Good morning Mick and all GN's from a very dark but slightly warmer North Yorkshire. Woke coughing before 5am, but too early to get up and once I am up I crave my coffee of course. So went to the loo, put channel 9 on the tv and then got back into bed and turned my back on the tv. They have lovely bird song with no music or anything else on and occasionally I can be lulled back to sleep , but if not it is a lovely way to start the day anyway.
I spent most of yesterday decluttering and have a large bag of stuff to shove out ready for collection which I think is tomorrow , but after christmas not totally back to normal so will put it out early, so that I dont miss the collection. To say I have got rid of such a pile, there is some difference but not a great deal to show for for all my efforts.
Today I have the next smart phone lesson, and due to all the paperwork being everywhere I lost my sheets from the class and did not get round to finding it or doing any homework until last night. Smacked hands! Fortunately I have time to do a bit this morning and much of what was shown I did already know. Only hope people have settled down today and have more idea about what they need to do and what they need to learn, or Nichola will be reeling trying to answer 6 people at once ! Well hopefully if they have looked at the paperwork, lots of basic things are there to be checked on and there is a lot of good reassurance especially about how you can go back to the home page if you get in a muddle
It is probably going to be go in the car still as certainly cant manage to walk there today and yesterday, while there was little snow it had iced over and you were crunching over it, with absolutely no grit on the pavements as far as I could see. Still it will be good to get out at last, feeling rather stir crazy at the moment. It will hopefully get my brain working having people to talk to and also this morning I must check on my calendar, as have put a few things on it, but in the root around in paperwork there are some longer term appointments that need to go on while I remember them
Sods law means that of course if there is only one day in a month that you have an appointment, the very next letter you get has another one on the same day and time. Other than a bank review of my account etc I cant think of any other appointment for this month. That makes me suspicious, more likely to be my memory not putting something down at the time , cant believe I can manage to get through a whole month without something having to be attended to. I keep having to remind myself that the days are getting lighter, as there seems to be no sign of it so far and just longing to be able to at least look at a garden or two. I do have 2 snowdrops out in a pot, so that is something, but need perfume and flowers to cheer my day. I will have a look when I finish the class and hope that there might be a bowl of hyacinths in the cheap rack somewhere to rescue and bring some cheer to my home.
Mick hope your trip into Bicester goes well and you meet up with some friends. Ashcombe you have my sympathies as I am still coughing myself and it does really floor you and you cant do anything until you catch your breath can you? A good job you did not go out on that bad day Aldom. Glad you had a safe journey home Melanie, hope you get to your prayer meeting.
Well time I started checking on any shopping needed and checking over my phone and making sure it is fully charged for the mornings effort. Hope everyone has a good day and is able to return to something like the old routine after all the holiday exertions. Have a safe and productive day
