Cwmderi Diary 2016: 25 May 2016

Siôn is just having his breakfast . . .

As Siôn is eating toast, a small box is delivered;

. . . when a box is delivered

he opens it with scissors and looks very pleased with

He is very pleased with the result

the invitation cards it contains.

Mark also has toast

Mark has also made toast when Stacey asks him if he has a moment; “How much do you want?” he replies.

"Pretend to be from OFCOM"

She explains that she wants him to phone Hywel, pretending to be from OFCOM, and lodge a complaint, thinking that she may be able to persuade Hywel that she should run CwmFM while he is away.

"Why are you so keen to get this job?"

“Why are you so keen to get this job?” he enquires, and she tells him she needs to start again as a businesswoman instead of being a skivvy in Awyr Iach. Mark dismisses the idea;

"He would recognise my voice"

“He would recognise my voice straightaway – anyway, do you think it’s a good idea to work for your ex-husband?”

"Sorry, Siôn, I'm too busy"

Siôn invites Sara to the party, but she is so busy she will not be able to attend.

Megan is anxious

Then Megan approaches and tells him she has had a few sleepless nights after Britt’s outburst. He consoles her that nothing more will come of it.

Megan cannot come to the party as she is off to Harlech for a few days; “I hope it does me good –

Megan's leaflet about next Sunday

“but there’s no-one to open the chapel, so there will be no service at Bethania, as I can’t get anyone to take my place. Will you tell everyone?” Siôn agrees to do so, but wonders how many people will care.

"That Stacey hasn't turned up!"

Sara finds Mark in the Deri and demands why Stacey has not turned up for work; he invents a tale of her being very pale and having a sore throat.

"I have a business to run!"

Sara leaves, complaining, “She could have phoned – I have a business to run!”

"I've got to find someone to run CwmFM"

Siôn offers to call in at Hywel’s flat each day while he is away; “The next job is to find someone to run CwmFM,” Hywel says, and when Siôn suggests Stacey, he adds,

"Don't mix business and ex-wives!"

“What’s that old saying? Don’t mix business and ex-wives! She tried to kiss me last week!”

Then he has the idea that Sara could run it for him, but Siôn points out she is busy with Awyr Iach.

"Heard from Sheryl?"

Then he asks about Sheryl, but is told that Hywel has not been able to speak to her; he will contact the charity tonight to talk to her,

"I will be at your party"

and promises to be at the celebratory party.

Britt passes them, and on seeing the photo on the invitation,

Britt is particularly uncomplimentary

comments, “Looking at that photo, anyone would think the sun shone from each and every orifice!” Hywel informs Siôn that he heard about her antics on Friday night and advises him to simply ignore her.

Ed is concerned about his 'pregnant' wife

At 12:27, Sioned receives a text from Ed, asking how she is this morning,

"I wanted Eileen to put up one of these"

then Megan comes in wanting to see Eileen, who is at the Cash and Carry. On seeing the leaflets, Sioned is indignant;

"Auntie Marian would be heartbroken!"

“No Sunday service? There must be someone to open up – Auntie Marian would be heartbroken if the service is cancelled! There will be nothing left in the village at this rate!”

"Where are the Auntie Marians of this world?"

However, when Megan suggests the perhaps she could do it, Sioned pleads that she is too busy. Megan laments, “Where are the Auntie Marians of this world?”

Sara regrets she is much too busy with Awyr Iach

Hywel pops into the café and tells Sara that he wants her to run CwmFM while he is away, but of course she emphasises how life is far too hectic at Awyr Iach with Jason away.

"If you'd stayed with Siôn, I'd have a lift!"

Chester wants Britt to give him a lift to the cinema this evening, as all his mates are going to see a film. She is unable to do so as she is working at the Deri. “If you’d stayed with Siôn, I would have had a lift!” he moans, “Thanks for ruining your children’s lives!”

"I had to lie about you"

Mark returns to Maes-y-Deri, advising Stacey he has been telling lies about her to Sara.

"I don't care – I'm going back to London"

She replies, “I don’t care – I’m going back to London. I can’t stay – there’s nothing for me here!”

"All right – I'll phone Hywel"

Mark capitulates and agrees to phone Hywel; “That’s what you want to hear, isn’t it? But I’m not pretending to be someone else – I’ll just ask him to give you the job.” Stacey quickly gets her iPhone and dials Hywel’s number.

