So, I'm back in London.
Mum's much better, which is good. (But the next round of chemo is on Thursday...)
BT managed to break my broadband while I was away. They changed the configuration settings needed to connect, as it turns out, but didn't inform old, old users who had the original settings in their modems. So, after digging out the instructions for reconfiguring my modem, it's all up and working again.
After I sorted that out, Lorna and I watched the recent film version of Pride & Prejudice, which I rather enjoyed.
And now I'm back at work, hectically busy and very tired.
Ho Hum.