Well today has been a good one....... I think! I got up quite late. I had my breakfast in bed as always, delivered by my dear husband, Simon. He had been up for a while and already walked the dogs in the pouring rain. Breakfast was special this morning........ scrambled eggs on toast with added prawns, delicious. He has given me breakfast in bed every day for nearly 29 years! That has to be a record.
Anyway, after I was up and dressed I made a quick phone call to Coralie to make sure that nothing was happening with "Bob" and then Simon drove me up to Stevenage. We went straight to the hospital as my Dad had gone earlier today. My Mum was OK. I was pleased to see her and my Dad as I haven't been able to get up there the last few weeks. Mum was quite good today, but had no idea who we were.
We stayed until 4pm. Simon and I had got caught in really bad traffic as the parkway was closed. It took us 55 minutes to reach the A1. This meant that we only had an hour and a half with Mum. We did stay a while with my Dad though, when we took him home. That was quite nice as we had a chat and I was talking to him about my recent blogs on childhood memories. I ended up coming home with some new stories that he told me and also 3 albums of very old photos which he has entrusted to my care.
I will try to scan some of them so I can post them here. There are some lovely ones of my sister and I when we were young. We also came home with a couple of other things. My Dad has been having a bit of a clear out since we did the decorating for him. He finds all the dusting quite a chore so he is clearing out some stuff.
I came home with a decanter that I got for him and my Mum in Austria many years ago. Also a clock that Simon and I made for them many years ago. He also gave us a lovely Christmas ornament that we got for them. These things are meaningful for me, but I am quite sad that he feels the need to give them back now. They are things that, ordinarily, I wouldn't have expected to receive until they were both gone. I think I understand his reasons though.
He also had 2 tiny hand knitted matinee jackets for "BOB". They were knitted by my Mums friend Joyce. She knitted a jacket for Ellie too when she was born. Joyce told me at the time that she did it because she knew that if my Mum had not been ill she would've been knitting for her great grandchildren. Thank you, Joyce. Coralie will be thrilled and it will mean a lot to her.
We got home at about 6.30pm and I have been having a relaxing evening. Simon cooked dinner so I didn't have to do anything. I got hooked on a film on the TV called "Overboard". I hadn't seen it before and it was quite funny. Simon has been busy doing exam marking. Since then I have been reading my book and have managed to drink a bottle of wine!!!
Okay, OK.... I know that's not good, but I don't do it often and I figured that I needed it tonight! I really find visiting my Mum a big strain. I feel guilty even saying that. I will be good tomorrow!
That reminds me, Simon took my blood pressure this morning (he has been trained now!) It was a bit higher today...... 160 over 102. I was feeling very anxious this morning though, which is probably why it was higher.
Hopefully I will feel more relaxed tomorrow, now that I have seen my Mum and it will be better. Hope you all have a good Sunday!
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