Good morning Michael and all GN's on another dark and chilly start to the day in North Yorkshire. Very poor night so am quite glad to be up and hope things can only improve. I feel hungry but am trying to put off eating anything for a little longer, as I dont usually eat before at the earliest 6am. I do not want to become used to eating earlier or that will be another thing to wake me up!!
Ah well had a mixed day yesterday. Still struggling physically, with a lot of pain and worse than usual for trying to bend or reach for things. Very frustrating as there were plenty of things I wanted to do but couldnt. However there were some success in other quarters as I gathered together all the information and bits and pieces and after going through lots of possibilities I got my car insurance done and dusted, and am satisfied that I got the best deal I could. I have left the files out, so that today, if I am inspired to do it, I can have a checking time, making sure that I have renewal dates noted on the calendar, that really old paperwork is shredded and got rid of - I am of the old school and whatever they say about just having it on line , I like a paper copy. If there is any hassle or need to check something I have the document here and do not need to just take their word for granted. Also , if I am suspicious that a firm may have slightly changed their conditions and hope that you wont notice that you are getting less in some way, I can check with last years document . I do feel that there should be a law that says that any change to contracts should have to be highlighted in documents, without you having to be a detective. If they are not ashamed or trying to con you , why would they not make it obvious? Anyway am pleased that one task got sorted.
The rain forecast certainly came down here, but simply ranged from drizzle to heavy showers for most of the day. I needed to go down the town and it was not a yellow peril day, besides I was really struggling to walk about so in the car. I had a couple of things to do, including collecting my new trousers from Seasalt, and going to Tesco. As I was in the car, I decided to make the most of it there, by getting the usual shopping but also a couple of the sets of sparkling water, some cider and a large milk and the special offer of 1kg Shreddies. That combination is just about heavy weight or awkward to carry. So I had to get some help with the water and the cider was up on the top shelf of course, which I couldnt reach, but managed to get all this heavy stuff together, and after paying for it, got a member of staff to get me a trolley to transfer everything to to take to the car. I was grateful for his help, and he loaded it all into the boot for me.That allowed me to just take a couple of frozen things and the milk in at first and then went out with other bag to lighten the load from the big shopping bag and so slowly got everything inside but felt shattered and had to make a coffee and rest before getting it all put away. Felt rather down at acknowledging how hard that trip had been and what an effort it had taken to get through it all despite some help.
I did very little after that but cheered up with the quiz night things and did quite well on most of the Only Connect questions , and then went to bed early to read for a while and get comfortable.Today still struggling and a lot of pain, so it will be see what I can manage and think that it will be getting some ironing done at the top of the agenda, but I have no goal other than to feel more comfortable and to look at the classes for u3a.
I hope you have a pleasant breakfast Mick and meet some friends. Has all your cycling finished now and what have you got to replace it? Still pitch black and cold outside and I need to make some coffee and some cereal and then start to get the ironing stuff together. I will come back to read news and views a bit later. Wishing you all a good day
