This morning -
How busy they are over at the quarry - orange vehicle lights everywhere and yet it's still dark.
I must shave Keith before we see the PD Nurse. I hope we won't be late for Keith's appointment.
PD appt - Thank God that's over.
No interesting junk in Rob's window (as ever).
WHY did it have to really chuck it down just when I've had to park at the far end of the Lidl carpark?
Coming out of Tesco's - nearly dark at 3.30 - thank heavens I don't live in Alaska.
Then, driving home as it was increasingly dimpsey , I noticed how there was the most beautiful soft light across the fields, making the landscape seemingly hug the road and yet the grass of the fields still held its colour. How Carneddau Hill still held the light the valley had lost. How, despite the leaden clouds, they had trapped a soft golden pink light on the horizon as I drove up the final hill to home.
I stepped in the door, laden with groceries and the phone started ringing. Three calls then in 10 minutes! I am yet to finish unpacking. Some positives from the last 24 hours is that my "do you really want the job?" call to the Handyman has brought fruit and he's coming to lay the base next week. Phew.
We cut Dairy right out of Keith's menu and it has resulted in saliva production almost back to normal, so that is a positive as it was really getting Keith down, and affecting his speech etc. The PD Nurse thinks the consultant got the medication wrong as Keith had presented so badly having been stuck in the car/wheelchair for 2 hours. Everything seizes up then. Plus he'd only had a small drink before we left the house and two bananas for "breakfast" so not hydrated either.
One of today's phone calls was from the Social Worker who is coming to assess the situation on Saturday. So, pester power pays off. Pick that phone up Debbie, every day if necessary!
Tomorrow I intend to get a walk in, even if it means getting soaked.
Sounds good BB. Keep up this positivity. You are doing so well under the most difficult of circumstances. Please go for a walk tomorrow - with your camera if possible. Have you made a wreath yet? I haven’t, but it’s on my list of Christmassy things to do. I sorted out the orange tree yesterday which took ages as I radically thinned it, carefully washed every single leaf and then strung a length of copper wire miniature lights around it and it looks so pretty - much nicer than a scratchy Christmas tree. I was working in the bookshop this morning and with my earnings have just placed an order for four x 50g skeins of John Arbon Exmoor sock yarn to knit into three pairs of socks for me. That will keep me busy in the evenings until snowdrop time! Sarah x
ReplyDeleteAh, it's a bit of a sham positivity as there are still gremlins or heavy-footed butterflies hurtling around my innards. I was thinking about making my wreath tomorrow. Your orange tree sounds lovely and must be so pretty. Good for you treating yourself to the sock yarn. What colours please? My knitting has been totally forsaken - all crafts have - as I have been so distracted by Real Life Challenges.
ReplyDeleteI chose Beam, Drumble, Aggy and Mizzle - springy colours to cheer me up. Please try and make time for some simple handcrafts - it works for me by calming my mind and giving me some stillness. If it stays dry today I will go for a wander with my secateurs - can’t walk far because of my poorly ankle, but S and I went for a gentle cycle ride in the sunshine on Wednesday which was so nice. He has been struggling since his hernia op five and a half weeks ago so this was a breakthrough. Be kind to yourself BB. Sarah x
DeleteAt last it sounds as though something is happening, your pestering has paid off, but its a shame you have to do it. Its been very gloomy and wet here, very depressing! Almost didn't get our food shop done as the local Aldi carpark has flooded, so a oood 100 spaces missing with a lot of abandoned trollies forlornly floating round. Got a space eventually and stocked up. Off to granddaughter sit on Saturday as parents are going to a child free wedding. Hugs Gill Xx
ReplyDeleteAh, Granny Gill to the rescue! I have had a lovely time rediscovering what 4 year olds enjoy and hope "I" will love her presents. I must find a code name for her as her own would show her identity. "Issy" perhaps. The co-op in Lampeter was next to the rive and regularly flooded too, which certainly turned customers away. How old is your grand-daughter?
