This week was spent mostly working on my computer or sitting and reading my Kindle in the sun. It's great to have the sun back out.
Monday, 17th April.
I got up around 8 am and sat at my computer to work on my website. I continued working until around 11:30, and then I got on my disability scooter and met my friend Martin. While there, Martin's wife Kate asked me to look at her computer tomorrow, and we arranged for her to come to mine in the morning. We sat talking at Pizzeria La Sombre until just after 2:30 pm.
On my way home, I saw my friend Joe outside his bar in Rio Nalon. I stopped off to chat with him, and his wife, Kate, soon joined us. I hadn't seen either of them for a while, and we sat outside chatting in the sun. We kept talking until it started to get a bit cooler at around 8 pm, and I then left them and went back to my apartment.
When I got home, I watched television before bed at around 10 pm.
Tuesday, 18th April.
I woke up around 7 am and continued to work on my website. I worked until around 9 am, then got a coffee before making some pies. I was browning the meat when Kate turned up with her laptop. I finished browning the meat, fried some onions and peppers, and put them all in my slow cooker.
I then looked at Kate's laptop and tried several ways to back up her photos and videos, but she did not have enough free space. She has an external hard drive but forgot to bring it with her. I copy some spreadsheets I have set up for Martin to use onto her laptop so they can print them whenever needed. I told her to come back with the external drive so I could back up her photos and videos.
At around 1 pm, Kate took her laptop home and dropped me off at La Sombre Pizzeria to meet Martin. While chatting with Martin, Viv arrived, and when she left, she gave me a lift home. When I got home, I worked on more of my photos. At around 9 pm, my slow cooker finished cooking the meat for my pies, and I separated it into pie dishes before allowing it to cool off.
Wednesday, 19th April.
The first thing I did in the morning was to mash some sweet potatoes. Once I added the mash to the pies I made yesterday and put all but one in the freezer, I kept one out for my lunch today.
I did some more work on my website and added the photos from my trip to see the Flower Festival last week to a photo gallery before backing up the website again. I had been having so many problems with the website that I was slowly removing sections to discover the problem. After doing each bit, I am backing it up so that I will not have to redo so much work if it goes down again.
I took a break from my computer and went to the chiringuito outside my apartment. I got a coffee and sat there reading my Kindle for an hour. When it got too hot, I walked around to the D´Pollo takeaway to get something to eat for dinner. Today, I had chicken in tomato sauce, which was very nice.
In the afternoon and evening, I spent time reading my Kindle on my balcony.
Thursday, 20th April.
This morning, I continued replacing sections of my website and backing them up immediately. I worked on the section about my escorted coach tour across the Southern States of America. After a few hours of work, I stopped and walked to the Buena Vista Restaurant, where I sat, had a coffee, and read my Kindle.
I then went home and again sat on my balcony, reading and enjoying the warmer weather before I had my lunch. After lunch, I continued reading, and my friend Alan Bond sent me a message to see if I wanted to meet him at La Playa bar tonight. I watched some television and then got ready to meet Alan.
I walked around to La Playa bar and spent the night listening to my friend Gary play music in the bar and chat with my friends Alan, Bob, Derek and Ady. At the night's end, I headed home and walked along the beach but noticed two groups of young men acting strangely. They were watching me, and one group disappeared into the shadows. After being mugged a few years ago, I have been more nervous about walking home at night, and I call my friends Shellie and Jim to see if they can pick me up. Shellie keeps talking to me, and Jim catches up with me. Just as Jim arrives, the last three youths disappear, but Jim walks with me back to my apartment, checking that I got in safely. Thank you, Shellie and Jim. It may have been nothing, but I didn't want to take the chance.
Friday, 21st April.
I woke up around 7 am, got a coffee, and sat down to work on my computer until around 10 am. At 10 am, I contacted the DWP in the UK. They have still not paid me some money that they owe me, and I am again querying why it hasn't been paid yet. The lady I talked to is quite helpful and tried to contact the department that makes payments. She can not get through to them and promises to keep trying. I told her I wanted to make an official complaint and expected interest to be paid on the money they owed me. She again promises to find out why it hasn't been paid yet. I told her that if it hadn't arrived by next week, I would call her back again.
I read my Kindle this afternoon and sat in the sun on my balcony. This evening, I watched Arsenal play Southampton. Southampton were winning 0-1 after a mistake from Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsey almost from the kickoff. After 10 minutes had been played, Southampton scored again and were winning 0-2. Arsenal were playing terribly, but after 20 minutes, they had pulled a goal back.
Unfortunately, in the second half, Southampton scored again and went 1-3 up. Arsenal threw players forward, and with 2 minutes remaining, they pulled a second goal back and almost immediately got a third to make it 3-3. In the remaining few seconds, Arsenal hit the crossbar, but it was too late, and they only managed to rescue a draw and get 1 point. Manchester City must now be the favourites to win the Premier League. They are 5 points behind Arsenal but have played two fewer games.
Saturday, 22nd April.
When I woke up this morning, I began changing more sections on my website, including the celebrity stories and recipes sections. Thankfully, my changes do not cause any problems, and I can also update a few other sections.
I took some recyclable rubbish to the plastic and glass recycling bins before going to D´Pollo for lunch. Today, I had a breadcrumb-covered chicken fillet with some chips. Once again, the food was very good and at a great price.
I spent the afternoon working on a few more sections of my website before watching some of today's football before going to bed.
Sunday, 23rd April.
I woke up around 6:30 am and immediately checked that my website had been backed up correctly before settling down to do the last set of changes that I had to do. Once I checked that the backup had been done, I made the changes, and to my relief, the work I had done over the week had worked, and the site was now working as I wanted it to. The Genealogy section of the website had been causing me problems, but it was now up and running again and not causing problems with other parts of the site.
At 12:45, June picked me up for lunch at Campbells' bar in Roda. While we waited for our dinner, I was able to find out why Junes' Facebook account was having some problems, and I quickly fixed the problem. I enjoyed my dinner, and when we had both finished, we left and went to La Ola bar on the way home. We stopped for a drink, and a chat before June dropped me off at home.
When I got in, I switched the TV on, and the Newcastle vs Tottenham game was kicking off for the second half. Newcastle were already winning 5-0, and it finished 6-1. Oh dear, how sad, what a shame. Arsenal made me sad on Friday night, but Tottenham cheered me up today. This evening, I watched television before going to bed early.