound racing this evening with the firs trace at Poole beginning at 6 p.m. We had to leave at 4.30 p.m. before the dinner was cooked and so, arriving at Poole Stadium at 5.30 p.m. we had a portion of chips each. We stayed for ten races and although I had a winner in the second race it only returned £2.75 and Mary had no success at all. I think this is the first time she has been either dog racing or horse racing and not won anything. We arrived back just before 10 p.m. a bit lighter in the wallet but having had a good night out - some valuable quality time with my daughter. We so rarely get the opportunity to spend time on our own together. From that point of view it was money well lost!
No comments:
Post a Comment