DeleteYou will have fun when I comes to live with you. Iris is 7 going on for 27 and a much wanted baby, the IVF worked on the 3rd attempt! She has a gym class to go to, then we will take her for lunch. Go home and she loves to draw and paint, build Lego and I'm teaching her to sew. Then we have to take to her best friend's birthday party, feed the kittens then we can come home.
DeleteSo the balls are beginning to roll, at last!
ReplyDeleteYes it does always rain when the last place to park is the far end of the car park....
And seeing that light..that wouldn't have been there without the miserable weather...that is a bonus
Yes, and when I came out the carpark was half empty! Bad timing. The light was lovely - in the West, and we never see it because we're just down the slope and at the wrong angle unless we go to the end of our trackway.
DeleteYou keep right on being persistent. I believe that is the only way both our health care systems work lately.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
don't you love it when your well chosen words yield results? Fingers crossed for Keith.
ReplyDeleteWell, PD nurse told me to keep nagging them as it's the ONLY thing they respond to . . .
DeletePs: you could do a Christmas kitten series.
ReplyDeleteHah - that would probably involve kittens destroying the tree and everything on it!
DeleteThe drive sounds lovely. Nature's beauty is so uplifting. I so admire your strength and determination. Sending wishes for a good walk tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteIt's a pleasant drive, even in winter, as there are beautiful hills in the distance, and you can see where the road to Rhayader and the Elan valley goes through two big hills (Trembyd and Garth, and Gwestedyn.) Walk not achieved yet due to waiting for phone calls, making one to the garage and RAIN!
DeleteThe photo of Lulu is so like our late lamented Raisin--the darling white-tipped paws.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see Raisin's photo on your blog, I think, oh there's Lulu! They are very alike.
DeleteOh you poor woman. I feel for you, and I'm glad you can be honest on your blog. You are in that 'end of tether' state, aren't you, and for very good reason. A while ago a friend sent me a card with a kitten hanging to the bottom of a rope and the words "Tie a knot and hang on" ... which was appropriate - I wish I could send one to you, although some practical support would be more useful. I do hope you really "let it all hang out" when the Social Worked comes, and at the other medical people when you see them. Fingers crossed for some positive action.
ReplyDeleteI'm holding a lot back that it isn't pertinent to share. Not quite end of tether this week but have certainly been there before and it has nothing to recommend it! I will think of the kitten on the rope and the knot and hang on. Thanks Virginia. The support I get from my blogging friends helps so much.
DeleteSitting still sure does lock those muscles.
ReplyDeleteNot a pesterer by nature, am going to ask if GP and PN could phone to escalate on my behalf.
good grief, popping up as anonymous everywhere today. Been out delivering a few Christmas cards; it's not funny when it starts to rain and you can't dash home.
DeleteWell, if you are going to pester the GP and PN, you may just as well go straight for the jugular (and discount the middle men) and ask the Council (presume it is the Assist "department" for you too) and lay it on thick how you are struggling and cannot cope and NEED help. Better still ask for the Duty Social Worker's number and you leave a message on that so don't deal with "a numan bean" until they return your call. GPs and PNs are busy and can forget . . .
DeleteI've been pestering the Council, to no avail. That's why I think I need some weight behind me.
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ReplyDeleteYou have a brave heart Jennie. Things are slowly coming round and sadly patience has to be at the moment. But driving home and experiencing those moments of beauty in the landscape hopefully refreshed you.
The braveness certainly wavers at times and on so many occasions I have wanted to just run away, but of course, that achieves nothing. My only respite time seems to be grocery shopping, and nipping to the Christmassyness of the Old Railway Line Garden centre - it's about 15 miles away. I shall continue to plod on though but proper afternoons out won't return until Danny & Co are here with us.
ReplyDeleteWell done! I really, really hope that you get a far better and a more approachable social worker than the one we were allocated. Good luck, for Saturday, my fingers are crossed for you - CraftyNan Shropshire x
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