I go downstairs making sure that all my batteries are left charging.(phone. tothbush, bathseat smetimes I feel I should be added to that list.
Downstairs we start the day bwith a cable problem. 'Ole Eagle eyes (with apologies to ole blue eyes) has spotted grievous misuse of cables, 'You mever observe the proper procedures' he chides fussily. Well I'e never lived my life e according to procedures. When you work on a chemical plant (as he used to) failure to follow procedures can lead to drastic results. However, when you have frequented television studios, publishing offices and even classrooms , a more flexible approach is needed.. Everything we have seems to be connected by cable to something else., and plugged in. (except the battery operated gadgets)
'I'm going to be busy with bridge club and croquet club accoubts' he says gazing intently at his computer screen fom which emanates raucous laughter accompanying the latest joke from one of our friends at the bridge club. 'Do you want to hear it? ' he says 'not really' I say having deleted it already from my machine along with the other 10 a day we receive.Mlh igores me and reads it out between guffaws..
The rest of the day is spent at my usuaal sedentary pursuits which are very enjoyable, As I read Elizabeth Gaskell, it strikes me that my life is not really much different from the wife of a lady of leisure in the 19th century. She would spend her life reading improving literature (pot boilers) doing embroidery(knitting wrist warmers), and instructing cook (instrucying nlh)and joining the men for cards (playing sloite and malice with mlh)t was the man's job to go out and earn the money and the servant's job to do the chores, leaving her very little else to so but amuse herself. 'the husband has got all that dirty work to do and his wife sits in the dawing room.'
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Thursday, 11 February 2010
fruit, fundraising and assault
Wednesday
Came back from my gruelling ohysio session to find what looked like an affray on the drive On closer inspection, it was seen that the group consisted of 2 assorted postladies aand an unidentified man. The ladies were vying for mlt's attention (he does cultivate them). The man watched this scenario without emotion but the mood hanged abruptly as they left and he revealed that he was a police inspector and was investigating a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place on our drive the previous night.between two cars, As it was quickly established that we have only one the policeman lost interest in us and cleared off (in a northerly direction). We were surprised that we had heard nothing ( a suprise tinged with disappointment on mh's side,
Tuesday
I heard some disturbing news from our local ms centre, The man who has been employed for the last 3 years to raise much needed funds has been told to leave as he was not raising sponsorship but still accepting his enormous salary.,(in short we were runnung him at a loss!) He says that he has been dismissed unfairly and has employed a solicitor to get as much money as possible out of the centre We haven't got much but would have had more if he had done his job properly!
Sunday
Went into kitchen for lunch. I always like to have an orange before lunch. I have forced myself to do this as I don't like fruit very much but find I can face a piece at this time, In fact I positively crave one.It has taken a lomg time ro get to this pitch, whereas it took no time at all to train myself to want a cream biscuit at 3 p.m. with my cup of tea.And even less time to want a Belgian choc (or two) after my evening meal.
I thought that the avocado would have reached the right degree of softness to be edible. 'How is ithe avocado feeling?' I asked. Mlt. looked a bit taken back as though I were posing the same question with which interviewers seem to bombard victims of tragedy.
Came back from my gruelling ohysio session to find what looked like an affray on the drive On closer inspection, it was seen that the group consisted of 2 assorted postladies aand an unidentified man. The ladies were vying for mlt's attention (he does cultivate them). The man watched this scenario without emotion but the mood hanged abruptly as they left and he revealed that he was a police inspector and was investigating a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place on our drive the previous night.between two cars, As it was quickly established that we have only one the policeman lost interest in us and cleared off (in a northerly direction). We were surprised that we had heard nothing ( a suprise tinged with disappointment on mh's side,
Tuesday
I heard some disturbing news from our local ms centre, The man who has been employed for the last 3 years to raise much needed funds has been told to leave as he was not raising sponsorship but still accepting his enormous salary.,(in short we were runnung him at a loss!) He says that he has been dismissed unfairly and has employed a solicitor to get as much money as possible out of the centre We haven't got much but would have had more if he had done his job properly!
Sunday
Went into kitchen for lunch. I always like to have an orange before lunch. I have forced myself to do this as I don't like fruit very much but find I can face a piece at this time, In fact I positively crave one.It has taken a lomg time ro get to this pitch, whereas it took no time at all to train myself to want a cream biscuit at 3 p.m. with my cup of tea.And even less time to want a Belgian choc (or two) after my evening meal.
I thought that the avocado would have reached the right degree of softness to be edible. 'How is ithe avocado feeling?' I asked. Mlt. looked a bit taken back as though I were posing the same question with which interviewers seem to bombard victims of tragedy.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
knitting again!
Thursday
Very good news. I inished the helmet. Knitting again was extremely therapeutic and it is a good foil for reading, tellyand scrabble.
Wednesday
I had a very good pjysio session and massage. Massage does not cure ms but it certainly relieves the symptoms,
Mlh bought me yesterday a super knitting pattern for a child's helmet and lovely colourful wool, but more important the tidings of the approval of said child (the walking adviser). It's been quite a while since I knitted because of not seeing properly and so it took me time to get going particularly since I started on the wrong pattern. It Took me three goes to make the first (very) small earflap !
Very good news. I inished the helmet. Knitting again was extremely therapeutic and it is a good foil for reading, tellyand scrabble.
Wednesday
I had a very good pjysio session and massage. Massage does not cure ms but it certainly relieves the symptoms,
Mlh bought me yesterday a super knitting pattern for a child's helmet and lovely colourful wool, but more important the tidings of the approval of said child (the walking adviser). It's been quite a while since I knitted because of not seeing properly and so it took me time to get going particularly since I started on the wrong pattern. It Took me three goes to make the first (very) small earflap !
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Tuesday
Being older makes me more patient with little ones, and being a bit disabled a sitting target. I'm now quite happy to let the child lead the play, and use its imagination, something I never allowed mld to do. And she is a leader so it resulted in a lot of conflict. Child-led p;lay and reading 7 chapters of the Worst Witch was a lot more tiring than scrabble but very nice. Mlg (my lovely granddaughter ) when told that I could not walk very well said to me encouragingly, It's easy - you just put one leg in front of the other.
Monday
I was back at tHe scrabble club in the morning. Did not do quite so well as usual at bridge in the evening. Must be tired after scrabble. Tired after scrabble???
My right leg does not go stuff any more so I am decreasing the baclofen (and hoping not to nap so much. (What's mlh's excuse?).
Sunday
Walked into the sunny conservatory with Sunday papers and basked in the sun reading them.
Being older makes me more patient with little ones, and being a bit disabled a sitting target. I'm now quite happy to let the child lead the play, and use its imagination, something I never allowed mld to do. And she is a leader so it resulted in a lot of conflict. Child-led p;lay and reading 7 chapters of the Worst Witch was a lot more tiring than scrabble but very nice. Mlg (my lovely granddaughter ) when told that I could not walk very well said to me encouragingly, It's easy - you just put one leg in front of the other.
Monday
I was back at tHe scrabble club in the morning. Did not do quite so well as usual at bridge in the evening. Must be tired after scrabble. Tired after scrabble???
My right leg does not go stuff any more so I am decreasing the baclofen (and hoping not to nap so much. (What's mlh's excuse?).
Sunday
Walked into the sunny conservatory with Sunday papers and basked in the sun reading them.
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