Good morning Michael and all GN's on a very dark morning, but doesnt feel quite so cold at the moment, in North Yorkshire. A change today, am already up and dressed and been sorting out my bag etc., as I decided yesterday that with the forecast for today, and my back limiting everything I want to do, that I would go to York designer outlet. So rang to organise a buggy, as no chance to walk round anywhere, and will get off as soon as I am ready, which wont be in the next hour!
Yesterday it was a case of 6 and two 3's. Everything was a physical struggle and I was just feeling fed up with the effort the least little thing was taking me. I eventually got off on the yellow peril, with first stop to the pharmacy for my prescription. It is always a feeling of tension, because the actual pharmacy are very good and always very busy, but this juggling of having to be like goldilocks , so dont put the repeat prescription in too early, or too late, and will the one you must have be available! I used to be able to recognise the tablets I took and easily check if I had remembered to take a specific one at a glance. Now they are having problems sourcing some, I can have different coloured or different shaped ones to the normal ones so have to be more careful checking. Anyway after a bit of a wait, I collected them, and I always now open the bag and check that I have everything, rather than getting home and having to ring up for something missing. Anyway that was one good job done, and I then carried on shopping with mixed success, ending in Nero's for a much needed coffee. They had not had a good start to their day, as their milk had not been delivered and the manager had had to send someone out to buy some, and one member of staff was stuck on a train on their way. I thought I must check if it friday the 13th!!
Anyway I called in at the library on my way back to check whether we had to book onto these various online things this week , but it was just turn up. So we have the police, the trading standards, and the NHS app people on different days, so I hope to call in to most of them, to check that I am up to date as far as possible in safety back ups and learn of the latest scammers etc to watch out for. I hope that they tell me that I am doing all the right things, but if I have fallen behind that they will point out anything I need to do. I saw one of the senior people whilest I was there and was able to collar her and ask how long it was going to be before the actually did something about the wretched entrance, in particular this annoying metal bar that sticks out and causes a lot of problems. She said that they were discussing it and getting it all organised, to which I replied , well as an interim could they not get a farrier or metal working person to just cut this wretched thing off , which would make a great deal of difference immediately, but of course mutterings of health and safety etc etc., so whilst they talk about it we still struggle to get inside!!
Got home feeling very tired and so it was just a matter of putting shopping away, doing various e mails and organising with my son about our meet up at the weekend. The weather doesnt look as though it is going to be kind to us, but we shall enjoy meeting up anyway. I need to check around for various bits and pieces I have got for my grandson and make sure that I dont forget them, and part of today is I may find a good model airplane for him. Not a toy but something to scale kind of thing, worth a look anyway. I didnt do a great deal more in the evening, I enjoy the quiz night on mondays and attempt to answer questions on mastermind - often the individual round is about something out of my range but always have a go at the general knowledge. Enjoy the Only Connect, with its variety of rounds, but despite being a singer and immersed in music for most of my life, useless at the music questions as they are usually more pop and I dont know many of them, but enjoy things like the missing vowel round. Gets the brain working and I can ignore how my back feels. So that was the not very exciting day, and now I am going to have a bit of a different day. If I am lucky I might find a pair of trousers at the M and S outlet, and possibly see some underwear and boring things like socks. I am taking a sandwich with me as I neither want to pay their prices, nor do I like sitting in inside cafes in shopping malls , no pleasure to me at all, so it will be make the most of the poor weather being inside and then escape into the countryside , feeling I have seen enough of towns and cities, unless it is still raining a lot in which case I might go to a p and r and go into York city and go to the art gallery. Will see what the days brings.
I hope you have a successful trip Mick and get to see a few friends. Ashcombe, all the talk of rabbits has made me fancy trying to get some. It was something we had quite often when I was a child and enjoyed it. well it is definitely casserole weather at the moment. Thoughts turn to jacket potatoes and baked apples , so warming on a cold day. Greyduster, I find exactly the same at a lot of garden centres and of course my bete noire, when I go to see Harlow Carr and have great difficulty finding a disabled car parking space, and expect to see the gardens full of people and no they are all sat in Bettys having coffee! I dont really know how they could police it but I want to suggest to harlow carr that they have a couple of bays only for people going into the garden not the cafe! I know money is tight for business as well as individuals but I hate seeing everywhere covered in christmas stuff when we havent even had bonfire night yet. Who knows perhaps there will be easter eggs and easter bunnies after bonfire night!
Well I had better get myself sorted and check things in the car, as this is the weather when you need macs and jackets and sunglasses all in one day, I hope everyone has a successful day today and that perhaps after a bit of a heavy downpour to fill the water butts that it might clear up this afternoon. Take care and I shall return - no doubt exhausted - to read of your doings later
