Staycation Day 5

I thoroughly enjoyed myself yesterday. Rain stopped me playing outside but I have a long list of rainy day ideas ... this is England after all! ... so I had plenty of options to choose from.

I sorted out a few admin things first so now have a few social things in the diary. I heard from Danielle and the no show was apparently down to a diary mix up so she'll be here next Wednesday instead. I'm not too happy about it but there's nothing I can do to change it, so will let it go this time. 

Anyway, after admin duties I went off on a virtual trip to Italy for my first online Italian conversation. It was hard! When people speak Italian too quickly I struggle to hear one of the key words in a phrase and don't yet know the grammar well enough to compensate. I didn't speak that much but thankfully didn't make a complete fool of myself when I introduced myself in Italian or when it was my turn to order a virtual coffee. Hard as it was, I really enjoyed the challenge and will take part if another session is organised.

After lunch it was time for a virtual lecture on the historical graffiti in Winchester Cathedral. This is a subject I've recently been reading quite a lot about so this was perfect timing as far as I'm concerned. The lecture, delivered by Dr Cindy Wood of Winchester University, was organised by the Churches Conservation Trust and at the end of the video they gave details of how to become involved in documenting the graffiti in churches. I'm not rushing in to any commitment but will phone the Trust next week to see if there is any scope for volunteering in this area and if so, exactly what it involves.

I then tried to get started on my joyful jar but wasn't making any progress so abandoned it and settled down to read instead. I wasn't really in the right mood for anything crafty!

Most of the evening was taken up with a Zoom link up with friends. E had organised a quiz, which was fun ( but too many sports questions for some of us!), and P and L showed us the photos of their trip to Iceland back in March. All in all, it was a lovely day.

Today, it's supposed to rain later but I will attempt a trip out to look around a local church. Yesterday's lecture has piqued my interest so I'm going on a graffiti hunt. I know there is some in Edington Priory so that's where I'll start, assuming it's open to visitors rather than just for quiet prayer. 

Apart from that, I fancy a musical night but haven't decided what form that will take yet. I have a couple of DVDs, or the choices on Netflix and YouTube so will decide later on.