My Sunday

Today, Sunday, Kosov had a long driving lesson. He still needs work with roundabouts and turning right at traffic lights, and while he could drive on his own, he isn't yet ready to sit his driving test.

I've booked a weekend away for us in a couple of weeks. Ostensibly it is a birthday gift for Kosov, but it is also travel I will enjoy doing. I've gone a bit upmarket this time but for not much more than I would normally pay, owing to the isolation of the accommodation. 

I asked HH if she would like our monthly lunch catch up to happen this coming week, and she said yes, but the only day she was free was Wednesday, which was fine with me. When we took some birthday cake down to her last week, she was busy trying to sort out her finances. She is trying to hand all control over to her son, but with shares and other investments, it is surprisingly difficult. She said it was doing her head in, but later said, I can get back to it now after having some company. She is far more social than I am.

As I type, Phyllis is in the kitchen cooking up a storm and talking loudly on his phone handsfree, with the exhaust fan roaring away. I would expect 8.40 on a Sunday night to be quiet at home. No doubt I will get to eat some of what is being cooked at some time. 

Jass had a bath and a haircut on Friday. Her grooming was really well done, even though I thought it was a waste of money, but it wasn't my money. She is looking much smaller now. She certainly isn't a big cat. 

Pleasing to read in our local state newspaper an explanatory article about teeth whitening. No commenter had praise for bright white tombstones. With a minimum of words, one commenter put it perfectly, "Meanwhile, on the other side of the world...".

But then the paper became political. 

"Not only do Democrats seem headed for success in the midterms, fuelled by a swell of Americans who see Trump as a crook, enriching himself while costs rise for everyone else, but the president’s inner circle is going up in flames. Aides are turning on one another and sinking in a cauldron of corruption and boneheaded policies."