My poor old Dell computer died on October 6th. It was 2nd hand when I bought it for about R2200 a few years ago. They now wanted R3000 to fix it!! Which obviously made no sense. So I had to buy a new one: this Acer Travelmate, complete with all the necessary software. A bargain. I took the hard drive out of the old Dell & am using it as a backup with this Acer.
SARS sabotaged my tax return which I had completed perfectly, and sent me another one in Afrikaans. I had kept a copy of the original one which I then re-submitted and it was accepted. Amazing isn’t it? I eventually got an assessment and paid it, which resulted in the bank phoning to check whether I’d really written such a big cheque.
November had a Parish Indaba on the 12th when the Diocesan Secretary revealed that the diocese is bankrupt and that he had switched from parish pledges to the diocese to an assessment system by the diocese, which means that the diocese will be even more bankrupt very shortly.
November 13th was Remembrance Sunday and I led 2 Remembrance services at St Margaret’s.
I also said Mass for the old ladies at Bayswater Village retirement home on the 25th. This went very well & I hope I’m asked to do it again. Perhaps I’ll “retire” there some time. It’s a Methodist establishment.
I’ve spent a lot of time hospital visiting: Fr Isaac Rustoff from Intabazwe (my colleague in Harrismith) was in Rose Park for open heart surgery, which he survived, and is now recuperating. Sarel Kramer from Harrismith is in Universitas with a dreadful condition whose name escapes me. He’s in ICU and I spend a lot of time with his very distraught wife.
The Bishop was at St Margaret’s for a confirmation on Advent 1 so I went to the Cathedral for the 1st time since I’ve been in Bloemfontein. Can’t say I was very impressed – we do things so much better at St Margaret’s!!
The picture is from Zululand many years ago (me in the shorts).
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