"Sheryl? Oh, it's you"

Hywel is at Y Felin, giving the flat keys to Siôn, when he receives the call; he is disappointed it is not from Sheryl.

"Stacery doesn't know I'm phoning!"

“Listen, Stacey doesn’t know I’m phoning,” says Mark, “But she has been wittering on about this job at CwmFM – would you be willing to reconsider? I know you have an awkward history with her, and she can be a handful, but she’ll work her socks off! Don’t tell her I phoned – or I’ll be dead meat!”

"Can you distribute these, Mark?"

Megan next arrives at Maes-y-Deri, to ask Mark to distribute her posters with his round. “Sioned was furious that the chapel will be closed,” she says, but Mark points out that she never attends the chapel.

"Bethania has become a millstone round my neck!"

“Bethania has become a millstone round my neck!” admits Megan, and Mark tells her that a few days’ holiday will make her as good as new.

"Still no word from Sheryl?"

Siôn commiserates with Hywel; “Still no word from Sheryl?”

"The charity haven't beard from her"

Hywel replies that the charity have not heard from her for a while – she must have moved somewhere else, and after all it is a vast country. “My brother worked in Uganda for a spell, but now he’s in Nigeria,” Siôn tells him,

"I don't think you should go!"

“But Africa can be a dangerous place, and I don’t think you should go!”

"I know what I'm doing, Siôn"

Hywel is at pains to stress that he knows what he is doing.

Sioned studies her iPad

Sioned is studying an iPad app

The app is connected with getting pregnant

predicting optimum dates for conception when Megan returns;

"We should have a service at Bethania on Sunday"

“Still relaxing, I see,” she remarks, and Sioned points out that it is none of her business.

Megan continues, “I’ve been thinking about what you said – you’re quite right, we should have a service at Bethania on Sunday, so if you can arrange the flowers, phone the guest preacher and let everyone know, the chances are you’ll get your service! Here are all the details.”

Here are the keys, so that Sioned can organise it

She puts down the piece of paper and the chapel keys, and walks out.

"I may have been rather hasty"

Hywel has called Stacey to CwmFM and asks if she is still interested in the job; “I may have been rather hasty before, and your brother’s a nice bloke, phoning to say how much you wanted the job.”

She feigns anger with Mark

“What? I’ll kill him!” replies Stacey.

"No wonder your business folded!"

At that moment Sara happens to walk in, complaining as usual; “No wonder your business folded! You’re so lazy! You arrive late and leave early – but you can have a lie-in tomorrow – you’re sacked!”

"I'm the new manager of CwmFM!"

Stacey proudly announces that she is the new manager of CwmFM, which brings the comment from Sara, “He offered me that job at lunchtime, but unlike you, I’m a successful businesswoman with no spare time!”

"You're scraping the bottom of the barrel!"

Turning to Hywel, she snarls, “You’re scraping the bottom of the barrel!” before walking out.

"I need some cash for a Chinese takeaway"

Chester has been unable to get a lift to Carmarthen, so instead demands money from Britt for a Chinese takeaway, as she has spoiled his night. Britt protests she has no cash,

"Siôn always had cash!"

so he whines, “Siôn had cash!”

Megan interrupts and offers to take Chester to Carmarthen; of course he refuses, and she continues, “It upset me to hear you talk to your mother like that! She has suffered a lot lately.” He replies that it was all her own fault.

"Siôn has made his fair share of mistakes!"

“Siôn has made his fair share of mistakes!” blurts out Megan, before realising she should not have done so.

"You mean he did steal money from the chapel?"

“What mistakes?” Chester immediately demands, “You mean that what Mam said was true? He did steal money from the chapel?” Megan tells him to forget everything she said, then walks away, very embarrassed.

"You're looking at CwmFM's new manager!"

Stacey arrives back at Maes-y-Deri and advises Mark, “You’re looking at CwmFM’s new manager! You fancy a takeaway – my treat?” Mark is very receptive to this idea,

"Go and get the takeaway!"

but she hands over the money, asking, “Can you get it? My feet are hurting.” He tells her he is glad she is not going back to London after all.

"Want to come to the party?"

Siôn waylays Chester in the Deri; “Would you like to come to the party on Friday? I know your mother can’t come, but you’re free to do what you think is right.”

"Where's my official invitation?"

Britt asks, “Where’s my official invitation, then?” Siôn reminds her she said she could not come, so she adds, rather ominously, “A woman can change her mind.”