Good morning Mick and all GN's on a grey still morning in North Yorkshire. It has taken me so long to get up and dressed, I feel exhausted from the effort!! I got a load of washing done yesterday afternoon and planned to be out at first light to get it on the washing lines. However it is sitting here waiting for me to be able to walk down there.!
I still have not found the key to the yellow peril and it is now becoming imperative I get it sorted, so will have to get out the manual and contact the makers, and as I bought it second hand there will be no doubt much faffing about proving it is mine etc. I have been leaving it , in the hope that the sorting and tidying up would miraculously find it. Ah well not doing it today, I have the programme for that sorted already!! Basically, when I can walk, washing out, some ironing done, as I can sit down to that and then this afternoon, will go with great relief to the disabled swimming session, and hope to loosen up a bit. all the usual aches and pains are defininetly having a competition to see who can cause the most problem for me at the moment. They have also decided to add a very painful shoulder to the collection, which is hard to deal with, as I have not worked out compensatory ways of moving. Thank goodness for the swimming pool. Ah well just another crappy morning to add to many others!!
I did have a happy time visiting my friend. The weather was quite nice, and you could see the beginnnings of the autumn colours coming out. There is a layby on top of quite a big hill that gives you a lovely look out over the countryside and I usually stop there , just for the pleasure of the view and get a breath of fresh air. Then it was a bit of a rush to get home in time to have something to eat and do a couple of jobs before going to the games night.
They had a new - to me - game to try, and it did leave my brain rather reeling and somewhat frustrated, They had played it before and of course understood all the rules, so could spare the time to see what other players were trying to do and block them etc., but I was struggling hard to even work out what each thing could do . Each different "character" had its own rules. So for example say purple only gets any points if it is totally surrounded by other pieces, whereas orange only gets points if it is on the edge etc, So it is like juggling balls in the air as you not only have to make towards your chosen goal but remember what they all do, and what your next move will do to the pattern. Somewhat weary and feeling more rubbish at the game as I went on, but the others were encouraging and said I had done a good score for a first attempt. We then thankfully played another game that I had at least done once before, so not so taxing on the brain and made a reasonable fist at it, at which point I bowed out gracefully and left them to play a much more complicated game. Sometimes I just watch them play a difficult game to get some idea of how it works, but last night I had had enough and was glad to say goodnight and go home, sort the washing out and watch a little tv and go to bed.
Today I shall stay down in Thirsk after the swimming, probably do a little shopping at the big Tesco and have a sandwich and coffee at cafe nero and then be one of the first to arrive at the whist drive. I am glad it is this way round, so that the frustrations and struggles with new games are on tuesday, and then Whist is wednesday, where I am a competent and reasonably good player. So that lifts my spirits up , to think I am not such a dunce, and it is always pleasant whether I win or lose as they are a very nice crowd of people and I enjoy the banter and also see what else is going on at the village hall etc. A soothing and relaxing evening. Well that is life isnt it / We are sometimes the teachers and sometimes the learners, and I think the variety does keep our brains in working order (I hope!)
Hope all goes well with your check up today Mick and you have an easy journey.Baubles , you have an early start and your family is lucky to have you nearby. Just how life went , but I was never living near my family when my son was young. I remember a lady at the playgroup in england mournfully saying to me that she was moving and would be two buses away from her mother and didnt know how she would cope. Then she said I hear you are moving too. Where are you going to ? j simply replied Damascus, and she just gasped and said Oh . !Karmalady, so glad you are having a bit of a respite from the pain. At least, if it begins to hurt again you will know that it can feel a bit better. It really takes it out of you doesnt it, with constant pain. Somehow you have to use part of your energy to live with it and keep going.t is good that you have a friend coming, as you then wont be tempted to do more than you need today and have a rest. It can also be distracting from the pain to have someone there with you. Hope it all continues to improve day by day. Greyduster how infuriating for you, when you have worked hard to get it ready to be done. I hate that situation when you cant do anything about it yourself , but are at the mercy of others. My two answers to that are , when making the bed, give the pillows a good punch or two, or do the same to the cushions. It relieves the feelings and gets rid of some of the pent up annoyance. Then out come my trusty good secateurs and I go round the borders chopping and snipping in a very vicious way!! The borders look a bit better and I feel pleased with the effort besides relieving my fury and annoyance. Hope that the writers group cheers you up this afternoon. Susan56, hope all goes well at the doctors and you enjoy your day with DGD
Well I have heard my Bach before 7, and just heard a lovely Monteverdi piece which I like but cant remember the name of. The 2 pigeons are wandering about on the ground but no sign of the squirrels so far. Plenty of light to go to the washing lines, but think it is going to take me another cup of coffee and a bit of stretching around and getting my swimming bag ready for this afternoon, before I am ready for the expedition to the washing lines!
Have a good day everyone, hope plans work out, and pains diminish for those of us creaking around.
