Good morning Mick and all GN's on a still , dark morning, cant see yet if it has been raining. Sods law today, I planned to get up and get cracking this morning , but messed it up myself. I usually get up carefully and slowly as my back is often very painful. Today I wanted to get going quickly, but served me right. Trying to move quicker , without a cautious bit at a time, and seeing how things were, and moving various muscles and things carefully, I tried to get moving in a quicker way. That didnt work, as my back then locked up in quite a painful way and I have had to sit and wait for it to loosen up. That will teach me! So here I am, not even up to the normal level of activity. Never mind. I wanted to get going early , so that I could set out early, to get down the market and on to the repair cafe to be one of the earlies there.Well I shall attempt to still do that , but the basic things that I usually do here first will have to wait until later.
Yesterday, what started as a very fraught morning, did improve. It took so long for my son to contact me, but at last some relief when he sent me a message. He said that the doctor had removed quite a lot of the gunge from his ear, but didnt have a general anaesthetic for it. That he has then been put on steroids for three weeks and then has to go back. Of course, if things get worse at all he has to contact them immediately. He has promised to ring me this weekend and so I shall hear more detail then.
I was so uptight and worried about it all , that of course my back and every bit of me was painful and tense and even trying to remember breathing exercises and yoga bits didnt seem to help. Nearly gave up on the plan to go to the exercise class, as the thought of the useless man running it and doing boring things, definitely did not appeal. However I decided that I would at least make the effort to get out, and there mightbe more chance of me relaxing a bit rather than stay here and worry.
Well fortune favours the brave!! A rubbish journey, quite misty, lots of idiots about with no lights on, and the road seemed worse than ever for jolting me about. The promised improvements have not yet started at the library, and so still struggling to get up the flipping ramp, but finally got there about 10 minutes late, and hobbled into the class. Ah ha! The dozy man wasnt there and the lovely Joe was in charge. What a difference! There wasnt a large group as several people had voted with their feet and so had not come thinking that the other man was there. So it was much better organised and he had quite a variety of ideas on games to play with the boca. I hobbled to a seat with arms, to allow me to get up again, and joined in. Throwing boca ball things, was very good for me. I had to either be knocking things out of circles , gaining more for each thing knocked out, or be trying to get close to a particular item, whilst blocking the opponents or knocking them away. So that was just the ticket as I was able to use some of the uptight energy to try to beat the other team, and although I didnt get rid of any pain, it did definitely help to loosen my muscles up a bit. So I was glad that I had gone.
Then when that finished and the others had all left I managed to speak to one of the staff about this light thing on offer. She said that there was a waiting list, nothing available right now, but kindly offered to bring one up for me to look a and read the information about, as they had one ready to send out to someone. I was grateful to her for getting it for me and so was able to sit there in the peaceful reference library, and read the Yorkshire Post while I was waiting, as they had quite a hulaballo going on downstairs, with children making halloween masks and generally having quite a good time, btu rather noisy. So I was able to look at it, and read the instructions and then definitely put my name on the waiting list, and then left the library, physically not much better but mentally quite improved.
One friend that I thought would be there hadnt come and I decided that I would go and check on her, as she had said that she planned to come, but by the time I left the library, it was lunch time and I decided that I would go and get a few bits from Tesco , then go home and then call in the afternoon. As I crossed a car park I suddenly saw a friend I havent seen for ages, and was glad to meet up and we both said we had wondered if we were away or moved as it seemed so long since we had met. So plans abandoned we went to a cafe for a quick coffee and catch up. She only had about half an hour left on her car park time, so we didnt stay too long, but it was lovely to catch up on news and views, and it did quite help me , telling her about my son and the situation right now. So I then finally got home and got something to eat.
I began to tidy up a bit and then thought, no the weather had cleared up to quite a sunny afternoon, and I should make the most of it by going on the yellow peril to see if the lady who didnt come to the boca was ok. So abandoning the tidy up half done, I got ready and out. It was chilly but dry and although it was the wheels rather than my feet, it was nice hearing the scrunching of the autumn leaves. Arrived at her house to see a strange car parked in her drive , and her car missing, so gathered she was out with someone, and so while it was still sunny I went down a little ginnel to see where it ended up, as I had not tried it before. Coming out I wasnt quite sure where I was and going to the end of the road to check the signing met my friend from the library meeting, out walking her dog. So she was on her way home and I carried on with her and visited her house for the first time. Didnt go in but looked round her lovely big garden. It was quite a revelation and she had already done quite a lot of things but had other things planned, and we happily wandered round looking at bits and pieces and she has some lovely mature trees in her garden , including 2 lovely old magnolias . She invited me in, but the time was going by and so I declined but will go another time, and came home to my still half tidied place to sort out. So it had been a very tiring day, but had improved by leaps and bounds from the start of the day.
I was very weary and still creaking about, so didnt feel up to doing much that evening, but watched Gardeners world and before that heard Clare Balding visiting Swaledale on radio 4. I missed a bit of it and so will listen again today. So , counted my blessings and ignoring yet again the pile of ironing went off to bed.
So now , it is shower, get myself dressed in easy to get on and off trousers, and then will go on the yellow peril, collecting a few bits and the Yorkshire Post as I go, to the Repair cafe and try to be there for the start at 10am. I need to take the trousers I want altering, my blue cords to measure against as they are the best length, and anything else I think of, and then I shall be happy to give a donation, have a coffee and maybe a forbidden cake whilst I wait, and if needed I can disappear into their cloakroom to try on the trousers, so that they can measure and sort the hems out one way or another. It is quite a little way outside the town centre and so will give the buggy a run out. As it has been on charge all night it should be fine and today I shall put my big bright yellow jacket on so there is no chance I will not be seen. With yesterdays improving and hopefully get this done today I can hope for a better week next week. Ah well it is daylight now, grey and misty but the wind has just got up more now so hopefully it might blow the mist away. Not a sign of birds or squirrels so expect it is colder today too.
I hope your trip goes well today Mick, your fireworks are quite early arent they? Dont think there are any round here this early. Some on the actual 5th but others on the following weekend . GrandMattie you are having a tough time at the moment and I think people are being thoughtless and selfish leaving so much to you. Why isnt your priest being firmer with people and saying that if they dont make more effort to do things properly and make sure things are cleared away etc, then he will cancel some things? He is not being fair to you, or the willing few who make some effort. I do understand that difficult situation, where you dont want to let people down and spoil their time, but expecting you to constantly sort out the mess is just not right. Perhaps it is time for a sermon on the Good Samaritan and how we all need to make an effort to do our part, might stir a few people up. Karmalady I am interested in fungi and the one you have seen sounds interesting. I love looking round at this time of year to see what comes up, but am very cautious and dont tend to pick any, just admiring the interesting surprising fungi that just seem to arrive in a morning. RosesandLilac, lovely to hear you are getting back to your own patterns and being able to choose to do things you are enjoying. Blue Sapphire, you are making my feet itch! Lovely to see more places and I have never been to sicily. Another place to add to my list to want to visit. Time I was making a move. Hope everyone has a good day and for those involved in Halloween do's that there are lots of scary costumes etc and the children enjoy themselves. Keep safe and warm , and hope you all meet a friend today too
