Saturday, 8th October
We had been invited to Sahid and
Mats for lunch, they chose lunch as they are aware of Ben's habits.
They moved in last weekend. They
have already re-decorated and made the place their own.
We told them about Ben's experience
at his class, Sahid was livid. He is not a practising Muslim, and his
family as been very welcoming to Mats. The wider family (Sahid has 2
married sisters) have not been as welcoming, but Sahid's family said
they knew he was different.
The Germans had moved out that
morning. We went up to inspect the flat before we came home. Per did
the official part with them, we did not want to see them. Everyone is
glad they are gone.
Ben checked on his cell first. It
was all very tidy, almost as if no-one has lived there for the last 6
months. Ben had opened the doors to the terrace wide and was standing
out there. He beckoned me to join him. I went and embraced him, more
to steady myself. I asked him is he glad to have the flat back? He
was hesitant. He said it felt so cold, maybe it was the energy left
behind by the Germans, and it would get better. That is why he opened
the windows wide. I said we have all the time in the world, first we
have our trip coming up. We locked it up and came home, to our
lovely, homely house, which will be perfect in a few weeks time.
Monday, 10th October
Dr Fahji called today, all the
blood results are fine. It is good to know. We are both getting to
grips with him using bags. By the way, all his trust money is now
with a company here in Sweden and we invoice them every 3 months. It
is not huge amounts, but it helps. I was never aware how much money I
spent every month, when there is no money coming in, one suddenly is
very aware. We certainly do not live excessively, we enjoy the
occasional trip to the cinema, we eat out.
Martin and I had meetings with
gardeners today, we need to keep the grounds well kept during the
building time, and will need professionals to maintain it once we are
open. We have invited tenders.
We have instructed a company to
start ripping the place apart, before we appoint a builder to do the
refurbishment once we have final plans. We do not want any nasty
surprises, and it was suggested to rip it apart now, this will also
prevent people from squatting in there.
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