Energy required!

I had intended to go to church this morning and was disappointed not to be able to join Paul and Freddie, but I’d promised to go and visit Mum after the phone call from the home yesterday. So I was up and about quite early and on my way by about ten o’clock.

Mum wasn’t too bad in fact but, having decided she didn’t want any more of her toast and jam for breakfast, it was still sat there on the table in front of her, one quarter of a slice having been eaten. The staff had tried to persuade her, but no luck. She had a cold cup of tea in front of her too, half-drunk, so the care assistant made her another one when I got there, and then Mum and I sat together for a couple of hours while she drank her tea, ate some of her Easter chocolate and drank up some squash.

She enjoyed my company and was grateful for a bit of a back massage, too.

The staff on duty were very good. They had given her a bath this morning and, as usual, she had screamed the place down, apparently. Bless her. Her sore arm was painful and the nurse on duty gave her paracetamol which Mum took without too much fuss. So all in all, I was pleased with the efforts of the staff today – and they promised to try her on some soup and maybe offer her some jelly and ice cream in an attempt to get some fluids into her.

I left about twelve-thirty, promising to check up on her again tomorrow.

Meanwhile, John had had a lovely morning with Paul and Freddie, who had called in after church. He hid some little Easter Eggs for Freddie to find, as he’d missed out at Easter while they were on their holiday in Florida. I think he enjoyed searching for them and eating them!! John certainly enjoyed their company.

John was catching up with the women’s rugby match from yesterday when I arrived home, so I prepped some lunch before nipping up to the shops to buy ingredients for Tuesday’s lunch when we’re entertaining.

I sat on the sofa. John was watching the Grand Prix by then. Our eyes felt heavy…….. several hours later, we woke up. Oh, heavens!! Where has our energy gone??? We are permanently exhausted, it seems.

“Do you want a cup of tea?” John asked once I woke up. “We haven’t got any teabags,” I replied. “I forgot to get them when I went to the shops…” So John took himself up to the shops to buy some – what a guy. What a hero.

By then, we had got ourselves going well enough to prep food for our evening meal tonight, and John prepped for our lunch on Tuesday, but honestly, it was a push for both of us. Ah, well, maybe an early night now and we’ll feel better tomorrow? Hope so!!

Take care everyone. God bless.