Not just Coffee

• Bought two coffees for my band leader at new coffee shop
• Cooked Jamaican Rice ‘N’ Peas for a friend
• Helped daughter with ideas for her Nursing Improvement dissertation
• Suggested tree planting expedition for a friend 

More Driving

Drove daughter and two friends to Flamingoland as part of daughters birthday treat

Eating

• Talk daughter and friend to a nice lunch
• Bought a bottle of Vlod cherry mead for a friends party
• Received a ticket for an open air Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing 

Invaluable Friendship

• Told a friend that they really were a friend and am there to help if needed - actually prayed for them
• Bought lunch for daughter and her friend after they enrolled for college
• Let a car cross the carriageway on busy A1
• Volunteered to help someone with their gardening - haven’t fixed a date yet though !!
• Gave daughter a £20 pound (that’s a purple one) !! 

Pet Time

• Looking after hamster for a friend while away for two weeks holiday
• Another coffee from daughter this morning!!
• Drove 4 hours to see my mum 

Walk and Swim

• Took lady from church on a walk next to a burn and then a swim in a waterfall (her first wild swimming) !! She returned the good deed by bringing an unexpected picnic
• Another hug from younger daughter !!! 
• This was way before I gave her extra money for a takeaway 

More Books

• Friend of brothers recommended James Corey sci-fi book series that went on to be made into The Expanse TV series - should buy first book to try out especially as I now like Isaac Asimov 
• Youngest daughter brought me another coffee in bed !!! 

TLC

Drove two hours to stay a night with daughter as she needed some tender loving care and cooked her broccoli and cheese (exactly what she wanted)

Shopping

Even though I shopped in my worst nightmare shop Ikea - still managed to experience some acts of kindness and did some good deeds:-

• Took daughter and two friends to Ikea to shop for bedding for daughters new flat
• Bought bottle of Ikea Öl Möl dark lager beer for my brother as it has a crown top that he hasn’t got (mad collector)
• Showed a lady on Ikea where to find the milk and she said “bless you”
• Told one of the Ikea staff that three glasses had smashed over the period I sat in the restaurant as people were tidying up their trays. She said she would put a suggestion to the management to make the gaps on the tray collector bigger as the glasses were too big. I suggested that she should go for employee of the month and ask the management to consider making the glasses smaller - cost saving exercise as folk would drink less - and anyway they can’t have many of the tall glasses left as lots were being smashed each day
• Sent photo of wild water swimming pools in the sea at low tide in north east area as she didn’t know of any (no idea who she was but she thanked me)
• Got unprompted hug from my daughter - rare event but it was really nice

Day 4

Even after hours of torrential rain:-

• Gave a lift to a friend of daughters who I recognised in his Sainsbury uniform walking to work. He spent the extra time gained in the morning having a coffee before starting
• Daughter made me a cup of coffee in bed - what a gem 
• Took daughter and her friend to a pub dinner in thanks for their help in building a garden pond 

Day 3

• Went round to band friend (plays french horn) to help with some moving of stuff from old to new home - got bottle of red wine from her as a pressie which I’ll have a glass of tonight
• Later in the morning visited a long time friend (70 years old) who helped my wife and I when we adopted children. Last week she was diagnosed with cancer which has spread widely. She has four months to live if no treatment and maximum of 12 to 18 months with some treatment. Remarkable lady - very calm, very peaceful - she is confident of where she’s going next!!
• Went to mental health doctor to talk over a plan for younger daughter’s health when she starts at College in September. Doctor was also very helpful regarding my well being and gave me a few tips 

Day 2

All these after spending most of the day in bed - again!!! Motivation a bit low at present.

• Told friend in church I would pray for good outcome of a nerve block injection for her back which she found out about today (good news) and has been waiting for for a while 
• Asked older daughter if she wanted to go to a Beach festival on Saturday - younger daughter my come but unlikely - possibly find someone else to go with me 
• On younger daughter’s behalf rang the solicitors to see where they were up to on the conveyancing for new flat - fobbed off a bit by the answerer but will follow up again 
• Friend from work unexpectedly invited me out to pub for two pints to see how I was getting on!!!!