Feeling the strain
05 June 2005 @ 22:38 in Life
Am really quite tired. Up to Scotland on the train on
Monday to sort out wedding things. Jenny's grandad
died on Tuesday morning, and so sorted out with work
to take the rest of the week off. She was awful upset
and I really wanted to be with her. Besides, he's
been very good to us as a couple and I was very fond
of him. Was asked to take a chord at his funeral on
Friday which was very humbling. Lovely service; the
McRobbie family plot is in New Aberdour, 40 miles or
so north of Aberdeen. Day was beautiful; graveyard
overlooked a field of bright yellow oilseed rape to
the sea. I drove up to Aberdeen from Selkirk,
stopping to pick up her brother from Edinburgh
– Jenny's dad had left his car – which
was much more tiring than I expected. We obviously
missed our train back to London which was to have
been on Wednesday, so Jenny bought us plane tickets
from Aberdeen to Heathrow. Cost a fortune, but
journey of an hour and a half as opposed to eight
hours. We've both been at Dennis all weekend doing
the work that I missed during the week. Am just home.
Mostly finished. Had intended to do some more tonight
but am too tired and have to continually correct what
I write. Besides, hands sore. Go and have a look at
the adorable pictures of Jenny's mum's cat Bonnie in
my Flickr photostream.
