We were going to do something for the residents at St. Andrews Care Home at teatime on Tuesday for Burns Night and then I would go to my SCD class later.
When I called at the home this afternoon the manageress informed me that the highland dancers have called off and the piper has got the flu. So the residents will be served haggis as their evening meal and there will be no other festivities.
Then when I arrived home the phone rang, and yes, it was my dance partner calling to tell me she has hurt her knee and won't be going to the dance class tomorrow.
No wonder Robert Burns wrote:- ".......The best laid plans o' mice and men gang aft aglay......"