Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Second sight?

 It is heading towards 1 a.m.  I have not slept yet and have been tossing and turning all night, too hot and too wound up from the steroids.  I will have to put the cooler duvet back on tomorrow now it's warmed up a bit again.

The beautiful rose gardens in Christchurch, NZ.

Today I was in touch with my "fey" side.  Down the years, I have experienced a sort of premonition, prior knowledge, 2nd sight, call it what you will.  I might suddenly know I am going to receive a letter from a certain person.  Or the phone would ring and I would know who was phoning, and sometimes what they were going to say.  This morning I suddenly thought that I hadn't heard from the Hospital to make an appointment to have my Signoidoscopy (when I was in Hospital last summer, they said I would need to have this check).  Anyway, a few hours later my phone rang and guess what, it was the Hospital, to make the appointment . . .  I go in 10 days time and am NOT looking forward to it.  This especially as it's the day before Tam and I are going on an afternoon's Bunch Dyeing course.  So, I will have a nearly 100 mile round trip to Hereford and back, and the same again in the opposite direction on the next day.  Let's hope I have caught up on my sleep before that.

Today I had planned to go to Carmarthen as I have found I can return the new shoes that don't fit directly to the shop, and then replace them with some that do.  I was going to see my other friend Pam and then go on to Patchwork.  I think the lack of sleep is going to impact on that plan, and there is a frosty start to the day, and no rain until the afternoon.  I could have done with rain in the morning as I have a problem with my washer jets on the car and am waiting for replacements to come in so they can be fitted.  So, I may have to put the trip back a day or so.  

Not a great deal achieved yesterday.  I went to help friend Pam who lives near me.  She phoned just as I was going to have a nap!  I was glad to have been able to help her anyway.

Then I tried to reinvent the tasteless lamb and beans meal from the night before as the topping for a pizza, thinking cheese would give it more oomph, but no, it had to be forced down, and was just as tasteless. This virus seems to have affected my taste buds and I have to be careful using my usual go to, a tin of chopped tomatoes, as the tomato flavour has been horribly strong.  I made minestrone soup last week - that didn't taste right either and had to be chucked. The rest of the meat & beans will also be chuckerooli'd.  I hate to waste food but truly it was yuk.

I was too tired to sew yesterday.  I went to Llandod in the morning to get some fresh veg and chicken breasts.  I am trying to eat less meat and that was the only thing I was low on in the freezer.  I got a courgette and a red pepper to go into a pizza topping I have always enjoyed in the past (tinned tomatoes included) so will knock that together later in the week.  One of the chicken breasts will go into a stir fry tomorrow night - got two nice crisp Pak Choi's, one to use and one to freeze. Some grated courgette and finely chopped red pepper will go in too. I passed on the Tesco beanshoots as they are always fusty and inedible.

Right, I shall sit down with a book for a while, waiting for elusive sleep to come and keep me company.  

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