Yesterday was spent socialising as the weather remained sunny but cold. Called into a friend for a long chat then headed into the local restaurant for lunch where I ran into more friends and acquaintances.

Home again, then back in to clean the bank.

This morning I was quietly sipping my second coffee of the morning when I received a text message from the Royal reminding me of an appointment they had not yet told me about. Fortunately it's not till Thursday as I discovered when I rang for clarification. The letter arrived in the mail two hours later.

This is for the CAT scan which seems to be a rather lengthy process not helped by the lack of clarity in the letter. The Scan is scheduled for 11:15 so that is what they told me the appointment time was. But on closer inspection I am to arrive an hour prior. The whole thing is to take 2 hours, but is that from the time of arrival or the time of the appointment? - all very muddling. And no food for two hours prior (but prior to what?) and two cups of water to drink two hours prior (to what?). I will assume it is 2 hours prior to 11:15 since that is presumably when they will actually be scanning me. They do make life difficult for themselves and us!

The fire is again lit as it has once again been sunny but chilly - the forecast for tomorrow is rather more encouraging being 18 degrees.

The problem with a Thursday appointment is that I am supposed to be going to the Uni on Friday to turn in my phone for the study. I am trying to contact the relevant department to arrange one for Thursday afternoon which should not throw their results off too far, but so far no success.

Response sent. First draft direction was rejected and the last version seems to cover all the issues professionally. So I am happy.

Meanwhile we had a lovely sunny, if chilly, day yesterday which resulted in much washing being done. The balance is now out on the line as today will also be sunny, and marginally warmer. I have washed some 'medium' moorit fleece which is drying in the shed, and the calendula petals seem to have dried satisfactorily (with a significant reduction in bulk, which suggests I should collect more.

The Whole Town Garage Sale was yesterday but I did not get out and about until lateish so seem to have missed the bargains and interesting stuff - probably fortunate is I don't have any money anyway, haha.

Not sure how I will be spending the day - spinning calls, but so too does hazard reduction as the forecast for later in the week looks distinctly summerish - a change from having to light the fire at least!

Still working on my draft response - one page should be sufficient to cover my reply and it is presently one paragraph, and signature block into the second page. Thank heaven for weekends, eh!

I have spent the day with my spinning group and we agreed from the outset not to discuss local politics or personal dramas, so the conversation focussed on happier things.

One of us brought in some angora tops that they had purchased at the Bargain Centre several years ago and which were gratefully received by those of us who were interested. I may give mine back as many years ago I had a wool/angora/cashmere/silk/and something else blend wool that raised hives all over me, and having handled the angora I begin to feel itchy, so perhaps I have finally narrowed down the source of the problem. Oddly it is goat angora (not rabbit) and I was raised with goats so should not have such a response, but perhaps the longer hair of an angora goat is different to the fluff that grows under the coarser coats of dairy goats.

The weather has been predictably awful with showers and minor hail spots passing through and the temperature barely reaching the predicted maximum of 11. Tomorrow should be marginally better and I will be going to the Whole Town Garage Sale as well as cleaning the bank.

The fire is slowly chugging away - indoors is not that chilly but a fire will be necessary later so best to get it going before I settle down for the evening. And I have finished spinning the dark brown fleece and am now onto the lightest brown (a sort of blonde/brown). Once that is done only one more colour to go before I can start knitting the replacement vest. I am fairly happy with the regularity of tension I have achieved this time - hopefully more consistent with the 4 ply required to achieve the size I want. But for all that I will knit a tension square before starting this time!

And the saga continues. This morning I received a letter acknowledging my resignation then going on to assert that I had stolen property belonging to the Society, containing veiled threats of legal action and stern warnings about the misuse of Society Records. I can only assume this is the at the instruction of the new President who does not strike me as the forgiving type.

I have responded by pointing out that the Society's donations policy requires that if they are unable to use the item for the purpose for which it was provided that it must first be offered to the donor, and only if refused, must be sold at auction. Since my purpose was to improve their engagement with technology, which has demonstrably failed, I have acted in accordance with that policy.

The letter also asserts that I have retained all the files contained on the computer, despite me having on two occasions (one recorded on my phone) indicated that they have been deleted.

My carefully worded response will be slept on before sending as an email (my printer is not working terribly reliably at present, and frankly I can't be bovvered with postage).

Meanwhile I trekked down to Hobart to the Royal who have shortlisted me for 'urgent admission' (ie some time in the next month), and a CAT scan to see what is going on in there. I remain in good health so am not unduly concerned, but it does rather interfere with any plan-making over that period.

It is rather chilly tonight, so the fire is once again lit, and I picked up a bag of logs on my way to Hobart. I have also collected the remainder of my storage kit from Howards Storage as it  had arrived and they were going to send it to me, but I said I would pick it up since I was in the vicinity.