And when the music stops…..

Ha! Ha! It’s been one of those days!! A merry-go-round of fun and frolics and not knowing what we’re doing!!

This morning, we were up reasonably early as we had arranged for Pete to come and have coffee with John at our house, while I went and had coffee at theirs, with Dawn, Alison and Sally. All went very smoothly and we all enjoyed our coffee, cake and chats. I think, for a change, it was nice for John to have some man-on-man talk. And I certainly enjoyed the girly chat.

“What time will you be back?” John had asked as I went out of the door. “Probably about half twelve,” I replied, “I’m going to pick Freddie up at one o’clock.” Ah… yes! John remembered we had arranged to have Freddie for tea.

The arrangements had changed at the last minute though, because the teachers were on strike and Freddie needed looking after from 11 o’clock in the morning instead. I texted Paul: ‘I’m not sure I can help all day……. I can still do the afternoon though. 1 o’clock?‘ He gave me the thumbs up. Danielle said she’d look after Freddie until then.

When I got home after the coffee morning, John reminded me that he had a dental appointment in Kenilworth at 3 o’clock. “Oh….” I said doubtfully, “I’m not sure how we’re going to time that.” Peter offered to give John a lift. Lovely.

In the end, we didn’t have Freddie at all. I had made an assumption that William would be off school too, and had planned to invite all of the children to come to ours. However, when I arrived at the Kenilworth Newbies, I found that William’s teacher wasn’t on strike, after all.

Ah…… hmm….. I was just mulling over what we might do – stick to Plan A? Or shall we try Plan B? Or even Plan C? – when John rang. “My appointment’s at two o’clock, not three o’clock,” he said. Right. Oh, crikey, did that make a difference to the plan?

Well, anyway, if you’re lost by now, I’m not surprised. I was in a dither. Michael and Danielle said they were happy to keep Freddie all day, and for me not to worry but to go and get John, sort out the dentist and then come back for a cup of tea. So we stood Peter down, toddled to the dentist and then, with Danielle, looked after a variety of children at the Kenilworth Newbies’ house for a couple of hours instead.

John was very tired all afternoon though, so by about 4.15, we said our goodbyes and I took him home for a bit of a rest.

The ol’ man perked up sufficiently to be on top form at Quiz Night, however, cracking a few jokes and knowing answers to a fair few of the questions. What makes us all smile ruefully, though, is the realisation that we can’t remember anything really. Our ‘revision’ round was very testing……

So, there’s another day done. Very enjoyable for most of it, but John would like to feel a bit better. I’d like him to feel a bit better, too, so it’s time to pace ourselves, I think! Now, which wise person put that idea into my head, I wonder?

Take care everyone. God bless.