Good morning Mick and all GN's on a still grey morning with a hint of some sun to come (hopefully) Another struggle to get going and am very very weary after a tough day yesterday.
I have all these appointments lined up for tuesday with the diabetic nurse and doctor etc etc., but then got a request to get a blood test before I went to this meeting. Well given very little time to organise it, and on line the best offer was the end of september!! So I had various plans for shopping and getting on with things here etc, but decided to go in person to the surgery and see what I could do. I planned to speak to the receptionist, explain it was a request to get it done before the appointments - which would give them information which would be useful etc ., that if there was a gap or someone did not turn up I was prepared to sit there and wait etc. So went down, and the helpful receptionist looked up everything and in the beginning said she was sorry there was no chance.
Then she found a cancellation about 4.30pm and I said I would be happy to come down early and be prepared to wait. She then said she had to confirm and speak to someone, so sat for a while, but she was not able to contact them. So I made sure she had my phone number and said she could ring me and I would come back if necessary. Went to do some shopping, and the phone rang, but could not hear anyone. Put the phone away and it rang again, same thing, So I then abandoned shopping and drove back to surgery. She said that she had put me in for the 4.30pm but the person who should be on duty then had not yet come in, which was not like her. They had tried to contact her but no answer so wasnt sure if she would be in. Then said that I could take a form and go as a walk in to the local hospital and get one done. So I said I would go there and she said she would cancel my appointment but I quickly said please dont do that, until I have been sure to get it done at the hospital, and I will come back and defintiely confirm that I do or dont need the appointment. So once again went back to shopping. The time was going on and when I went tot the hospital, not a parking space to be seen and just could not walk from the road to the department. So then thought that if I left it until lunchtime I might get a better chance of parking and less waiting. Once again went to do other things and quickly back home to put on a different T shirt that would allow easy access for the blood test. Back to the hospital and hurrah the plan worked. Got a disabled parking space, and took the form and went off to the vampires!! She was a very nice nurse, but as usual my veins are never helpful and though she put the needle in correctly she could not get any blood out, so that meant another attempt in the other arm , fortunately successful. So job accomplished I drove back to the surgery to confirm I no longer needed the appointment and to state that they would deliver the results on the monday so should be with the doctor for the tuesday.
After all this I felt exhausted, and was struggling with quite a lot of pain but at least glad to have succeeded with the job. So the great plans for what I would get done yesterday were in tatters, but did manage to put the rest of the washing out on the clothes horses just outside. It was no good trying to take them down to the line as the showers were coming quickly and for short times so it was a matter of going in and out of the door.
Today it will be the great concert for Norman up at Muker and I had very much wanted to be there. It will be a great get together of so many banding people and there will be some great sounds I have no doubt. But, I just cannot manage it. I am really struggling with the pain today, and no doubt all the stress yesterday did not help things. So I am going to have my coffee, listen to Bach before 7, and then go and get the Yorkshire Post and any bits and pieces I think I need, and it will be a quiet day at home, but hopefully get a bit more done here. I shall have a nice dinner today as I bought a small pork joint in the reduced box, and so will hopefully make myself a very nice roast dinner with roast potatoes and onion , some lovely runner beans I have just got etc. So the great plan will be to have this good dinner and there will be plenty of the pork left to be able to make a salad with for tomorrow and a sandwich too, so one lot of cooking will provide me with a couple of meals and save me having to stand up and cook. Even have a cooking apple so with sauce too! That is cheering, both for the thought of a good meal and not having to do much tomorrow. So not a very exciting day planned, but I do hope to get a bit done and feel that things are at least slowly getting back to some sort of routine. This week seems to have been non stop and I dont seem to have got far with any plans. All the washing is clean and dry but the mountain of ironing is still there, and if I need to sit down I think I shall try and tackle the north face of the mountain, as I will be sitting down to do that! Havent looked at the radio times but hope there are some good concerts on radio 3 to cheer the day. Sounds quite a boring day, but after the week I have had I am very happy to spend the day recuperating, and if the weather improves later will hope to put my chair out and sit outside with coffee to hand and erad the paper, bliss!
Mick hope your engineer comes on time and does a great job. I have quite a few friends who are having to get someone to sort their phones out and are quite anxious about how it will work as they need that lifeline to be there 24/7, and as usual dont think that a lot of thought was put into how they would deal with peoples needs . GrandMattie, glad you got your hair done, but it feels a bit sttrange for a while with the shorter haircut doesnt it? I see that the pathetic management have not improved their attitude and hope you and the others can keep up the pressure and not let them get away with their rubbish attitude. I think that someone else who does the coffee should give the others a large hint that they should pull their fingers out and make an effort to bake something and give you a well earned rest. In fact I would have thought that the vicar should be looking at this and suggesting that they are all expecting too much of the willing person and time for someone else to make a bit of effort! People just saying how good our baking is and how they enjoy it , is not really enough, as I know myself , having beein in the same position. When one person said "Oh but your gingerbread is so good we couldnt match it" I replied that I had run out of ginger at the moment and so they would have to think of something else to make. I then did not make anything for a couple of weeks, and finally the message got across and someone made a rather nice coconut sponge, which was a change. Of course I went back to baking things but it does no harm to remind them that you are not the only one to do it all and they should do a fair share. Pantglas the sound of cocktails in the sunshine is lovely. Wish I was a bit closer and could join you. Ah well my version later this afternoon may be some good fresh black coffee in my china cup with a slug of Baileys added!!
May we all have a good day, some success with jobs or visits and a little treat of some kind or another for ourselves. Let it be sunny in the daylight and then pour down tonight to help the gardens and us. Have a good day everyone
