We met the interested parties in Tesco for coffee today.
We were discussing the plans for June’s funeral. Margaret phoned Scamp to ask where we were, because they were waiting in Costa. Then Scamp reminded her that she had told us it was to be at Tesco. That maybe ‘put her gas at a peep’ as my mum would have said. Scamp, Jackie and I had been prepared for a fight, but as a result, it never happened.
The group was Ian, Jackie, Margaret, Paul, Scamp, Shona and myself (listed alphabetically for fairness!). Everyone offered suggestions to the group with Paul and Shona as adjudicators.
The upshot of the meeting was that:
- We had some photos of June to use in a short display
- Paul wants to do a short ad hoc speech about his mum
- Jackie would probably write a talk and if she wasn’t comfortable with it, I’d be ready to take over.
We left it at that and have a meeting planned with the funeral directors tomorrow.
We drove over to The Kelpies because Jackie had never seen them in real life. It turned out to be an awful day as far as the weather was concerned. Heavy rain showers driven along on a gusty east wind. However we did get a walk around the mighty beasts and I think that brightened Scamp’s day. The size of the sculptures impressed Jackie. We finished with another cuppa and a scone paid for by Jackie.
Later, at home I was delegated to go to the chip shop for fish suppers. A successful day with some of the pressure removed. Jackie goes back home tomorrow and is intending to return in a couple of days.
PoD was a slightly different view of a Kelpie,
Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow.