April 6th .. Diary Continued

Bloemfontein Diary Cont….
Preached at St Margaret’s for first time on Lent 1 – really enjoyed that. Have continued to assist at Wednesday Mass (as Lay Minister).

After more how’s-your-father with Spar, my new coffee filter was couriered to my flat on the 23rd. Took a lot of time & effort, but worth it in the end..

Someone told me it was a public holiday on the 21st – I never noticed. Isn’t retirement great?

I was in Kimberley on April Fools’ Day & had a nice plate of prawns with the Bishop, Ossie Swartz.
I came away thinking I had arranged a solution to their problem which wouldn’t involve me but a call from the Bishop yesterday proved me wrong. He still wants me there.

Haven’t seen my maid, Agnes for some time: her husband died and then she found herself admitted to hospital. I hope she’s going to be OK. She’s such a nice woman who doesn’t deserve all this tsouris.

I spend some time doing housework, which I don’t mind. However, ironing isn’t one of my talents – takes me a whole morning to do what Agnes would do in an hour or so.

Will be at St John’s Harrismith from Palm Sunday to Easter doing the Holy Week thing & a couple of baptisms. It will be good to see everyone again and I feel very complimented to get the invitation. Now that the World Cup cricket is over, I have time to prepare.

A friend in CT, Daphne (a cricket fan like me), SMSed each other during the games and got all our result forecasts wrong except for the final: Daphne got that right while I continued my losing streak.