Day 2 of continuous drizzling rain; it continued through the
night as well. This is our first
day on the afternoon schedule. We
reported to the temple at 2 p.m. where Bob was the officiator and I was the
follower for the 2:30 p.m. session.
There were 17 patrons in the session. The remainder of the day and evening went well with getting
home about 8:15 p.m.
Temple Cafeteria Table Talk:
English sister #1: “Sister American, your dress is lovely.”
American sister (Me): “Thank you!
Sister Matthews is wearing the same dress today.”
English sister #1: “Oh, it is lovely and so flowing. Yes, several sisters have
dresses alike.”
American sister: “I have even seen Sister Crossland with the same
dress on. It must be a good
choice. It is very ”comfy.”
Welsh sister: “All flowie is so lovely. Just like Elizabeth Bennett in Pride
And Prejudice. (Using
swaying hand movements) She moves
along so gracefully with her long skirts and petticoats. But I
don’t want to live during that time (has a frownie face)
and wear all those skirts!
No!”
English sister #2: “Now, Calamity Jane, she is the one to be like!”
(Everyone starts smiling and chuckling in
recognition of the movie.)
American sister: “You know Calamity Jane?”
English sister #2: “Yes I do. She
comes back across the stream with that
lovely yellow dress on and falls flat in the muck! What
a sight!”
English sister #1: “I have that movie and watch it often.”
Welsh sister: “Ah, yes, Doris Day is lovely, very lovely. She is the one to be
Like.”
American sister: “If you know Calamity Jane, she was in the movie, Glass
Bottom Boat.
. . . “
(Everyone started talking and naming other Doris
Day movies and telling their favorite sceens.)
American sister: “Well, I don’t feel so ‘foreign’ anymore with all of you
movie watchers like me!”
Brother Davis drove the Coopers and us to East Grinstead
this morning to apply for an account at Barclays bank. The drive and the walk in the rain were
safe. Mev helped set up our
account and we exchanged US dollars to sterling to deposit. We finished up and walked back to the minibus.
We have been trying to buy isopropyl alcohol since being
here and have not been able to find it in any of the stores we have been
in. It was suggested we go to a
pharmacy. We went to Boots
Pharmacy and Bob inquired with the pharmacist. She said you are not allowed to buy it except in very small
amounts and then you have to go to a chemist to purchase it. He asked if it was a controlled
substance and she said it was not, just not easily purchased. She said the best way is to purchase it
through amazon.com and have it shipped to you. She said you have to fill out a bunch of paperwork and
explain what you are going to use it for.
She knows this procedure since her husband orders it for working on his
car.
When we all got back to the minibus, the Coopers said they were unable to get their account established. They were randomly selected for "terrorist activity." She said the agent kept trying to enter their information and it would come up blank. He was in training and did not know what to do. He finally got his supervisor and he immediately recognized what was happening. They will get their account number, etc. in the mail in three days. Needless to say, they were disappointed.
We received a phone call this morning that we have been
assigned a flat in the lodge. As
soon as we come to the temple and pick up the keys, we can move in. Well, that started us to thinking and
planning how we would make the move. When
we got home from the bank we went to the temple and collected up the keys and
instructions for flat 13. We took
a look at it and began the move in process. With having to work the afternoon and evening, our time was
limited. We started packing up
the suitcases and Dad started taking them over.
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