Good morning Michael and all GN's from a very dark , still North Yorkshire. I have finally made it, am having a rough morning with aches and pains everywhere and a job to move about. Whatever I thought I might plan for today has gone out of the window in favour of "just do whatever I can"as the plan for the day. There is no flipping rime or reason , and I am unfortunately adding painful hands, a neck that feels as though I have slept on it twisted and you get the picture!
Ah well just have to hope that things improve but definitely have to go for any assistance today so painkillers and shower will be the order of the day.
Yesterday was a mixed day but ended mostly with a positive outcome, except that as the day stayed dry and became quite warm, I wished that I had ignored the forecast for rain and stuck some washing in as the wind really blew and anyone who got their washing out , would have got it all dry and smelling beautiful.
I started by ordinary mundane jobs clearing up whilst I spent what seemed forever trying yet again to contact anyone in the hospital about my eye. Having dulcet tones of a recording regretting that the lines were busy and asking me to leave a message or ring later, did not help matters. I would have almost preferred a rough voice saying Hard luck try again!!I actually finally got through to the secretary about 4pm, explaining the situation, asking if I could be treated locally and was ready with pen and notebook to make sure I had got the correct information written down. No, she said she had no information about me from the specialist and that all she could say was that yes I would be able to be seen locally, but that she could do nothing more, until she had spoken to the consultant and found out what was planned for me. So all my getting ready for whatever was to come was wasted, and I came off the phone feeling I had done 5 rounds with Mohamed Ali, as I felt all the tension in my body. Probably the reason I am struggling today.
This was also made worse, as I had planned to ring my brother to wish him Happy Birthday, as didnt think his card would have got there in time. but as I was out last night didnt even do that. I had started the day, tidying up a bit, putting things away and giving the kitchen a cleaning and tidying, whilst making a shopping list and getting my prescription filled out ready to put into the box for repeats at the surgery.
It had rained a bit earlier and felt cold and I had thought that I might go in the car, but the sun came out , and so it was yp, with mac tucked in the bag as a precaution. Arriving at the doctors, someone had put a couple of notice boards close to the box and it would have meant getting off to post my list, and struggling to get back on, but fortunately a lady came in to do the same and I was able to ask her to put mine in too, which she kindly did, so after making yet another effort to get the hospital on the phone I gave up on that front and carried on in shopping mode. The wind was wild by this time, with various debris swirling around and having to watch out for dancing empty dustbins as I went. Regretting that I hadnt got washing in before I left, I did at least do quite well with shopping and ended up in Tesco actually finding a couple of things that I had wanted but had been out of stock for ages, however the pataks lime pickle was nowhere to be seen, so put a star beside it on the list to remind me to look elsewhere. Dont use a lot of it, but it does add something to my curries. Came home and continued sorting things out whilst continuing to try and raise someone at the hospital, which finally about 4,15pm I did at least get the secretary. After that I felt in need of getting out for a little while, rang a friend Janet, but she was already out with her dog at a different field to normal at the other end of town. The wind made it hard to hear her, so I decided that I would still go out for a little, and quite enjoyed being on the yellow peril in the wild wind. Came home, got something to eat and tidied myself up and got ready for the games night. Decided that the car would be safer in the wild wind and got there in good time. Very quiet in the pub and no loud football on, so our group was the largest there and we were able to hear what everyone was saying without shouting.
There were only 6 of us there , quite a poor turn out for our usual gang, so we had to play two 3 people games. In my group we played a game that I have played before , and so I was able to remember some of the rules and it was good to play it as it allowed me to remind myself of the rules and start to see more of the complicated possibilities compared to just being glad to get my go sorted. Nothing exciting but hopefully the next time we play it I will be less of a slowcoach. I was glad to get my brain thinking of something other than the hospital and my eye and what arrangements needed to be made. Just sitting down without something else to get my teeth into doesnt work, so that helped quite a bit. I have decided to sell a couple of things so have an old small dollspram and a biggish dolls house, which in times past I had enjoyed looking at all the very old and interesting furniture and things, but want to pass it on to someone who will do something with it, and get a bit more space. One of the players who is very on the ball with the internet and her phone etc., has kindly said she will come round and take photos etc for me to put it onto her market thing, so that will be very good on two levels. One I will definitely have to tidy up more before she comes and hopefully will get rid of these items, but I also plan to study closely how and what she does so that I learn how to do such things for the future. Well that is the plan anyway! I know that this winter I must pull my socks up and become more efficient at using my phone for more than text and phone calls. But I find it so much easier to use my laptop as I can touch type and not even have to think where my fingers are, whilst using the phone is very frustrating as it constantly freezes as I am too fast, or I get the wrong key as it is so awkward to use, and I have to pay attention to it too. I came home, pleased to have got my brain thinking of something other than the hospital and watched Downton as a wayto kep my mind away from other things and then to bed .
There is a bit more light now, and I can see the tree against the sky, very little wind, no sign of squirrels yet. Just heard a lovely Debussy piece after my beloved J S Bach, so feeling better for that and now is time to creak my way to the kettle and then the shower. It is market day so will go down on the yp for a few veg and bits and pieces, but then I think the best I can hope for is to finally come to the end of the ironing, followed by some paperwork. I picked up some venison from the reduced box so I think I shall also get some casserole made up today. It will be a nice change and suitable for a chilly day with maybe a jacket potato and must get more apples stewed so hopefully will be succesful with the mundane jobs before going tonight to whist, so the day is more or less mapped out, and I will give him time to get up and going before ringing my brother and catching up with news and views from the family their end . Plan to try and get my son and see if we can arrange a possible meet up on saturday. Bit of a short notice but might work. Would love to do a bit of tidying in the garden, but am not stupid enough to attempt it at the moment.
Hope you have a good trip in on the bus and get to see some cycling Michael. Hope all goes well today at the cafe and you get everything done ready for your trip with your Dd GrandMattie. I will get myself going and then come back to read all the posts whilst I have something to eat. Having a change of cereal, as Weetabix seemed to be getting lighter and breaking up easily, and Tesco had quite a good offer on a large box of Shreddies, which I do like, but are usually quite pricy, so that will be a pleasant change. Not quite got to the porridge stage yet, as to me that means I accept it is getting towards winter!
May you all have a good day, with something successful, whether it is getting in touch with some elusive person or getting to the end of a job. Wishing you all a happy day and a chance to be in touch with loved ones wherever they may be.
