Took Sue to work, and picked her up, had a coffee with my
curate Caroline, where she did her very best not to answer my questions about
how things were going in the parish.
Think after today I would have done all the reflecting I
need to do on Northern Ireland, and next week after finishing the book I'm
reading, I will “blog” my reflection on last week.
Also today I have been putting the final preparations to my rail
trip around Britain, and all that remains is for the trains to be running on time! We'll see-- there are some quick changes involved though! It has taken me a great deal of time to plan,
but again I have enjoyed doing it very much indeed.
This evening I'm going to begin to sort out my trip to
France and Belgium -- everything is booked, that is the ferry and the bed and
breakfast -- but I need to plan my days there so that I can make best use of
the time.
I haven't felt stressed today -- I think Caroline coming
this morning helped.
What I have realised is that I do miss the day-to-day
engagement with people and the parish, for good and for bad, which of course
has been a feature of my life the past 22 years. Today has reminded me a bit of
the time when I was off work ill, except that today I have been able to get out
and about and also do some work on my computer, which I couldn't do two years
ago.
Tomorrow my two sisters are coming to visit from Grimsby,
and I shall take them shopping in the wonderful metropolis of Mansfield. I am not sure which is worse -- Grimsby or
Mansfield, but then my sisters and my mother always said a town with a
Debenhams was always worth a visit -- Mansfield has a Debenhams, Grimsby
doesn't. Looking forward to their visit
very much.
It is too early at this stage of my Sabbatical to come to
any firm conclusions, but one thing I will say is that I am not looking forward
to retirement, whether that be forced on me through ill-health, or in five
years time in the natural course of things.
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