The festivities are over…….

….. let the festivities begin!!

The last of the birthday celebrations was held last night and so they are all over for this birthday girl. But guess what? It’s time to start gearing up for Christmas now, so off we go again!!

Fortunately, today was a day of rest. And forgetfulness. I was supposed to go to a Yin Yoga and Gong Bath this afternoon, but I forgot…… I had consciously left my phone upstairs out of the way. Missed the reminder. Missed Jaime’s message. Missed the class. Booo…… ah, well, next time maybe!

Anyway, back to yesterday. We pottered about in the morning, then I took myself off to the opticians for an eye test. My eyes have been bothering me for a while and a visit had been on my ‘to do’ list since July.

The optician thought that the astigmatism in my eyes had changed which was what was causing a slight blurring of vision. But she paused as she pored over the scans of the back my eyes. “Hmmm….. there’s an anomaly there in the macular in your right eye,” she said. “Let’s just do another, more detailed scan and I’ll take a closer look.”

She could see that there was a dip in the macular in the right eye. She could also see some darker pockets in the left. “I’ll refer you to the hospital,”she said. “They could be little cysts.” Oh. I wasn’t expecting that.

Never mind, it was time for partying and save the worrying for another day. We were on for an evening out with the Centre Stage Crew.

We got ready and sat waiting for the taxi to arrive to take us to The Tipperary Inn. An hour before it was due to arrive, the taxi company phoned John and cancelled. “We haven’t got a driver,” they said. Oh, Lord.

John wasn’t best pleased. However, he isn’t one to be beaten and got on to the computer and found another company that would do the trip, so we were saved.

We had a fabulous evening. Twelve of us and a great get-together. Copious amounts of food and drink; plenty of frivolity and the offer of some lovely gifts – thank you very much! And boy, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves!! Here we all are grinning like Cheshire Cats! Lovely.

Take care everyone. God bless.