Posts by William Ogden

Day Eleven The annoying noise of my phone reminding me that I needed to be up and preparing for the day woke, me at seven. I quickly called my lovely wife but didn’t get any reply. Oh well such things happen. I mentally planned to phone again later in the day. Up I got and…

Day Ten. Six am. After a restless night in which my dreams were a merry-go-round of crazy golf obstacles which I continuously hit with my golf ball while my two friends grinned wickedly at me. I think I woke up more tired than when I went to sleep. An alternating hot/cold shower woke me up.…

Day Eight I had had a restless night with lots of trips to the loo consequently I had to drag myself out of bed. Swim shorts on and towel in hand I headed to the pool. Pete and Chris were already chatting and swimming lengths. As I eased myself into the water it was both…

Day Seven Started with Bible reading and prayer followed by a long tepid shower. The phone call to my good lady went well despite having missed calling yesterday. About seven Pete and Chris arrived and we again listened to ‘Pray as you Go’. Prayer for those we knew were ill or recovering from illness and…

Day six Sunday We had decided that we would have a leisurely breakfast and plan what we wanted to do tomorrow in Chicago. Breakfast went well mainly cereal for the three of us although Chris declined the bacon, sausage and eggs. He told us that the remains of the steak were in his fridge and…

Day Four Our big day, for me, arrived with the alarm going off. I rang my wife and we chatted for a while before she had to go meet a friend for coffee and chat. I looked in my suitcase and realised that tonight we needed a hotel with a laundry or we needed to…

I had set my alarm for six and it did its job. I was in and out of the shower, shaved and what have you by six twenty-five. I called Chris and in my most contrite voice caught up with her day yesterday and so far today. It felt like just a few minutes and…