a month

well, various things to report quickly, since I'm giving myself five minutes before thinking about contextual theology again!

*Andrew's bag (including his pen drive, wallet, car keys, etc., diary, house keys) stolen - resulting in
*his driving test being delayed
*changing all locks
*frustrating insurance conversations...

Which has resulted in trading in the poor little Yaris for an even more little Aygo.
Funnily enough, then we discovered that it's marketed at trendy young people :-) So, THERE! Finally.

Then... Andrew PASSED his driving test (prompting a lot of conversations with people about the various ways they've failed them!! Including my own sterling accounts of running over the parallel parking poles in my first test which made me famous at the Winnipeg test centre!)

Other things: still working on PhD. V. low about it, so think of me. It's a gritted teeth thing right now. And if I never read another emergent book after this... ! :-)

The weather is contributing to feeling BLAH for me and probably another zillion Brits only slightly alleviated by the Olympics... which is good.

The allotment is beautiful. Really and truly. Lots of cultivated land. We've got huge problems getting the raspberries home. In fact, so far we've not managed it. So, if you want any you need to come and eat them on site! BUT, there's still at least half of the land to cultivate, so...

We're going to the croft this weekend, no electricity, no potable water, no mobile reception, BLISS...

In terms of anything else, have had two lovely meals this week with friends, and hours of conversation afterwards. I love community like that.

And, my minutes are up.