Day 19 of 42
Jul. 18th, 2013 11:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
london1967The Open Gardens on Sunday went well. I saw many neighbours and their friends walking past the dining room windows, and some people came in to say hello to the invalid.
Adrian had invited Sorrel and Pete, and Michael and Christopher. Sorrel - who is the Garden Museum's chef - was so sweet: she arrived with some chicken and vegetable pies, and some panna cotta she had made especially for us in the morning.
The pie flavoured with tarragon and lemon was just superb!
Adrian has been pushing me around (lol!) in a wheelchair. This evening we went to a local park.
He has also brought me in some sweetpeas flowers from the plants I grew from seed.
It's nice to get out for a bit of fresh air, especially as we are in the middle of a heatwave.
That beard is going tomorrow...
Some good news on the credit card front. American Express have refunded the 2,000+ euro fraudulent charge already!
No news from the office regarding working from home while I'm off sick but then the HR person is on holiday. I'm not even sure how much sick benefit I'll get - that information has been removed in the latest version of the staff handbook. Fingers crossed!
And oh yes, same-sex marriage has become law in England and Wales! Her Majesty rubber stamped the law yesterday.
I can't go down on a knee at the moment (and Adrian said that if he does, he'd need help getting up) but we're planning to convert our civil partnership into marriage next year, when the law comes into effect. Whether we'll have a celebration or not, we don't know yet...
Adrian had invited Sorrel and Pete, and Michael and Christopher. Sorrel - who is the Garden Museum's chef - was so sweet: she arrived with some chicken and vegetable pies, and some panna cotta she had made especially for us in the morning.
The pie flavoured with tarragon and lemon was just superb!
Adrian has been pushing me around (lol!) in a wheelchair. This evening we went to a local park.
He has also brought me in some sweetpeas flowers from the plants I grew from seed.
It's nice to get out for a bit of fresh air, especially as we are in the middle of a heatwave.
That beard is going tomorrow...
Some good news on the credit card front. American Express have refunded the 2,000+ euro fraudulent charge already!
No news from the office regarding working from home while I'm off sick but then the HR person is on holiday. I'm not even sure how much sick benefit I'll get - that information has been removed in the latest version of the staff handbook. Fingers crossed!
And oh yes, same-sex marriage has become law in England and Wales! Her Majesty rubber stamped the law yesterday.
I can't go down on a knee at the moment (and Adrian said that if he does, he'd need help getting up) but we're planning to convert our civil partnership into marriage next year, when the law comes into effect. Whether we'll have a celebration or not, we don't know yet...
