I win at Uno

Lorraine and I up early, leaving Claudia and Jonas to snooze and went to Lewes where we met old friends Jess and Andrew. Lorraine and I both a bit shocked to learn how ill she had been, having to stay in hospital for months. A horrible experience for both of them. Thankfully Jess is well on the mend now.

We had breakfast at Bill's, which wasn't as good as I remembered it. Now they are owned by some corporation, penny pinching evident in the meals. All in all a reminder that if you don't hear from people for a while, not to just assume they're busy.

Home again, and I made Claudia and Jonas some coffee before they went to spend the afternoon with Pat and Maureen. Claudia and Maureen get on very well, which is lovely to see. I spoke to Anton, who now has a cold which he blames me for despite the fact I don't have one. He is taking things easy. Brian now at home, and Yvonne looking after him. She said he was demanding and shouting for her every two minutes. I take this as a good sign.

Spoke to Mum, with whom I was unfairly tetchy, when she was saying she'd been worrying about her US pension and speaking to Robert about it. She is owed a payment still, and we await her next payment due in the next few days. I am on the case.

Otherwise Lorraine made an exemplary flan, or Flan A as we now refer to it, and we ate this up with Claudia and Jonas, and played a game or two of Uno. I even won one of the games, which I made sure I crowed about for a while. Then we made them watch some episodes of Last One Standing. Jonas's ability to get jokes in English is impressive.

And so to bed. Chelsea won today too. All well.