Good morning Mick and all GN's from a very dark, still morning in North Yorkshire. Looking forward to catching up on all your news from yesterday and today. I am cautiously moving about, physically struggling, but mentally more myself, after a horrible day yesterday.
I did not improve at all, and after struggling with a shower had to go back to bed, with the plan of hopefully doing a bit more later. Not a bit of it! I spent the day coughing for Britain, and my temperature was seesawing from feeling so cold I even put a cashmere jumper on in bed to hopefully improve things - it didnt- and then later temperature soaring and feeling breathless and dizzy from the coughing . I mostly drank water, and eventually made a sandwich, and kept falling asleep , as I obviously was very tired, but the coughing kept waking me up.
Thank goodness for radio 3, which had some good music ,and I watched bits of the snooker, but was disappointed that John Higgins didnt win. Even dozed off in the middle of that, so all in all glad to see the back of yesterday.
Today is going to be a catch up day. I should be going to the class on the phone this morning, but 1. Still feeling rough and not fit to go out 2. Dont want to give other people whatever bug I have 3. If I have another bout of coughing , no one will be able to hear the instructions. So must send a text to Nichola and tell her why I wont be there and hope she will keep any paperwork for me until next time. No good trying to ring anyone , as I cant trust myself not to start coughing.
There is enough food , including the things that I wasnt up to eating yesterday. I shall take it very gently, but will get the mince cooked with lots of veg and decent gravy, as that is quite a comfort meal to eat with a jacket potato and some cauliflower. Then I have some apples to stew, which again will give me something easy to eat, hot or cold, so I definitely wont starve. Plan to do that this morning, while I hopefully have enough energy , but will be sitting on my stool in the kitchen to peel and chop up veg etc.
There will be no bending or hoovering, but as I spent the day in bed dont think there is much needing to be done. I must do a bit of looking through paperwork, cant find my contents insurance letter, not sure when it is due, and have no note on my calendar about it, which is not like me. Dont know if I am just getting slapdash about putting dates on the calendar, or hopefully not because I didnt have any last year!!
What a very boring sort of day it is going to be, but I shall hopefully cheer myself up by getting some things sorted , so that the minute I feel better I shall be out and about. Definitely feel like the caged bird at the moment. I am in great need of going up Swaledale, and to Harlow Carr and to see some snowdrops in a garden. I will have to check up on the manual for the new buggy , as of course havent even been out on that, and I need to check the battery etc., as trying that out and it not working is the last thing I want. Oh well it is the 19th today, shouldnt be wishing life away, but will definitely be happy to see February arrive!
Hope you have a good trip today Mick and meet a few friends. GrandMattie I will have to read yesterdays posts to catch up but it sounds as though you are as usual doing more than your fair share helping out. I think the last thing I particularly remember was you washing loads of tea towels, that other lazy people had left for you to do. Hope the scottish dancing goes well. There is something called muscle memory, and even if I cant get up and dance, and to the onlooker I am not doing anything, I can hear the music and sort of move my leg muscles in the right order. It is like the memory you have when you havent done something for a long time such as riding a bike or playing the piano, your body doesnt go back to scratch but retains some of the knowledge of what you need to do. So maybe rather than the men in The Full Monty standing in the job queue and their bodies moving in time to the music, your group can sit in a row in chairs and your feet will do the talking!
Grandmabatty , hope the painkillers kick in quickly and you manage to get a nap at some point in the day.Marzipan what a lovely photo of your grandaughter riding. That used to be me years ago, I still miss riding especially when I see riders out having a great time. It is lovely that she wants to spend time with you still, hope that goes on and on. I always knew that Richmal was a woman. Read all the books for myself as a child and then to my brother and to my son over the years. Martin Jarvis is a great reader of Just William stories on audio books, if you ever want to hear that. I used to have a disc of him reading that which I used to have in the car, when I had children going to hospital with me.
Just had another coughing fit, so time to get the kettle on for some coffee, and to sit and let my sides stop aching, Hoping for an improving day. I will be back to catch up on everyones posts and see what you are all doing today. Wishing you a successful and calm day, whether it is sorting jobs out, or getting out and about and meeting friends.
