Tuesday

Anything much happen on a Tuesday? Not a lot really. I woke up late and realised I was supposed to be at yoga, so shook off my dreams, leapt into my leotard, waved goodbye to John, who was still in bed, and set off.

We had a good session and, when I got back, John was up. He’d not been up long however, and was just about to have some breakfast, so we ate toast together. He hadn’t his medication though, so after he’d eaten he popped upstairs to do that. Late start for him, too!

Meanwhile, Steve, our milkman, was pottering in our front garden, hedge shears in hand and having a go at our very overgrown hedge and working his way round to the back garden.. Bless him – it’ll take another go at it before it’s finished!!

After a while, I could see him wandering about. Was he looking for me? Yes. He was. How far back did we want the hedge cutting? I checked with ol’ man. “You know it’ll have no leaves on it if we cut it back to give us more room on the patio?” I said. John nodded. Yes, he knew. I knew it, too, but we anticipated that they’d grow back. So we’ve given it a go, in the hope that next year we are not fighting the taste of privet with our barbecued burgers!!

John was still upstairs having his medication so I said I’d charge over to Heartlands to get his second prescription for the Tobramycin – you know, that Bobitoff stuff….. On my way back, I thought I’d drop into Marks and Spencer’s to see if I could get some trousers.

Harriet and I had been talking last week about my failure to buy new clothes. It struck home when she said that her Mum hadn’t been a great one for buying new clothes – “…….but not as bad as you,” she said, “she did buy some!” It made me laugh. Honestly, I’m a terror. If something hasn’t worn out, or isn’t at least twenty years old, then I won’t throw it out and will keep on wearing it!

I remember, many years ago, I actually knitted a cardigan. I was so proud of it that I wore it and wore it. Trainees I worked with came and went and, on one occasion years later, I met one of them in town. “Oh, my God!,” he exclaimed, “are you still wearing that old thing?” I was mortified. It didn’t change my behaviour though…… hehehe. Yep, still wearing that old thing.

But I did buy some trousers today.

John had been busy while I was out. He’d been glued to the computer, inputting figures to show the last four years’ worth of spend on our gas and electric bills. It’ll be interesting to see how they will compare to this year, won’t it?

I sat down with a cuppa and started to watch the last of the daytime TV before setting on to cook the evening meal. John sat down in his chair too, to join me. Erm….. afternoon nap, anyone?

Then it was a bit Bake Off this evening. Nothing better than a gentle programme to take you through the evening, is there? Lovely.

Take care everyone. God bless.