A relaxing Sunday

John woke up early this morning and brought me a cup of tea in bed. Lush, eh? “You’re up early,” I said. Yes…. he hadn’t been able to sleep. Oh, dear. So he went back to bed for as best a snooze as he could get.

I also stayed in bed, scrolling through social media and doing online puzzles, and I was just contemplating whether to get up or not, when Paul rang. “We’re going up to the Informal Service at church, do you want to come? We’ll pick you up.” Well, I thought, why not? How lovely to be in company at church – especially that of Paul and Freddie. So up I got and whizzed round to get ready just in time for the doorbell going just before eleven o’clock.

We had a very pleasant time at the service – there weren’t many of us, so it was quite intimate and easy. Lots of songs that I didn’t know but that didn’t stop me singing! Lots of people I did know though, and, of course, I stopped to chat to them all.

All that chatting meant that we were quite late out of church, so I wasn’t sure whether Paul and Freddie would want to come round for a cup of tea – but they did. And that was really lovely, as we sat together for a good long while, gently chit-chatting and enjoying each others’ company. Freddie and I had a game of chess which Freddie played very well. We could do with a ‘short version’ of chess, though…. anyone know one?

Soon it was time for them to go and we waved goodbye, having made arrangements for Freddie to come for tea on Wednesday and then for a sleepover on Friday, all being well.

I say all being well, because John is not yet best. The lack of sleep overnight seemed to have done him in today and he really wasn’t at all well. He slept most of the afternoon, although he did manage half an hour of the rugby. But I was quite worried about him and on the alert for the possibility of medical intervention. Anyway, he perked up at tea-time and feels a bit better this evening, so we’ll see how he is tomorrow.

Some of the un-wellness is due to John having hurt his back when he fell, a few weeks ago. They did an x-ray and claimed that there was nothing to see, so my theory of cracked or broken ribs was dispelled. However, whenever he coughs, his back is very painful, so it may be worth investigating it again……..watch this space!

This evening, I enjoyed the final of Dancing on Ice and my favourite won, so that pleased me. Then we watched the last episode of ‘Endeavour’, which we both thought was very well done and we thoroughly enjoyed it – especially the closing scene…….

And that was us today. A quiet day really, mostly relaxing, despite the coughing and the anxiety.

Take care everyone. God bless.